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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