WINA Announces New Board of Directors; Wireless Implementation In Industrial Market Set to Grow in Excess of 25 Percent Annually

Research Triangle Park, NC (PRWEB) June 9, 2009

The Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA), expert wireless resource for the industrial market, today announced its 2009 Board of Directors election results.

Elected to serve the organization for 2009 as Chairman is Dr. Peter Fuhr, Chief Technology Officer of Apprion, with 25 years of experience in wireless communications. Serving as President is Steve Toteda, Vice President of Marketing at Dust Networks with over 20 years experience in wireless and wireline communications equipment. Dave Kaufman, Director of New Business Development for Honeywell's Process Solutions business, will serve as Vice President and Hesh Kagan, Managing Consultant at Invensys Process Systems will serve as Treasurer.

"It will be a privilege to serve WINA as President. I look forward to growing the alliance while retaining our unique position as the leading resource within an increasingly complex industry," said WINA President Steve Toteda. "We will work closely with wireless standards bodies, equipment vendors, and leading experts to provide end users with the balanced information they need to make the best decisions about their wireless implementations," Toteda added.

Under the new leadership WINA will continue to spearhead its highly regarded, industry-wide educational seminars, panel discussions and other programs that serve the Industrial market.

"WINA has made a major contribution to moving industrial wireless from an intriguing curiosity to a mainstream technology," said Andrew Bond, editor of Industrial Automation Insider. "Under its new leadership it now has an even more important role to play in helping to ensure that it brings maximum benefit to the widest possible user base," Bond said.

Worldwide, sales of wireless equipment are forecasted to continue rapid growth, with growth in excess of 25 percent annually through 2012, according to VDC Research, a leading market analysis firm. Underlying this rapid growth is a transition to standards-based networking, predominantly in wireless Ethernet and wireless sensing.

About WINA

The Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance - WINA - is a nonprofit coalition of leading industry vendors and research institutions that serves as a trusted source of information by providing balanced coverage of industry issues across a wide range of manufacturing industries. Through its extensive network and educational outreach programs, WINA provides end users with current, timely and relevant information about the enhanced productivity, efficiency and safety of industrial wireless applications. For more information about WINA, visit http://www.wina.org

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