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Chantry Networks names Tom Racca Vice President of Marketing
WALTHAM, MA - December 2, 2003 - Chantry Networks, the provider of the world's first routed wireless LAN solution, today named Thomas F. Racca as vice president of marketing. Drawing on more than 20 years of high technology marketing, sales and consulting experience, Racca brings an impeccable background to the innovative enterprise wireless technology provider. In his new role, Racca will build on the awareness and reputation of Chantry's award-winning BeaconWorks TM family of WLAN products.
"Tom joins us at a very exciting time," said Peter N. Vicars, president and CEO, Chantry Networks. "The wireless market is one of the hottest technology segments today. Enterprises and many vertical markets are embracing wireless technology as competitive differentiators. As a result, there is a great deal of technical innovation taking place Ð and many opportunities for creative and successful marketing programs."
Prior to joining Chantry, Racca was the co-founder and vice president of sales and marketing for iQ NetSolutions, innovators in call management and advanced IP telephony solutions. While at iQ NetSolutions, Racca secured venture capital funding, created a new enterprise software vision, established key strategic partnerships with significant vendors, and built the sales and marketing team.
Racca's experience also includes senior positions at KPMG, Digital Equipment Corporation, Avid Technology, Proteon, and Prime Computer, Inc. In these roles, Racca honed his skills in marketing, strategic planning, business development, and competitive product and solution positioning.
Over the past few months, Chantry has made several significant hires, including Vice President of Worldwide Sales Norman Meisner and Director of Channel Programs James Colantropo. Rounding out the executive management team are Peter N. Vicars, president and CEO; Brian Collie, co-founder and executive vice president of business development, Bob Myers, co-founder and CTO and Susan Ledoux, CFO. Chantry Networks is headquartered in Waltham, MA, with a center of engineering excellence in Toronto.
Additionally, Chantry has increased the national sales team, adding experienced professionals from the wireless and networking industries.
About Chantry Networks
Chantry Networks is the creator of BeaconWorks, the world's first large-scale routed wireless LAN (WLAN) solution and a Best of Show Finalist at NetWorld+Interop 2003. Offering unprecedented scalability and availability, coupled with unique network virtualization features, BeaconWorks overcomes the obstacles inherent in traditional WLAN systems to provide enterprises and service providers with the first economical and practical solution for building seamless and pervasive wireless networks. Founded in April of 2002, Chantry Networks has offices in Boston and Toronto, and is backed by top-tier investors including Flagship Ventures, Primaxis Technology Ventures, Venture Coaches and Ventures West.
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