Land Mobile October 2009

People
A
t Sonic Communications,
the West Midlands based
specialist in audio accessories for
mobile radio, Neil Barker has
taken over as managing director.
He replaces David Bryan, who has
retired after some 32 years.
Mr Bryan will continue to work
for the Soncell Group, Sonic’s
parent company, on the design
and manufacture of unmanned
aerial vehicles, with which he has
been heavily involved in during
A
t the wireless systems the last three years. Neil Barker
integrator Aerelink, Craig
M
obile marketing technology provider 2ergo has appointed Mark
Gilburt as its head of MNO/MVNOs and Public Sector. He brings
joined Sonic Communications in
Barrass (above) has taken
to the company more than 20 years’ experience in business-to-business
May 1987 from the Ministry of
up the post of sales director,
technology environments, which has included senior positions with
Defence, initially as technical sales
heading the company’s
Vodafone Group and O
2
. Prior to his new appointment, he was head
manager. He later became general
sales teams in England and
of mobile business development for Thus plc, managing national sales
manager and was appointed sales
Scotland.
teams which worked to acquire voice, data and applications revenues.
director in 1994.
He joins Aerelink from
Alvarion UK and Ireland, for Dolby in the US as segment
where he worked as country M
ax Taylor is to join T-
Mobile as head of business director for mobile, leading the
manager; he has also held marketing at the end of this business unit in all aspects of sales
S
killweb, a technology
solutions provider
senior managerial roles at month, taking on the strategically and marketing.
specialising in mobile
Azzurri Communications and important role of developing the He has also spent fi ve years at
workforce management and
Avaya Communications. company’s share of the business Orange in a number of senior roles,
item traceability, has appointed
“We are extremely pleased telecoms market He will work including that of head of 3G and
Natasha Wilson as its head of
to welcome Craig to our closely with Neil Pickersgill, the convergence marketing and head
sales and marketing.
team”, said Steve Swift, newly-appointed head of business of SME proposition development,
For the past two years
managing director of Aerelink. sales. and he advised DSGI on the launch
she has worked as general
“He has a proven track “Max joins us at a point in of Th e TechGuys, an IT customer
manager of the C3 Club
record in sales and business time when we are gearing up our service supplied through stores and
and R3 Club, private
development within the eﬀ orts to oﬀ er greater value to mobile technicians.
networking forums for logistics
professionals working within
distribution, integrator and IT the business community”, said
the courier and retail sectors.
fi elds and we are confi dent he Srini Gopalan, T-Mobile UK’s
She will continue to manage
will make a positive long term chief marketing oﬃ cer. “Only
both clubs alongside her
impact on Aerelink.” last month, we launched Business
new job role. Prior to her
Mr Barrass lives in Wakefi eld Unlimited, the only business tariﬀ
involvement with the clubs,
with his wife, three daughters to give users unlimited UK calls
she spent more than 10 years
and two Border Collies. He and texts for £30 a month.”
working for Allied Dunbar,
is a close follower of Rugby Mr Taylor joins T-Mobile
now part of Zurich Financial
League, enjoys motorcycling from Vodafone, where he was
Services, and also ran her
across Europe and walking in consulting for the global business
own specialist recruitment
the Dales. marketing team on segment
strategy. Prior to that he worked
consultancy.
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‘Radio’based solutions for tunnels,
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& below ground level.
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