GTES Today Announced That Mark Pocock Has Joined the Company as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
GTES has recently developed SHERLOC™, a hosted wireless location service. In support of this new strategic direction Mark Pocock has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, reporting to GTES President Russ Allen.
(PRWEB) June 30, 2005 -- “The wireless location market represents an exciting
opportunity for GTES, and we have leveraged our core strengths in carrier grade
software to develop an innovative product for this market,” said Russ Allen,
GTES President. “We needed to expand our management team in support of this new
business, and with his extensive experience in wireless and location
technologies combined with an excellent track record of bringing new products to
market, Mark is an ideal fit for this role.”
“I am delighted to be
working with the top-notch team here at GTES,” said Pocock. “They have done a
superb job in developing SHERLOC™ (www.sherlocgps.com), a hosted
wireless location service, and I look forward to working with GTES to bring the
benefits of location visibility to our business customers.”
Most
recently, Pocock was a technology management consultant specializing in product
management and launch in the areas of wireless data and wireless location. Prior
to that, he was Vice President of Product Management for Wireless Messaging with
Glenayre Electronics, a leading developer of hardware and software solutions
based on one- and two-way paging protocols. Before joining Glenayre, Pocock
worked with the management and technical teams at NovAtel Wireless and Bell
Northern Research. Pocock holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Waterloo.
About GTES:
GTES has historically focused
on providing support for Glenayre wireless messaging infrastructure and
software. Recently, however the company has expanded its development activities
to include wireless location technologies, a market that analysts forecast at
$3.6 billion by 2010. In support of this new strategic direction, GTES has
developed SHERLOC™ (www.sherlocgps.com), a complete one-stop wireless location
service, which provides the flexibility of being protocol neutral and network
agnostic. Targeted at business customers who need to track their high-value
shipments or better manage their field assets, SHERLOC™ is a hosted application
that combines configuration flexibility with ease of use.
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