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Samsung Telecommunications America Names Vice President and General Manager of Business Communication Systems Division

Posted on: Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 09:00 CDT

Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) today announced the appointment of Doug Wonson as Vice President and General Manager of its Business Communication Systems (BCS) division. Wonson will report directly to Samsung President Dale Sohn and have responsibility for the BCS sales division, as well as BCS product advertising, public relations, branding, channel marketing and business development activities.

"Doug is a proven leader in the delivery of converged business communications solutions to small and medium organizations and we are pleased to have him lead our BCS division," said Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Telecommunications America. "As we remain committed to continuous innovation, customer satisfaction and growth of our high-value channel relationships, Doug's vision will be instrumental in helping us achieve our market leadership objectives."

Wonson joins Samsung from Nortel Networks where he held the position of strategic account developer for channel business. While at Nortel, Wonson was responsible for business development and strategic partner relations for two tier distribution, which included designing a new aligned channel program. Prior to Nortel, Wonson served as a director at Verizon where he oversaw the Global Outsourcing Project for General Motors for Verizon Business.

Wonson's extensive telecommunications experience also includes 19 years at NEC America where he served as vice president and general manager of NEC America's business systems and sales division.

About Samsung Telecommunications America

Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America.

About Samsung Business Communication Systems

Samsung Business Communication Systems (BCS), a Dallas-based division of Samsung Telecommunications America, is the distribution arm for the company's line of business communications solutions. Targeting small- to medium-sized businesses, Samsung BCS offers an elite line of telephony-based customer premise equipment (CPE) with dynamic architecture that can accommodate tremendous growth at low incremental costs to meet a variety of communications needs. As an innovator in convergence technology, Samsung's communications telephony systems combine traditional voice and data capabilities with wireline and wireless technologies providing fully integrated, converged communications platforms and applications. In addition to CPE, Samsung BCS also offers a comprehensive line of voice processing equipment, CTI applications and wireless solutions.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

Source: Business Wire

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