KANATA, Ontario -- Newbridge Networks (NYSE:NN; TSE:NNC) today announced the appointment of Silicon Valley marketing expert Satjiv S. Chahil as the Company's Executive Vice President, Global Marketing.
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-NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS: Newbridge Networks appoints new Executive Vice
President, Global Marketing
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-- Industry Innovator Satjiv Chahil to Bring Sharper Focus on Marketing
KANATA, Ontario -- Newbridge Networks (NYSE:NN; TSE:NNC) today announced the appointment of Silicon Valley marketing expert Satjiv S. Chahil as the Company's Executive Vice President, Global Marketing. Mr. Chahil will be responsible for establishing a world class marketing organization ensuring that the technical prowess and record of innovation Newbridge has established is equally matched by outstanding core, product and regional marketing initiatives. Mr. Chahil will report to Alan Lutz, President and Chief Operating Officer, and will be based in Herndon, Virginia.
"Satjiv has a proven implementation track record of innovative and
impactful marketing strategies, making him an ideal person to lead
Newbridge's marketing efforts as a key member of the Company's
leadership team," said Alan Lutz. "Under his leadership, the Newbridge
brand name will become synonymous with broadband networking excellence."
Mr. Chahil brings to Newbridge over 25 years of high tech marketing
experience gained at IBM, Xerox, Apple and Sony. A change agent with a
reputation for "making things happen", he has been recognized by the
U.S., European and Japanese PC industry for his pioneering marketing
strategies and business initiatives.
At Apple, Mr. Chahil served on the Executive management committee and
was responsible for worldwide marketing and corporate communications. In
addition he was the founder and general manager of the New Media,
Internet and Entertainment Industry Division. In this role he earned the reputation of being a key driver of the digital age and a pioneer with the ability to drive commercialization of new technologies and
standards. Previously, he headed the marketing organizations in Europe
and Asia Pacific, in which capacity he was credited with establishing
Apple as the most preferred brand in Japan.
Mr. Chahil has well rounded, hands on experience across all corporate
functional areas and in all fields of sales and marketing. His work with IBM, Xerox and Sony also involved driving innovative technologies and products in highly complex and competitive environments.
Mr. Chahil holds a masters degree from the American (Thunderbird)
Graduate School of International Management and undergraduate degrees
from Punjab University, India, and the University of Cambridge, U.K. He has been a featured speaker at global technology conferences, as well as leading academic institutions including Harvard, Stanford, and the Sorbonne.
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FORTUNE MAGAZINE February, 1996
³Satjiv Chahil, a marketing whiz, is masterminding an approach to
marketing and operations that will focus Apple on its strongest and most profitable markets.²
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TIME MAGAZINE July, 1996
³Its part of an internal plan called Operation Rainbow, intended to
rejuvenate the company¹s image by associated it -- in TV ads, print
spots and Websites-- with hot properties like Mission impossible and
BMW¹s new sports coupe, the Z3 roadster.²
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BUSINESSWEEK MAGAZINE April, 1996
[Apple¹s Pippin player¹s] ³real value may be in proving that Apple can
be lean, mean, and entrepreneurial once more. ŒIt¹s a business model of the future¹ says Apple Senior Vice President Satjiv S. Chahil.²
satjiv@chahil.com
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RED HERRING MAGAZINE May, 1997
³[Chahil¹s] campaigns were so seductive that audiences momentarily
forgot that Microsoft was moving on Apple like a bouncer in a bar
fight.²
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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE February, 1996
³At the media policy congress this week in Bonn, it was Satjiv S. Chahil who was offering trinkets and sending the public of the Old World on Alice¹s trip into Wonderland. From a laptop, he conjured up images on the multimedia screen that showed what computer software is already capable of doing - bringing together computers, televisions and other media applications.²
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ADWEEK March 18, 1996
³Chahil is credited with developing some of the most creative marketing programs at the company...(he) has also been the chief architect of Apple¹s new media and entertainment -related initiatives.²
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WIRED, Japan March, 1995
³The history of Apple Computer is a history of visionaries. Every time a seminal turning point is reached, a visionary appears each having fierce individuality and proclaiming to possess the vision that will become the industry standard. Wired believes that Mr. Chahil is the next in this line of visionaries.²
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MARKETING COMPUTERS, USA December, 1996
³Inside Apple, Satjiv Chahil is revered as both a true believer and a
master marketeer.... Colleagues and clone makers alike credit Chahil as the one who kept the Apple name alive -- using a series of high-profile movie tie-ins -- during the darkest days of the summer of 1996.²
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PARIS MATCH, France February, 1994
³Chahil, the driver of the multimedia revolution, is a man of contrast: somewhere between SuperMario and Leonardo da Vinci. Chahil derives his inspiration from the latter.²
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ASAHI PASCON, Japan December, 1996
³If you¹re a Mac user in Japan, you¹ll know this man.²
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indolink.com
Cupertino, CA - Apple Computer Inc., the Personal Computer giant, has
appointed Satjiv S. Chahil, as the company's new Senior Vice President
of Corporate Marketing. Chahil has been acting as the Vice President and General Manager of Entertainment and New Media since 1993. He has been responsible for marketing and expansion of multimedia technologies. He has also been developing new market opportunities for Macintosh technology.
His nomination for the senior executive position came as a result of
major reshuffling at the computer company suffering heavy losses. Apple is expected to reduce its workforce by at least 3000 as part of
company-wide restructurnig.
Chahil has held senior marketing and management positions at XEROX and
IBM, before he joined Apple as director of Marketing in 1988 for its
Pacific division.
Chahil originally from Punjab, India; holds a masters degree in
International Marketing from Thunderbird Graduate School of
International Management.
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