AFT News Axesstel Appoints Murray Kawchuk as Senior Vice President of Sales and Corporate Marketing
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axesstel, Inc. (AMEX:AFT), a leader in the design and development of
fixed wireless voice and broadband data products, announced today the
appointment of Murray Kawchuk as senior vice president of sales and
corporate marketing.
“Murray joins Axesstel at a time of renewed
growth as our wireless voice and broadband data products continue to
expand in markets worldwide,” said Marv Tseu,
chief executive officer for Axesstel. “As part
of our efforts to be closer to our customers, Murray will be tasked with
establishing a global sales presence as well as managing our corporate
marketing activities, including all elements of brand management. We
believe his extensive executive experience in the mobile and data
services business makes him the perfect person to manage the revenue
growth component of our business.”
“I am very excited to join Axesstel at this
pivotal juncture in the company’s evolution. I
look forward to helping our team build our brand, pursue more strategic
partnerships and further build out our global distribution and sales
channels,” said Kawchuk.
Kawchuk, 44, worked at Nokia, the Finland-based mobile communications
company, from 1992 until October 2006. Most recently for two years,
Kawchuk served as vice president and general manager of mobile phones
business lines – North America. In his senior
roles at Nokia, he has been responsible for managing sales, profit and
loss, product development, business development, services, pricing,
finance, and marketing, and general management for various entities in
North America and South America. Prior to that, for four years Kawchuk
gained intimate knowledge about the Latin American markets while vice
president and general manager of the region. Other positions at Nokia
included vice president of sales, vice president of major account sales,
vice president of product marketing, and marketing manager. From 1988
through 1992, Kawchuk worked at Rogers Wireless, formerly known as
Rogers Cantel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications, one
of Canada’s largest communications companies.
While at Rogers Wireless, he served various roles, including director of
marketing, director of merchandising, and manager of products/service
and business development. Kawchuk has a master of business
administration degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
ABOUT AXESSTEL, INC.
Axesstel (AMEX:AFT) is a leader in the design and development of fixed
wireless voice and broadband data products. Axesstel’s
product portfolio includes fixed wireless desktop phones, public call
office phones, voice/data terminals, broadband modems and 3G gateways
for access to voice calling and high-speed data services. The company
delivers innovative fixed wireless solutions to leading
telecommunications operators and distributors worldwide. Axesstel is
headquartered in San Diego, California and has a research and
development center in Seoul, South Korea. For more information on
Axesstel, visit www.axesstel.com.
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