Avici Names Chris Simpson Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Service
Veteran Telecom Executive to Lead Avici's Global Customer Efforts
N. Billerica, MA, October 1, 2001 -- Avici Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:AVCI), a leading provider of scalable and reliable core routing solutions for the Internet, today announced that Chris Simpson has joined Avici and will be responsible for Avici's worldwide sales, marketing and services efforts. He will report directly to Avici President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Kaufman.
"Over the last year, Avici has increased its market share and global
presence with customer wins in Europe, Asia and North America," said
Avici's Kaufman. "Avici's number one priority has always been our
customers. By more closely aligning our field sales, marketing and service
organizations, we will provide better service to new and existing customers.
Chris has a proven track record, and we are confident his experience
and in-depth industry knowledge will focus our sales efforts and continue
Avici's growth."
Simpson most recently served as senior vice president, sales for CIENA Corporation. During his tenure, CIENA rapidly grew its revenue and expanded the number of large carriers using its products. Over this same period, the sales team introduced and successfully deployed the CoreDirector switch in multiple key accounts in North America.
From 1998 to 2000, Simpson was vice president of sales, marketing and
international operations for Harris Corporation's RF Communications.
From 1988 to 1998, he held several senior sales and marketing
positions at Qualcomm, Inc., including senior vice president/general
manager of worldwide sales and marketing, and senior vice president of
strategic marketing.
"The core router market is one of the most exciting segments in the industry. Avici's proven leadership in scalable and reliable carrier-class routing, as shown from existing network operators using the Avici TSR®, position the company to continue benefiting from Internet services growth," said Simpson. Avici is a company focused on helping carriers improve the cost-effectiveness and reliability of their data networks to increase IP service differentiation and availability. I look forward to leading Avici's sales, marketing and service teams to continue expanding Avici's product benefits to a greater number of network operators."
Prior to his Qualcomm tenure, Simpson held management positions at Contel/ASC and ComSat Corporation. Simpson received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University.
About Avici Systems
Avici Systems Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is a leading
provider of purpose-built carrier-class routing solutions for the Internet.
Avici's scalable TSR core router meets carrier requirements for the
highest scalability, reliability and network availability, while lowering
the total cost of building and operating their networks. The company's
routing systems provide new IP solutions to some of the world's leading
service providers.
For more information, please visit us at www.avici.com.
Avici and TSR are registered trademarks of Avici Systems Inc.
This release contains information about Avici's future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the size and timing of AT&T customer activity, are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. When used in this press release, the words "will", "expects", "estimates" and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of Avici products, services and enhancements, customer purchasing patterns and commitments, development of the market place, product development and enhancement, intensity of competition of other vendors, technological changes and other risks set forth in Avici's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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