Tempest Telecom Solutions, LLC Appoints Gordon Smith as Vice President, Services

Tempest Telecom Solutions, LLC announced that Gordon Smith has joined the company to serve in the newly created position of Vice President, Services. Gordon will be located at a regional office in Dallas, Texas and will be responsible for Tempest's three Services portfolios: Depot Repair, Professional Services and Logistics Management.

Santa Barbara (PRWEB) November 15, 2006 -- Tempest Telecom Solutions, LLC, www.tempesttelecom.com, announced that Gordon Smith has joined the company to serve in the newly created position of Vice President, Services. Gordon will be located at a regional office in Dallas, Texas. Gordon was previously Vice President of Services for Somera Communications where he oversaw Telecom Repair, Spares Management, Consulting and Lifecycle Services. He is a seasoned telecommunications services professional working in this industry for over 12 years. As Vice President of Services he will be responsible for Tempest's three Services portfolios: Depot Repair, Professional Services and Logistics Management. Gordon will be building and delivering Services solutions that will support the maintenance and evolution of multi-vendor networks. He is looking forward to the opportunity to earn business with excellent customer service and outstanding solutions to meet the customer's current and future needs.

From 1994 through 2002 Gordon served a variety of executive roles in Telecom Services companies including COO of Compass Telecom and President of TDI, Inc. In his experience, Gordon has overseen teams of more than 100 employees and P&L's in excess of $25M. "I am pleased to be joining Tempest at a time of tremendous opportunity in telecom. I have had the good fortune to have managed and worked with some of the industries very best, and I look forward to bringing that experience to Tempest in order to create high value solutions for our telecommunications customers"

"We are extremely pleased to welcome Gordon to our Tempest leadership team and we feel that his seasoned experience will be a wonderful addition to our current management team," said Jessica Firestone, CEO of Tempest Telecom Solutions.

About Tempest Telecom Solutions

Over the past 10 years, the management team at Tempest Telecom Solutions has been helping network operator's build, expand and maintain their networks faster and more cost-effectively. Tempest achieves this by working closely with each of its customers at all levels, to fully understand their unique requirements and then striving tirelessly to meet those needs. Tempest's solutions include everything from traditional equipment provisioning to custom product engineering, equipment repair and exchange, and highly effective asset recovery programs. For more information visit: http://www.tempesttelecom.com.

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