Sierra Wireless Announces Changes to Executive Leadership Team
08 November 2021 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW), a world leading IoT
solutions provider, today announced a series of organizational
changes to further streamline and improve the overall business
performance of the company. These changes are outlined below.
- Pravin Desale joins Sierra Wireless as SVP Engineering. Pravin
will oversee Sierra's worldwide engineering and network operations
organizations. Pravin brings more than 28 years of R&D and
engineering management experience to Sierra. Prior to joining
Sierra Wireless, Pravin was SVP of Engineering at Veritas
Technologies where he was responsible for data protection appliance
solutions, software defined storage, and application resiliency
solutions. Prior to this, he was VP of Engineering at Seagate, and
VP of Engineering at LSI Logic where he led teams in software and
hardware development. Pravin has an Electrical Engineering Master's
degree from Santa Clara University.
- Sam Cochrane, CFO of Sierra Wireless in charge of Finance, IT
Networks and Security, will be taking on additional
responsibilities including Human Resources and Facilities.
- Roy McLean will take on the role of SVP Operations. Roy was
previously SVP Customer Experience and Quality. All global
operations will now be centralized under Roy’s leadership with
additional resources to support the high quality and efficient
production and delivery of all Sierra Wireless products.
- Jim Ryan will take on the role of SVP Product, Partnerships and
Marketing. Jim was previously SVP Partnerships, Marketing and GM
for IoT Solutions. In addition to continuing his role as global
head of Partnerships and Marketing, Jim will now lead product
management for the entire Sierra Wireless global product and
services portfolio. In this capacity, Jim will help ensure Sierra
Wireless is focused on delivering the right solutions that best
meet customers’ needs.
- Steve Harmon will take on the role of SVP Global Sales. Steve
was previously SVP Americas Sales. Consolidating the sales teams
under one leader enables the team to optimize routes to market to
best reach and serve customers efficiently and effectively.
- Philippe Guillemette (CTO), Marc Overton (CSO and SVP EMEA and
APAC Sales), James Armstrong (SVP and GM Enterprise Solutions), and
Stefan Hockley (VP Global Human Resources) will be leaving the
organization. Sierra Wireless would like to thank them for their
valuable contributions and expertise over the years.
“Through these senior leadership changes, along with other
measures to further improve efficiencies and performance, our team
is aligned and focused on company profitability in 2022,” said Phil
Brace, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sierra
Wireless.
About Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) is a world leading IoT
solutions provider that combines devices, network services, and
software to unlock value in the connected economy. Companies
globally are adopting 4G, 5G, and LPWA solutions to improve
operational efficiency, create better customer experiences, improve
their business models, and create new revenue streams. Sierra
Wireless works with its customers to develop the right
industry-specific solution for their IoT deployments, whether this
is an integrated solution to help connect edge devices to the
cloud, a software/API service to manage processes with billions of
connected assets, or a platform to extract real-time data to
improve business decisions. With more than 25 years of cellular IoT
experience, Sierra Wireless is the global partner customers trust
to deliver them their next IoT solution. For more information,
visit www.sierrawireless.com.
Connect with Sierra Wireless on the IoT Blog at
http://www.sierrawireless.com/iot-blog, on Twitter at
@SierraWireless, on LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sierra-wireless and on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/SierraWireless.
“Sierra Wireless” is a registered trademark of Sierra Wireless,
Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward Looking Statements
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used in this press release, the words "plan", "expect", "believe",
and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking
statements. These statements reflect our current expectations but
involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may relate to,
among other things: plans and timing for the introduction or
enhancement of our products and services, future market conditions,
supply conditions, channel and end customer demand conditions,
revenues, gross margins, operating expenses, profits, and other
expectations, intentions, and plans that are not historical fact.
These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties
surrounding our business and the markets we operate in, including,
but not limited to, changes in technology and market conditions and
our ability to implement our strategy and successfully develop,
manufacture and supply new products and services. A further
discussion of the risks and uncertainties facing Sierra Wireless
are discussed in its Annual Information Form and Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, which may be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on
EDGAR at www.sec.gov and in Sierra Wireless’ other regulatory
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United
States and the provincial securities commissions in Canada. Due to
these many risks and uncertainties, we cannot assure you that the
forward-looking statements contained in this press release will be
realized. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws,
Sierra Wireless assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements made herein or otherwise, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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