People
Thomas Carello leaves Roamer One, Torrance, CA, as regional manager, to join Lenbrook Wireless Communications, Pickering, Ontario, Canada, as sales director for Powerwave products.
John F. Scheifele departs Telecommunications Research Associates, Dublin, CA, as division vice president to become vice president of marketing at Call Sciences, Edison, NJ.
Changes at Signal One, Chattanooga, TN: Bill Friedrichs departs Glenayre Electronics, Charlotte, NC, as director of contract services to join Signal One as chief operating officer. Pat Tant, vice president of operations, advances to vice president of sales and marketing.
Joe Glassett, sales administration manager for Kenwood Communications, Long Beach, CA, moves up to operations manager.
Mario Cid Fernandez leaves Hughes Technical Services, Fort Irwin, CA, as North American sales manager for the Magnaphone, to join O’Gara Satellite Systems, Deer Park, NY, as director of sales for the mobile satellite communications products.
Changes at TruePosition, Vienna, VA: Michael McGoldrick leaves Ericsson, Lynchburg, VA, as director of sales and marketing to join TruePosition as vice president of sales. Paxton J. Louis leaves NextWave Telecom, Hawthorne, NY, as director of technology to join TruePosition as vice president for carrier marketing and technical support.
Changes at Superconducting Core Technologies (SCT), Golden, CO: Robert F. Paige leaves GE Capital and Telecom Group, Norcross, GA, as vice president in business development to become chief executive officer at SCT. John Schaller departs AirNet Communications, Melbourne, FL, as chief financial officer to join SCT as chief financial officer.
George Shaginaw becomes Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s (CTIA) vice president for technology and operations, a new position in the association. Shaginaw’s industry experience includes being executive vice president of Pacific Telecom Cellular, Appleton, WI.
Changes at Northern Telecom (Nortel): Jim Long, executive vice president and group executive-Asia advances to executive vice president, Enterprise Networks. He succeeds Rick Faletti, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Clarence Chandran assumes responsibility for Asia, in addition to his role as executive vice president, Public Carrier Networks. David Ball, senior vice president, Public Carrier Networks, Europe, is retiring this year.
