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Ruckus Wireless grows its Wi-Fi ANZ team

Announcement posted by Ruckus Wireless 07 Feb 2013

Two senior appointments made to expanding sales and support team in ANZ region

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (NYSE: RKUS), recognised globally for its Smart Wi-Fi™ technology in the rapidly expanding mobile Internet infrastructure market, has announced two senior appointments to its expanding sales and support team in the ANZ region. Based in Sydney, Australia, Rob Post takes on the role of Australian Northern Regional Sales Manager while Matt Hall takes on the new position of Senior Presales Consultant in Auckland, New Zealand.

 

As of December 2012, Ruckus Wireless ANZ channel partner numbers have doubled from the previous year. “It’s all about supporting our partners and our mutual customers,” said Carl Jefferys, Ruckus Wireless ANZ Country Manager. “We need great people on board and we now have another two outstanding Ruckus ANZ team members.”

 

Rob Posthas an outstanding record of success over a 25 year IT&C sales career, encompassing both reseller and vendor positions, in both management and business development roles. He has had varied roles at iconic organisations such as D-Link, IBM and Acer Computers. His 12 year sales tenure at Hewlett Packard (HP) saw him embracing various positions, focused on networking solution sales, working and engaging successfully with the reseller channel to address end user account requirements.

 

Matt Hall is charged with leading all technical consulting activities in New Zealand. His extensive technical experience, supported by an impressive list of industry certifications and complex deployments, ensures New Zealand partners and customers will be serviced at the highest level. He has worked at Connector Systems, Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand International Campus and a number of secondary education institutions throughout New Zealand.

 

“Not only does Rob have a wealth of experience in the ICT industry, he has an outstanding reputation for genuinely developing and nurturing partner and customer relationships. Matt’s technical expertise and energy will also ensure the success of Ruckus in our rapidly growing New Zealand marketplace. One of our main goals at Ruckus is to make Wi-Fi better and easier to use for everyone, and we have the right people in ANZ to guarantee we achieve that,” concluded Jefferys.

 

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ABOUT RUCKUS WIRELESS

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, Ruckus Wireless (NYSE: RKUS) is a global supplier of advanced wireless systems for the rapidly expanding mobile Internet infrastructure market. With 2011 revenues of $120 million, the company offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor "Smart Wi-Fi" products to mobile carriers, broadband service providers, and corporate enterprises, and has more than 18,000 customers worldwide. Ruckus technology addresses Wi-Fi capacity and coverage challenges caused by the ever-increasing amount of traffic on wireless networks due to accelerated adoption of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Ruckus invented and has patented state-of-the-art wireless voice, video, and data technology innovations, such as adaptive antenna arrays that extend signal range, increase client data rates, and avoid interference, ensuring consistent and reliable distribution of delay-sensitive multimedia content and services over standard 802.11 Wi-Fi. For more information, visit http://www.ruckuswireless.com.