Product category:
Stand-Alone Instruments
News Release from: IFR Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 July 2001
IFR gains a pair of VPs
IFR has announced the appointment of John Bickley as the new Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Bob Vogel to the newly created position of Vice President of Product Development.
IFR has announced the appointment of John Bickley as the new Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Bob Vogel to the newly created position of Vice President of Product Development "We are focused on implementing IFR's long-term growth strategy based on the development of advanced wireless test solutions for the next generation of high-capacity, high-bandwidth wireless devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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IFR's combination of critical wireless protocol and signal analysis technologies gives us a strong foundation for success in this exciting new market", said Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Bloomer.
"We have significantly strengthened our team with the naming of John Bickley and Bob Vogel to new senior management positions at IFR.
John Bickley's years of experience and record of success in high technology business development will solidify our relationships with key customers and help us to expand our marketing reach.
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Bob Vogel is an accomplished engineer who brings an extensive background in broadband technology to IFR's aggressive product development programme".
Bickley, 45, was Director of Product Marketing - Broadband Routing and Switching Division at Marconi Communications, a global supplier of equipment and services for the Internet, enterprise networks and telecommunications systems based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
In this role he directed product positioning and messaging.
Earlier, he was Director of Marketing and Sales - Semiconductor Group at Keithley Instruments, a measurement solutions company based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bickley received a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Aston, Birmingham, England in 1979 and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in 1998.
Vogel, 40, joins IFR from Acterna (previously Dynatech), Burlington, Massachusetts, where as Vice President, Broadband Networks Division he managed all product development efforts related to the company's cable business, including instruments and systems offerings.
Previously, he was General Manager, Acterna Portable Loop Products Division, where he developed the growth and instrument strategy for the TPI division.
Prior to Acterna, Vogel served as Vice President of AM Communications where he managed the Sales and Marketing organisation and developed the status monitoring project strategy.
In 1987, he founded Integrated Systems Consulting Group, an engineering design, system/network consulting and training operation, where he served until 1993.
Vogel received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in 1983 and an MS in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.
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