Dulles,
VA. March 12, 2003 – Encore Networks,
Inc. today announced the opening of its
Canadian Sales Office with the appointment
of John Craig as Director of Canadian
Sales & Business Development. Mr.
Craig will direct Encore's sales of broadband
Virtual Private Network (VPN) security
appliances, IP legacy routers, signaling
products, and Frame Relay Access Devices
(FRADs) from Encore's Ottawa office.
He will focus primarily on developing
partnerships with VARs, carriers, systems
integrators, and large enterprise customers,
with an emphasis on the Canadian lottery,
utilities, and industrial vertical markets.
Mr. Craig has held a variety of lead
development and network architect positions
in Canada with CrossKeys Systems Corporation
and Nortel's Service Provider E-Business
Broadband Access and MPLS/IP VPN group.
He has worked closely with integrators
and customers in Europe, the United States,
and Canada. He holds a B.Sc Electrical
Engineering from the University of Waterloo
and obtained his Professional Engineering
certification in August 2002. As Director
of Canadian Sales and Business Development,
he will concentrate on sales opportunities
for Encore with selected carrier and
service providers throughout Canada.
"John's extensive international
experience in the communications marketplace
makes him a great addition to our growing
team," stated Bill Grant, Vice-President
of Broadband Access Solutions. "John's
understanding of the access infrastructure
and how the BANDIT™ product line fits
the various markets enables him to offer
the winning combination of proven products
and solid product knowledge to Canadian
carriers and integrators. He is ideally
suited to help carriers deploy revenue
generating, managed VPN services in Canada."
"Encore's security and signaling
products, along with the company's success
in developing integrated solutions for
the utility, lottery, and travel industries,
make us a key provider of solutions Canadian
carriers can offer to their enterprise
customers," said Mr. Craig. "Canada's
industrial base is in the process of
shifting to IP-based control and management.
We are poised to leverage Encore's legacy
control and management products into
service providers' managed Frame Relay
and IP VPN networks."
Encore Networks Contact:
John Craig, P.Eng.
Director, Canadian Sales & Business
Development
Encore Networks
350 Legget Dr., Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K2K 2W7
Phone: 613-863-2673
Fax: 613-592-4784
jcraig@encorenetworks.com |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a leading developer of integrated, broadband
IP+Legacy™ VPN and security platforms, signaling
protocol conversion, and converged voice
and data solutions for both carriers and
enterprises. Encore provides advanced security
solutions that include encryption, stateful
inspection IP VPNs, support of legacy data
protocols and built-in dial backup and fail-over
capabilities. Encore’s innovative signaling
and data solutions include signaling conversion
for voice migration from circuit to packet,
a broad line of IADs, VPN router CPE and
host products to transform legacy data networks
to broadband IP infrastructure.
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