Lantronix Appoints Former PLX Technology and Cypress Semiconductor Sales VP Gene Schaeffer as the Head of Americas Sales
July 17 2018 - 8:30AM
Lantronix, Inc. (NASDAQ:LTRX), a global provider of secure data
access and management solutions for the industrial Internet of
Things (IoT) announced that Gene Schaeffer has joined the Company
as the head of sales for the Americas region.
“With more than 20 years of experience in building and leading
successful enterprise sales teams, we believe that Gene will be a
key contributor in driving Lantronix toward greater success in the
Americas market,” said Kevin Yoder, Lantronix vice president of
worldwide sales. “We are very excited and pleased to have someone
with Gene’s experience, leadership and relationships joining the
Lantronix sales organization.”
“Lantronix has a solid reputation for delivering innovative
solutions for the industrial IoT marketplace,” said Schaeffer. “I
am extremely excited to have the opportunity to work with Kevin and
the rest of the Lantronix leadership team to help grow our business
in the Americas region.”
Prior to joining the Company, Schaeffer served as senior vice
president of global sales for OCZ Storage Solutions, a Toshiba
Group Company, where he was instrumental in expanding the company's
enterprise footprint while growing commercial revenues. Prior to
joining OCZ, he was executive vice president of worldwide sales for
PLX Technology, a global provider of semiconductor-based
connectivity solutions, where he was a key contributor in the
development and implementation of an organization-wide
transformation that led the company to record revenues and
profitability, and eventual acquisition by Avago Technologies.
Schaeffer has held various senior management positions at other
technology companies including PulseCore Semiconductor, Exar
Corporation and Cypress
Semiconductor.
About Lantronix Lantronix, Inc. is a
global provider of secure data access and management solutions for
the Internet of Things (IoT) assets. Our mission is to be the
leading supplier of IoT solutions that enable companies to
dramatically simplify the creation, deployment, and management of
IoT projects while providing secure access to data for applications
and people.
With more than two decades of experience in creating robust
machine to machine (M2M) technologies, Lantronix is an innovator in
enabling our customers to build new business models and realize the
possibilities of the Internet of Things. Our connectivity solutions
are deployed inside millions of machines serving a wide range of
industries, including industrial, medical, security,
transportation, retail, financial, environmental and
government.
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