Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
Bill Erickson, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Fujitsu, to Speak at UBS Global Communications Conference
New York, NY, November 15, 2005 — Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that Bill Erickson, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications, will be speaking tomorrow at UBS' Tenth Annual Global Communications Conference in New York City. Jim Orr, principal network architect in the wireless market development group at Fujitsu, will also be participating in a WiMAX panel discussion at the conference, which runs from November 15 through November 17, 2005.
WHEN:
WiMAX Panel Discussion – Jim Orr
Wednesday, November 16, 2005; 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Executive Presentation – Bill Erickson
Wednesday, November 16, 2005; 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Grand Hyatt New York
Park Avenue at Grand Central Terminal, New York, New York
WHO:
Bill Erickson is senior vice president of sales and marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications. With over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry, Bill oversees the company's marketing, sales and services. Bill began his career in 1984 as a member of the technical staff at Bellcore (now Telcordia) where he worked on a variety of projects, including the development of TL1 and SONET requirements. During his career, Bill has held a number of positions including senior manager of operations planning, senior director of access and transport planning, and vice president of product planning. Bill holds a bachelor of science degree in both physics and mathematics from Monmouth University, and a master of science degree in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Jim Orr, principal network architect in the wireless market development group at Fujitsu, has worked in the telecommunications industry for 15 years, serving in various engineering, network planning, network architecture and marketing roles in both the vendor and the carrier community. Before joining Fujitsu in November 2001, Jim increased his industry experience through progressively expanding responsibilities in network architecture and implementation with Latus Lightworks, McLeod Communications, Caprock Communications, GST Telecom and Electric Lightwave. He began his career with Northern Telecom in systems and sales engineering roles. Jim holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in business administration from Washington State University.
About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that power next-generation
telecommunication networks. With an unequalled portfolio of IT and telecom products and the support of Fujitsu Limited, a
$44.5B company with over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and
networking technology with commercial value. Over 320,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers
across North America. As the metro market leader in both SONET and ROADM technology, the fundamental building blocks of next-generation
networks, Fujitsu is helping customers take networking beyond convergence.
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Fujitsu Network Communications
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E-mail:bob.laurent@us.fujitsu.com
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