People
Joe Banos, president of Neulink Division of RF Industries, San Diego, exits to become president and general manager of Ranger Communications, San Diego.
Alan Miller leaves Motorola’s Government Markets Division, New York, as district sales manager to join Leo Mac 2-Way Radio Service, East Syracuse, NY, as corporate sales and marketing manager.
Dave Tewel departs Telect, Spokane, WA, as manager of systems engineering to join Winsted, Minneapolis, as western regional sales manager.
Scott Spreen joins NEC America’s Wireless Marketing Division, Irving, TX, as account executive after working in business development with Siemens, headquartered in Germany.
Wayne Nelson joins Aerotron-Repco Systems, Orlando, FL, as general manager after 20 years of experience in the land mobile, telemetry and cellular radio markets. Changes to the Personal Communications Industry Association’s board of directors:
George Schmitt, president of Omnipoint Communications, Bethesda, MD, succeeds William Collins, chairman of Metrocall, Alexandria, VA. Gary Cuccio, president of AirTouch Paging, Dallas, joins the executive committee as vice chairman. Eric Ensor, president of TWS, Alpharetta, GA, joins as treasurer, and Ed Baker Jr., chairman of the Arch Communications Group, Westboro, MA, is elected secretary.
E. Blake Hawk, a partner with Brown, Parker & Leahy, Houston, exits to become executive vice president of Crown Castle International, Houston.
Reed E. Hundt, former chairman of the FCC, is elected to Redwood City-based Phone.com’s board of directors. Hundt is a senior advisor on information industries to McKinsey & Company, New York, and a principal of Charles Ross Partners, Bethesda, MD.
Don Sweeney departs TDI, Downers Grove, IL, as director of manufacturing and procurement to join JBRO Batteries, Lisle, IL, as vice president of operations. Karina Graham, assistant manager of customer support at National Dispatch Center, San Diego, advances to manager of inside sales.
Changes at Boonton Electronics, Parsippany, NJ: Ron Zukowski leaves Phillips/Lucent Technologies New Product Introduction Center, Whippany, NJ, as manufacturing manager to join Boonton as director of operations. Robert Hannon departs Artisan Controls, Parsippany, as treasurer to become chief financial officer at Boonton.
