DOUG SPRENG TO LEAVE 3COM;
JEF GRAHAM TO LEAD CLIENT ACCESS BUSINESS UNIT
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--After seven
years at 3Com, Doug Spreng, senior vice
president of 3Com's Client Access business unit, will leave the company
on June 1, the start of 3Com's new fiscal
year. Effective immediately, leadership of the Client Access
business unit -- 3Com's network interface card (NIC),
PC card and modem businesses -- will transition to Jef Graham, currently
vice president and general manager of
the company's Mobile Communications division. Spreng will move
to 3Com's executive offices to work on several
strategic initiatives, including enhancing 3Com's client access business
strategy, overseeing the company's recent
entry into the Storage Area Networking market and aiding in the
expansion of 3Com's OEM business. "Under
Doug's direction, 3Com's broad range of desktop, server and mobile
network interface card business grew fivefold
and doubled its worldwide market share position," said Bruce Claflin,
3Com's president and chief operating officer.
"Additionally, over the past year, Doug has spearheaded tremendous
process improvements in our traditional
modem operations and significantly grown our business in both
modems and NICs with top-tier PC OEMs. While
we understand Doug's desire to explore new opportunities, we will miss his
leadership and competitive spirit." "I'm
extremely proud of the team we have built in the Client Access business
unit and the results we've achieved over
the past seven years," said Spreng. "Given that we have an
outstanding successor in Jef Graham, it's now time for
me to pursue new challenges and move on to the next phase of my career."
Spreng recruited Jef Graham, a former Hewlett-Packard colleague, to
3Com in 1995 as vice president and general
manager of 3Com's PC Card business, and vice president of marketing
for the company's NIC business. Jef has
over 20 years of experience in global hardware and software product
development, systems marketing, and
integration services business management for computer and networking
companies. Responding to the
enormous growth of mobile PCs, Graham and his team leveraged 3Com's
networking expertise and renowned
manufacturing and distribution capabilities to grow 3Com's worldwide
PC card business dramatically. Today,
3Com commands a leading share of both the worldwide modem and LAN PC card
markets. Additionally, the 3Com
56K Cellular-capable Modem PC Card recently won the prestigious
Network Computing "Editor's Choice" award
while the 3Com Megahertz(R) 56K Global Modem PC Card garnered the
"Editor's Choice" award from PC Magazine
as well as PC Computing's "Best Award" and "MVP Award." About 3Com Corporation
With more than 200 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation
connects more people to information in more
ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative
information access products and network
system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers
and network service providers; PC OEMs; and
consumers. 3Com -- More connected.(TM) For further information,
visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at
3com.com or the press site at 3com.com.
3Com and Megahertz are registered trademarks and More connected
is a trademark of 3Com Corporation
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