Westell Technologies Appoints Rick Good to Senior Vice President, In-Building Wireless; Oscar Hernandez to Senior Vice Presid...
January 20 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL), a leading provider of
in-building wireless, intelligent site management, cell site
optimization, and outside plant solutions, today announces that
Rick Good has been appointed to Senior Vice President, In-Building
Wireless (IBW). The company has also hired Oscar Hernandez as
Senior Vice President, Engineering and Outside Plant.
“Rick was previously in the position of SVP, IBW on an interim
basis,” states Tom Gruenwald, President and CEO of Westell
Technologies. “During that time he displayed exemplary leadership
in taking progressive and positive actions. Rick’s deep knowledge
of the entire in-building product space, including not only DAS
systems, but repeaters, antennas, and small cells, completes the
picture of the ideal person to lead Westell’s IBW team. Oscar is a
world-class product developer with extensive executive-level
experience. His track record in leading teams through the
engineering and product development processes is truly remarkable.
Oscar has developed successful products that includes routing,
optical networking, and cable systems. Both Rick and Oscar are
tremendous assets to Westell and are key to Westell’s current and
long-term growth strategies.”
Rick first joined Westell in 2014 and brings more than 20 years
of experience in the wireless industry to his new position. Prior
to joining Westell, Rick held positions as Account Manager with
CommScope, and Product Manager and Account Manager for ADC/TE
Connectivity. Rick’s exceptional managerial and leadership skills
also stem from key positions held at Andrew Corporation and Decibel
Products.
Oscar brings more than 25 years of combined executive-level
experience in management and engineering for Tier-1 service
providers to Westell. He has an exceptional background in leading
teams in the development of sophisticated, complex system-level
products. Prior to joining Westell, Oscar served as the Vice
President of Engineering, Global Optical Networking Products, and
Director of Engineering for Coriant. He also held several key
positions at Tellabs, Inc.
About Westell Technologies
Westell Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of in-building
wireless, intelligent site management, cell site optimization, and
outside plant solutions focused on innovation and differentiation
at the edge of communication networks, where end users connect. The
Company's comprehensive set of products and solutions enable
service providers and network operators to improve performance and
reduce operating expenses. With millions of products successfully
deployed worldwide, Westell is a trusted partner for transforming
communication networks into high quality, reliable systems. For
more information, please visit www.westell.com.
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