To: Doug R who wrote (15204 ) 4/22/1998 11:56:00 AM From: Doug R Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 79268
Applied Innovation Appoints William R. Gillie Director of Sales RALEIGH, NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1998--Applied Innovation, Inc. (Nasdaq:AINN), today announced the appointment of William R. Gillie as Director of Sales for AI's Access Products Group, based in Morrisville, NC. Gillie brings an extensive telecomm background ins ales management to his new position, having spent a total of 29 years at Northern Telecom, Western Electric and GTE. Most recently, Gillie was a Senior Sales Executive with Northern Telecom's MCS Division, where he was responsible for Meridian One sales to Independent Telephone Companies in the Eastern U.S. Commenting on Gillie's appointment, Cory Grant, General Manager of AI's Access Product Group stated, "Overwhelming interest in our DSAM product line of remote access servers from ILECs, CLECs, ISPs and other major carrier had intensified to the point where we could no longer handle the increasing sales activities with our existing staff. Rod Gillie brings a wealth of experience and industry relationships to complement the world class engineering staff we have assembled in the past 18 months. Rod's talent and reputation provide a valuable addition to our team." Applied Innovation Inc. specializes in developing and supplying specialized data communications and mediation products which enable which enable telecommunications service providers to efficiently operate and mange networks. AI products provide communications and interoperability for more than 100,000 network elements for many of the world's largest and fastest growing telecommunications providers. CONTACT: Cory A. Grant General Manager Access Products Applied Innovation, Inc. (919)467-1554 or William H. Largent Chief Financial Officer Applied Innovation, Inc. (614)798-2000 or Dave Wonderling, Stackig Public Relations (703)761-2547 dwonderling@stackig.com Applied Innovation Appoints William R. Gillie Director of Sales