Jane S. Zeletes Joins High Speed Access Corp. As Vice President of Business Markets
DENVER, Sep 12, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- High Speed Access Corp. (Nasdaq: HSAC chart, msgs), a leading provider of broadband Internet services, today announced the appointment of Jane S. Zeletes as its Vice President of Business Markets. Ms. Zeletes comes to HSA from Rhythms NetConnections Inc., where she most recently served as that company's Vice President of Market Planning and Strategy.
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"Jane brings HSA the perfect combination of broadband Internet and commercial customer experience for identifying, packaging and delivering the full suite of broadband Internet and e-commerce solutions that businesses need today," stated Daniel J. O'Brien, CEO and President of HSA. "Under her leadership, HSA will not only target small and mid-sized businesses that we can serve through our cable partner's local broadband networks, but we will also utilize DSL and other broadband technologies to reach into local commercial developments and high end consumers not currently passed by cable."
Ms. Zeletes, who has more than 18 years' experience in sales, marketing and business development, has spent the past five years in the broadband Internet marketplace, including business development and marketing posts at U S WEST Wireless, where she worked on the launch of PCS; serving as the senior sales and marketing executive for Hybrid Networks, Inc., a manufacturer of broadband Internet equipment; and as Vice President of Business Development for COM 21, where she launched the company's wireless business unit. She joined Rhythms NetConnections Inc. in 1999 as Vice President of Enterprise Marketing and moved to Vice President of Market Planning and Strategy earlier this year.
Ms. Zeletes is a graduate of Harvard University's Executive Leadership Program and has a B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
Broadband connectivity solutions will be only one facet of HSA's Commercial and DSL unit. The company is establishing a full spectrum of content and customer support services for its commercial customers. HSA recently acquired Digital Chainsaw, a Florida-based web hosting and systems integration company doing business as NetPerformance and serving more than 8,500 businesses. HSA's national telemarketing and customer care resources, which include a new, 500-employee national customer care and network monitoring facility in Louisville, Kentucky, will provide experienced and efficient support for its Commercial and DSL unit.
About High Speed Access Corp.
High Speed Access Corp. (Nasdaq: HSAC chart, msgs) is a leading provider of broadband Internet access and related communications services to residential customers and small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, nationwide primarily using cable modem technology. HSA primarily focuses on residential and commercial end users in exurban areas, and has a growing presence in selected urban markets. HSA's core service offering currently consists of cable modem Internet access, which HSA offers at several speeds and prices to residential end users through partnerships with cable multiple system operators. HSA provides a comprehensive turnkey service to cable operators in exurban markets that seek to outsource the services required to provide Internet access and other services. HSA also provides its services on an unbundled or "partial turnkey" basis for cable operators not requiring the full range of HSA services. HSA is actively expanding its offering of services to include DSL Internet access on a reseller basis as well as expanded web site hosting and a range of other value-added and ongoing support services primarily for commercial customers. HSA is conducting technical and customer trials for Internet Telephony service in collaboration with major telecommunication vendors.
This press release contains statements about future events and expectations, which are "forward-looking statements." Any statement in this press release that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be a forward-looking statement. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Specific factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: the company's unproven and evolving business model; rapid technological change and evolving industry standards in the markets for our services; the company's history of losses and anticipation of future losses and need for additional capital; the potential fluctuations in the company's operating results; the company's competition; the company's potential inability to attract and retain end users; the company's potential inability to establish or maintain relationships with cable operators, including Charter; and those risks and uncertainties discussed in filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those risks and uncertainties contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: High Speed Access Corp.
Contact:
Katina Vlahadamis of High Speed Access Corp., 720-922-2823,
kvlahadamis@hsacorp.net
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