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Allen Telecom, Cleveland, creates a new Worldwide Site Products Division. The division combines FOREM S.r.l., Milan, Italy, with the former Site Products divisions in Cleveland and Sparks, NV. Piero Villa, formerly president of FOREM S.r.l., is president of the new division.
Robert Perelman leaves Times Microwave Systems, Wallingford, CT, as vice president of marketing to join Eupen Cable USA, Orange, CT, as vice president of sales and marketing.
Ronald J. Jakubowski departs Allen Telecom’s Systems Division, Solon, OH, as principal engineer to join TX RX Systems, Angola, NY, as systems engineering manager.
Stacey Black, former vice president of marketing for Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, NJ, becomes vice president of marketing-strategic business development of the Wireless Terminals Division at Siemens Business Communications Systems, Richardson, TX.
Dwayne Aspaas, account executive covering sales in the Northwestern United States for Coded Communications, Carlsbad, CA, advances to general manager, international sales.
Unique Technologies International, Irving, TX, has changed its name to ComSpace, and with the acceptance of an $8.5 million equity investment, it has created a new board of directors. Continuing from the previous board are Steven E. Fulford, ComSpace president; David L. George, ComSpace executive vice president; and Gordon Simmonds, president of Lenbrook Industries (and the previous chairman of Unique). New board chairman Jon Bayless is managing partner of Sevin Rosen, one of the new equity investors. Bob Paluck, director of Centerpoint Ventures, another new equity investor, is another new board member. Other new board members include Alfonso Cordero, chairman of Powerwave Technologies; and Thomas Aschenbrenner, a consultant.
Changes at Narda Microwave-East, Hauppage, NY: John C. Stine departs Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems, Yonkers, NY, as manager of quality assurance, to join Narda as director of quality assurance. Michael J. Sanator leaves Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems, Great Neck, NY, as director of manufacturing and material operations to join Narda as director of operations. Joseph Langille, vice president of finance at Narda Microwave-West, CA, advances to vice president of finance at Narda Microwave-East. Robert A. Koelzer, product line manager for Passive Products, becomes director of engineering. Vinod Chitkara, vice president of sales advances to senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Michael F. Robinson departs as area manager of engineering and operations at Sprint PCS, Atlanta, to join Southern Linc as director of enginering and operations.