ICO Global Communications, the global mobile communications company, has appointed four managers in its Washington office who will work on the development, marketing and implementation of ICO’s cellular roaming services in the North American market.
Gary Drouillard has joined ICO from BC Tel in Vancouver to manage
roaming implementation with IS41 networks. At BC Tel he was Manager of
Roaming Administration and Fraud Control, responsible for all roaming
operations and for the management and development of BC Tel Mobility’s
roaming systems and relationships.
Cynthia Hester will manage the marketing of cellular services in
North America. She joins ICO from Southwestern Bell Wireless, where
she was Marketing Manager, responsible for all marketing activity for
the Arkansas and Tulsa, Okla., markets.
Uwe Mayer will manage ICO’s terrestrial cellular services for the
Americas. Prior to joining ICO, Mayer was Director of Roaming at
American Personal Communications, responsible for the coordination of
all roaming activities, domestic and international.
Scott Silvey joins ICO as Senior Account Manager, responsible for
establishing distribution channels for ICO’s products and services.
Prior to joining ICO, Silvey was Vice President and General Manager,
Network Services, for Pana-Pacific Corporation. There he managed a
portfolio of customer acquisition processes worth $60m with companies
such as GTE, Airtouch, PacBell, Nextell and Western Wireless.
He previously held the position of Vice President of Sales,
responsible for over $225 million in wireless equipment revenue.
The team will be further strengthened by Tim Brooks, who moves to
the Washington office from New Jersey. He will manage IS41 services
worldwide, with an emphasis on the Americas. Brooks has been working
for ICO in this capacity for two years.
Prior to joining ICO, Brooks was Director Project Management at
Bell Atlantic International Wireless, responsible for overseeing the
business and financial analysis activities for Bell Atlantic
International Wireless business development opportunities.
“These managers are customer-oriented and proven leaders in their
respective fields,” said Mary Frost, Vice President and Regional
General Manager of ICO North America. “Collectively, they will
contribute substantially to ICO’s service distribution and market
development as we move forward to service launch in 2000.”
ICO’s services will be based on a new generation of pocket-size
mobile phones, which will allow users to make and receive calls at any
time, anywhere in the world. The handsets will be dual mode, capable
of working on satellite, cellular and PCS networks. Using their
handsets, customers will be able to roam between ICO and mobile
networks around the world.
If no cellular network is available, the handset will roam to
ICO’s satellite network to offer customers unrestricted mobility and
accessibility for their communications needs.
Affordable services will be available to a wide range of
users–from people living and working in remote rural areas to the
international business traveller. In addition ICO will offer services
to the road transport, maritime and aeronautical sectors.
