Telit Launches South American M2M Operations in Brazil
2008-08-05 12:15:00
Telit Launches South American M2M Operations in Brazil
Worldwide M2M Technology Leader Recruits Renowned Brazilian
Wireless Executives to Manage Operations and Sales in South America
RALEIGH, N.C.–(EMWNews)–Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., the US-based M2M mobile technology arm
of Telit Communications PLC (AIM: TCM), announced today the appointment
of six wireless industry leaders to guide the launch of the company’s
operations and sales force in South America. Telit will begin
manufacturing the company’s innovative M2M
modules in São Paulo, Brazil, in August 2008.
“Brazil is one of the fastest-growing wireless
markets,” said Oozi Cats, CEO Telit
Communications PLC. “With the appointment of
experienced leadership executives combined with the company’s
innovative technology, Telit will quickly become a major player in the
South American M2M industry.”
The Telit Brazil executive leadership team will be led by former Siemens
Wireless Modules Customer Manager and Strategic Marketing Consultant
Marcos Kinzkowski. As General Director of Telit Brazil, Kinzkowski
will lead Telit’s regional sales force. His
expert knowledge of the Brazilian wireless market and established
operator and integrator relationships will play an integral role in
introducing Telit’s M2M technology to the
South American marketplace. Additional Telit Brazil team members who
will report directly to Kinzkowski are listed below.
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Ivan Braz – Serving as Regional Director of Manufacturing,
Operations and Logistics, Braz recently served as Business Unit
Manager at Jabil Circuit Inc. where he was responsible for directing
the company’s mobile phone and
telecommunication equipment manufacturing units. At Jabil, Braz
oversaw over 30 million dollars in company assets and operations
across Brazil, and at Telit, he will play a vital role in establishing
the company’s South American operations
with the same high quality standards as Telit worldwide.
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Wireless expert Hamilton Marques da Silva joins Telit Brazil as
Head Field Applications Engineer. Previously, he was Senior Product
and Test Engineer at Siemens where he was responsible for network
interoperability tests of GSM products, meeting specifications and
ensuring functionality and quality for Brazilian and other Latin
American network operators. Marques da Silva has held similar
high-level engineering posts at VTC Vitelcom América,
Nortel Networks do Brazil and Ericsson, and will serve as an expert to
speed Telit module’s through network
certifications in South America.
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Anderson Benino will serve as Regional Sales Manager for Telit
Brazil, joining the company from his previous position as a Commercial
Sales Manager at Siemens Wireless Modules. Benino has held executive
sales posts at several major telecommunications companies in Brazil,
including Embratel and Terra Networking. His understanding of the
market and valuable relationships coupled with his expertise as a
telecommunications engineer will assist in establishing Telit’s
sales channels in Brazil.
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Joining Telit Brazil from Siemens as Regional Finance Manager is Ricardo
Stefanato Buranello. At Siemens, Buranello was a Finance
Coordinator responsible for a 30 million dollar business unit.
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And serving as Regional Sales Director for Telit Brazil is Diogo Sae,
an up-and-coming M2M communications expert. Sae was recruited and
participated in Siemens’ Top Talent program
in 2006; he then served as a Sales Engineer and Application Engineer
prior to joining Telit’s team.
About Telit
Telit is a leading global wireless technology company. It develops,
manufactures and markets GSM/GPRS, UMTS/HSDPA and CDMA/EVDO enterprise
communication modules for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications which
streamline business processes by enabling machines, devices and vehicles
to communicate via mobile networks. Telit’s
products are sold and deployed worldwide through offices in Brazil,
China, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Spain,
Taiwan, Turkey and the USA. Telit Communications PLC is listed on the
AIM (Ticker: TCM). For more information about the company, please visit www.telit.com.
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