Tii Appoints Two New Vice Presidents To Lead International Sales Efforts

EDGEWOOD, N.Y. and LONG ISLAND, N.Y., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tii Network Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TIII), a leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing network products for the communications industry, today announced the appointments of Michael Dawe to Vice President  Sales - UK, Europe & Asia,  and Monica Gonzalez-Greer to Vice President Sales – Latin America & Caribbean.

In his new role, Mr. Dawe will be responsible for expanding Tii’s sales in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia; while also continuing his oversight of Tii’s Canadian sales, he will transition his Caribbean sales responsibilities to Ms. Gonzalez-Greer.  Mr. Dawe has been with Tii for four years; he has a very strong technical background in telecommunications and has been instrumental in directing Tii’s international sales organization.    

In her new role, Ms. Gonzalez-Greer will be responsible for expanding Tii’s sales in all of Latin America and the Caribbean.  Most recently, Ms. Gonzalez-Greer had been responsible for the recently acquired Porta Systems’ Mexican sales and manufacturing operations.  Ms. Gonzalez-Greer also serves as the President of the Mexican Maquiladora Association and has strong relationships with Mexico’s largest telecom providers.      

Kenneth A. Paladino, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Our recent acquisition of Porta Systems Copper Products Division has added new product lines and sales channels, resulting in many new sales opportunities for us. Of these, we are very excited about now having strong sales channels into two strategic markets - the United Kingdom and Mexico.  

"We believe that the appointments of Michael and Monica, with their many years of international sales experience and strong track records in the telecom industry, will enable us to accelerate the execution of our strategy of becoming a significant competitor in the global telecommunications equipment marketplace”.