Transmode appoints new Country Director in Japan
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Stockholm, Sweden & Tokyo, Japan - 27th April 2011 - Transmode, a leading
supplier of optical networking solutions, today announced the appointment of
Naoko Kurauchi as Country Director Japan. Ms Kurauchi will be based in Tokyo.
Simon Naylor, Transmode's Head of Sales Asia Pacific commented, "Japan is one of
the largest markets in Asia Pacific and Transmode is demonstrating its
commitment to this market by expanding the team with someone with the experience
and track record of Kurauchi-san. Through our Japanese presence, we intend to
provide strong local support to our global partner NEC and improve our
understanding of the Japanese market requirements."
Ms Kurauchi joins the Transmode team at a time when Asian sales are growing
rapidly and she is the latest addition to the growing APAC sales team.
Naoko has more than 20 years of experience in IT and telecommunications, having
previously held senior sales and marketing management positions with Citrix
Systems Japan, Airspan Japan, Juniper Networks, UUNet and MCI WorldCom Japan.
She also has substantial experience of working cooperatively with Japan-
headquartered NEC, Transmode's global sales and integration partner. Marathon-
runner Naoko studied pharmacy at Osaka University before obtaining a Masters in
Interactive Telecommunications at New York University, US.
Karl Thedéen, Transmode's CEO, added, "The demand for more bandwidth continues
to grow in the Asia Pacific region and particularly in high-tech markets such as
Japan. We are building a strong APAC team to grow our business in the region and
have therefore decided to enhance Transmode's position in Japan and Ms Kurauchi
is the ideal appointment to achieve this. Furthermore, Ms Kurauchi will support
and further develop our global partnership with NEC. We are confident she will
quickly have a positive impact in the market and we welcome her to the already
successful APAC team at Transmode."
About Transmode
Transmode is a leading provider of optical networking solutions for transport of
data, voice and video traffic, based onCWDM and DWDM technology (Coarse/Dense
Wavelength Division Multiplexing).
Transmode's uniqueIntelligent WDM (iWDM(TM)) approach has led to widespread
deployment of over 20000 systems in a customer base consisting of more than 300
fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises and
public institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Transmode's comprehensiveproduct portfolio and strong global organization enable
our customers to grow the capacity and to improve service level of their
regional, metro and metro access networks, on a cost-efficient basis without
compromising on functionality.
For additional information about Transmode, please visitwww.transmode.com.
For more information please contact:
Ola Elmeland
Vice President Marketing & Communications
Transmode Systems AB
Telephone: +46 8 506 882 71
Email:ola.elmeland(at)transmode.com
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