Former Intel and Computer2000 AG Executive Steve DeWindt Joins LightPointe As Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Posted on: Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 06:00 CDT
SAN DIEGO, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- LightPointe, a designer and manufacturer of high-speed outdoor wireless products, today announced that Steve DeWindt has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide sales. DeWindt, whose 25-year high-technology career includes executive management posts with industry pioneers Intel Corp. and Computer2000 AG, will lead sales operations for LightPointe's outdoor wireless products across North America, Asia-Pacific as well as Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. LightPointe products are sold in more than 60 countries under the LightPointe and Huawei brands.
"Steve is a highly regarded executive whose professional career includes corporate executive positions with the most respected names in the high technology industry," said Jim Cady, president and CEO of LightPointe. "Steve's depth of global experience in diverse geographic regions and markets will be a driving factor in our continued channel expansion and distribution of today's products -- and exciting future LightPointe outdoor wireless products."
"With its innovative optical wireless technology and patented DualPath(TM) outdoor wireless product architecture, LightPointe is well-positioned to address multiple market needs for high-bandwidth point-to-point connectivity in enterprise and mobile carrier networks," said DeWindt. "Tremendous opportunity lies ahead for us and I look forward to working with the global sales team to maximize LightPointe's success."
During his career, DeWindt has led international teams to achieve more than $6 billion in sales revenue. Most recently, DeWindt was executive vice president with Celergy Networks, a high-technology company focused on custom networking solutions and support of networking infrastructure. He also served as co-founder of BlueRoads, a sales force automation software firm, and CEO of AmeriQuest Technologies, a NYSE-traded wholesale distributor of information technology products. From 1992 to 1995, DeWindt was co-president of Computer2000 AG, an international wholesale distributor of information technology products that has since been acquired by TechData. Under his guidance, the company grew from $800 million to $3.5 billion in sales. At Intel, DeWindt held several executive positions from 1984 to 1992, including director of worldwide reseller sales, with responsibility for indirect sales channels as well as the development and implementation of new distribution strategies. Early in his career, Steve oversaw international marketing and business affairs for the Disney Corporation's Record and Music Division.
DeWindt earned a master's degree in business administration from the Andersen School of Management at UCLA and a bachelor's degree in business from Principia College.
About LightPointe
LightPointe designs and manufactures high-speed outdoor wireless products for cost-effective bridging in enterprise and carrier networks. LightPointe's outdoor wireless solutions have earned high marks in enterprise networking installations for linking two or more buildings in classic LAN-to-LAN backbone connectivity with extraordinarily high-bandwidth from 100Mbs up to 1.25 Gbps. LightPointe outdoor wireless solutions are unique in that they use optical wireless based on free-space optics (FSO) technology and are license-free worldwide. The company's patented DualPath architecture integrates auto- switching optical wireless as a primary path and license-free 5.8 GHz radio frequency (RF) wireless as a secondary and redundant data path for industry- leading 99.999% network availability and uptime. LightPointe products have been deployed in more than 60 countries, and the company is recognized worldwide for the highest standards of quality and service. To learn more, please visit http://www.lightpointe.com/.
LightPointe
CONTACT: Jeff Bean of LightPointe, +1-858-643-5319,jbean@lightpointe.com; or Sue Hetzel of HetzelMeade Communications,+1-760-434-9927, or sue@hetzelmeade.com, for LightPointe
Web site: http://www.lightpointe.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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