February 01, 2008
TRAPEZE NETWORKS EXPANDS GLOBAL EXECUTIVE TEAM
Kees Van Veenendaal Promoted to Vice President of Worldwide Sales Operations PLEASANTON, Calif. — Feb 1, 2008 — Trapeze Networks®, the award-winning provider of Smart Mobile™ wireless solutions, today announced it has strengthened its global management presence with the promotion of Mr. Kees van Veenendaal to vice president of worldwide sales operations.
"Historically we have experienced excellent growth in international sales," said Jim Vogt, president and chief executive officer of Trapeze Networks. “I’m very happy to announce that starting February 1, 2008, Kees will be responsible for our worldwide sales operations. In his former role as vice president of sales and managing director of international, Kees was instrumental and very successful in establishing Trapeze Networks’ presence outside the United Sates. With this expansion of our executive management team, our global sales management capabilities are strengthened significantly.”
“I'm very excited about my new role at Trapeze Networks," said van Veenendaal. "This company has phenomenal products and a formidable team dedicated to designing, developing and selling the best enterprise wireless LAN solution available in the market. Our international go-to-market strategy was successful and will incorporate this approach into our worldwide sales operations to achieve our sales goals for the future.”
Prior to working at Trapeze Networks, van Veenendaal was vice president of EMEA sales at Extreme Networks and also held sales positions at US Robotics, Gandalf, Digital Communications Associates and Wang.
About Trapeze Networks
Trapeze Networks delivers the power of business applications and services to the mobile enterprise workforce. The company's wireless LAN Mobility System enhances productivity, introduces new efficiencies and accelerates business response time by delivering secure mobility for roaming users and sophisticated services for both users and IT, all while offering the lowest total cost of ownership of any WLAN infrastructure provider. Trapeze announced a partnership with 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) in August, 2004 and has been the recipient of eight industry awards, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for 2004, in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze raised $50 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com
