Simoco Strengthens Americas Offering with Appointment of Ron Lyons
Mobile Radio Specialist Simoco Group targets growth in the Americas as Ron Lyons joins as Vice President of Sales & Business Development
24 AUGUST 2011 – Simoco Group, one of the leading radio communications specialists, is strengthening its position in the Americas with the appointment of Ron Lyons as Vice President of Sales & Business Development, based in San Diego.
Heading up Simoco Americas, covering North and South America, Ron brings over 20 years’ experience in the land mobile radio sector, having worked with customers in public safety, utilities and transport to provide a broad range of communications solutions.
The appointment underlines Simoco Group’s commitment to the region, where it already works with organisations ranging from sheriff and fire departments to large electricity utility companies.
CEO of Simoco Group, Ian Carr, says: “We’ve had growing success in the Americas over the last 12 months, and with a number of new agreements secured in the US in the last few weeks alone our focus is on strengthening our operations across the region. With cutting edge technology and flexible solutions, our aim is to build our presence and reputation in sectors such as public safety, transport and oil, where we have a world-class pedigree, and Ron’s appointment is a key part of our future strategy.”
With expertise in technologies including mobile data, Radio over IP, interoperability and dispatching systems, highly complex LMR systems including wide area trunking, and APCO Project 25, Ron previously worked with EADS Secure Networks as Director of Regional Sales for the Western USA, and has managed projects ranging from small localised systems to large state-wide networks.
Commenting on his appointment Ron says: “This is truly a global market and bringing best in class products at the best value to the customer is very important given our current economic climate. I am honoured and excited to have this opportunity to formally introduce Simoco to the Americas market place and take our place amongst the vendor community.”
Ian Carr adds: “Ron has many years of experience in PMR and our key markets and is well placed to support our business objectives of establishing and building our permanent presence in the Americas and building it into one of our major markets.”
About Simoco
Simoco Group is one of the World’s leading radio communications specialists, providing cutting edge Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and Private Mobile Radio (PMR) products and services to organisations around the globe.
Based in Derby, UK, Simoco Group develops radio solutions such as PMR, TETRA and DMR and works with market leading technologies such as Bluetooth, WiFi, VoiP and DSPs. Within the business Team Simoco also runs a world-renowned service centre from its offices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, which repairs equipment from current and previous generations of mobile radio with ComGroup operating service centres in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.
Simoco operates in a growing range of markets around the World, including emergency services, military, public sector, utilities and transport across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Australasia and the Far East.
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