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Helius Expands Management Team to Drive Growth
Company Fortifies Executive Team with
Experienced Sales and Marketing Talent
LINDON, UT – May 28, 2003 -- Helius Inc., the world leader in satellite
broadband (IP) routing, announced today that it has hired Jeff
Curtis as Senior Vice President of Sales and Mike
Tippets as Senior Vice President
of Marketing. These key additions bring a broad range of experience to
the Helius executive team reporting to CEO Ron Heinz.
Jeff Curtis is a
demonstrated leader with more than 15 years of business-to-business sales
and management experience in both domestic and international markets.
Curtis will have direct responsibility for orchestrating and overseeing
all of Helius’ worldwide sales operations, including direct sales
and channel sales. Previously, Jeff was Vice President of North American
Sales for Phobos Corporation, acquired by SonicWALL in 2000 (NASDAQ:
SNWL). Following the SonicWALL acquisition, Jeff was Director of Western
U.S. Sales. He also held the position as Director of Sales Operations
for Novell Inc (NASDAQ: NOVL). Jeff holds a B.S. in Computer Science
from Utah State University.
Mike Tippets is a technology marketing veteran, having worked with both
direct and channel models throughout his career. Tippets will lead corporate
marketing, channel marketing, product management and marketing. Mike
has 14 years of experience in technology development, sales and marketing.
Most recently he was responsible for worldwide channel marketing at SonicWALL
(NASDAQ: SNWL). Over his career Mike has demonstrated the ability to
align technologies with real world business needs. His experience includes
years at Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL), Sprint (NASDAQ: FON) and WordPerfect
(NASDAQ: CORL) where he worked with development teams and customers to
create winning solutions in the networking and communications technology
space. Mike holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brigham Young
University.
“
Jeff’s managerial and organization skills are exceptional. His
ability to lead high-performance sales organizations with discipline
and agility will drive Helius to surpass our sales targets,” said
Ron Heinz, President and CEO of Helius. “Mike brings a great deal
of experience and energy to our Helius team and will play a vital role
in the maturing and growth of our business. His ability to define and
create technology solutions for business and communicate the value of
a solution to business customers will be a great asset.”
“
I am genuinely excited about joining the leader in the satellite to LAN
convergence and integration market. I am looking forward to delivering
this message to customers worldwide,” said Jeff Curtis.
“
I am thrilled at the chance to join Helius. Satellite and terrestrial
broadband networks are converging and Helius offers a reliable, secure
and simple infrastructure for capitalizing on this convergence. Companies
around the world are going to want to use this technology to solve business
bandwidth needs,” said Mike Tippets.
“Mike and Jeff bring enormous experience and knowledge in leading and building
high growth organizations within technology companies,” said Chairman and
Founder Myron Mosbarger. “We are thrilled to have these two very talented
executives join our company.”
About Helius, Inc.
Helius, Inc. is the leading provider of technologies to link Satellite networks
and traditional IP based networks. Helius products include satellite IP routers,
software and custom engineered solutions that enable efficient, secure and reliable
delivery of broadband content over satellites and local area networks. Helius’ portfolio
of satellite routing solutions includes products that enable a full range of
video, voice and data to be distributed across corporate computer networks and
desktops. The enterprise-wide business TV systems powered by Helius products
give employees and customers easy access to live or stored content such as retail
services, marketing programs, corporate broadcasts, distance learning courses,
training programs, software updates, databases and the Internet.
Helius is a privately held company based in Lindon, Utah. For more information,
visit http://www.helius.com or call (801) 764-9020.
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Helius is a trademark of Helius, Inc. Other company, product, and service
names contained in this release may be registered trademarks or trademarks
of the respective owners.
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