Grant Saroka Joins IBiS Telecom, Inc. as VP Sales and Marketing

Release Date May 2, 2003 Grant Saroka Joins IBiS Telecom, Inc. as VP Sales and Marketing

SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) Grant Saroka has joined IBiS Telecom as VP Sales and Marketing effective immediately. We are pleased to add Grants considerable wireless expertise to our team," said IBiS CEO Stefan Scheinert. Grant brings a wealth of experience to us dating back to the early days of cellular."

Sarokas responsibilities have included sales, general management, product management, product development and all aspects of network development and operations.

He joined GTE Mobilnet in 1983, as the first construction permits were awarded by the FCC, and was responsible for all network technical issues and the development of GTE proprietary products such as cell phones, call boxes, credit card phones and their Follow Me Roaming system. When GTE acquired the fledgling Airfone in 1988, he joined the company as VP Engineering and was responsible for leading the cross-functional team that developed the second generation Airfone system requirements.

Saroka was a co-founder of Sterling Cellular, a company that successfully developed RSA markets from Alaska to Florida.

He re-joined GTE in late 1993, as VP/GM International Operations for the Personal Communications group, responsible for the successful rollout of wireless operations in Argentina (Compania de Telefonos del Interior, SA) and GTE PCSs operations in Korea. In 1995, he joined CellStar, where he managed product distribution, materials management and marketing for the $1 billion company. He was the driving force behind the development of one of the earliest programs that allowed wireless carriers to out-source retail product packaging and distribution. In 1996 he co-founded Global Wireless Solutions, a consulting company that provided product, process and engineering services to wireless carriers and vendors. In 1999, he joined ScoreBoard, Inc., where he was able to both restore endangered customer relationships and build new accounts.

IBiS Telecoms network offers wireless carriers the opportunity to quickly improve service quality and lower the cost of service by deploying low-cost personal" base stations that use end users existing broadband connections. I believe that this will be an excellent solution for carriers seeking to retain existing customers and attract new ones in an increasingly competitive and bottom line-oriented wireless marketplace, and I'm looking forward to working with the IBiS team in building this new company", said Saroka.

ABOUT IBIS: IBiS Telecom is developing a patented new technical approach and product set to address the dual problems of poor cellular coverage and the high cost of installing increased network capacity. The new system implements a "piggyback" wireless architecture that utilizes subscribers existing broadband internet connections including cable and dsl. IBiS Telecom, Inc. is an early stage company headquartered in San Diego.

For further info contact rich@ibistelecom.com, or call +1.404.786.1977.