Somera Appoints Julie Schiffer as Area Sales Vice President
05 December 2005 - 11:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Appointment Underscores Somera Commitment to Maintaining Sales
Leadership DALLAS, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Somera
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMRA), a global provider of
telecommunications asset management services, announced that Julie
Schiffer has joined the company as Area Sales Vice President. A
well-respected industry veteran, Ms. Schiffer will be associated
with the company's offices in Carpinteria, California managing
sales teams covering Service Providers in the US as well as Central
and South America regions. In addition, she will also assist with
Business Development activities in a number of other areas through
out the company. "We are pleased to welcome Julie to the Somera
team," said Jay Hilbert, Senior Vice President of Sales and
Marketing at Somera. "Bringing someone on board with Julie's high
visibility and extensive experience in the industry will further
strengthen our commitment to building and growing the business. She
will also be able to support our new services such as RecoveryPLUS,
which require a more consultative selling approach. I am confident
that she will be a big contributor to sales growth initiatives."
Ms. Schiffer added, "Somera has consistently demonstrated a
commitment to the industry and leadership in bringing new products,
services and processes to the market. I believe that we are well
positioned to grow and redefine this space. I'm particularly
excited about how RecoveryPLUS adds value to traditional brokerage
services. It's a compelling value proposition that Somera is
uniquely well suited to deliver." Ms. Schiffer was most recently
executive vice president with SRS Industries, Inc., a competitor to
Somera, where she was also a founder of the business. She earned
her Bachelors Degree from UCLA in 1981. About Somera Somera
Communications is a telecom asset management firm that assists
service providers generate greater value from their network assets
in the form of lower operating costs, longer product life, higher
productivity, and real measurable savings. Somera provides
immediate availability of quality, warranted new and refurbished
equipment at savings of 25% to 60%. Extending these benefits is
Somera RecoveryPLUS(TM), which deploys knowledgeable personnel,
proven processes and proprietary software to each client location
to provide professional discovery, valuation and asset cataloging,
thereby enhancing ongoing network efficiency while improving the
accuracy and quality of reports required of today's regulatory
environment. In addition, Somera offers outsourced network
operations, logistics, and technical service, as well as
comprehensive repair services for wireless, wireline, and data
products -- all at significant savings and reduced cycle times.
Founded in 1995, Somera has developed an impressive base of over
1,100 customers worldwide, including the industry leaders from each
segment of the telecommunications market. Visit Somera on the web
at http://www.somera.com/. This news release contains
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Actual results in
future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in
the forward-looking statements contained in this release,
including, but not limited to, Somera's ability to execute on its
disaster recovery strategy, general economic conditions
particularly affecting the telecommunications industry; capital
equipment spending levels in the telecommunications industry,
including the risk of continued customer spending delays associated
with carrier consolidation; the impact of competition in the market
for supplying equipment and equipment lifecycle management services
to telecommunications operators; the risk of potential shortage of
product supply; and Somera's ability to build its lifecycle
management services capabilities; and other factors fully described
in the company's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), including but not limited to, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December, 31, 2004, and Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q. The company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statements that may be made by or on behalf of the
company. Copies of Somera's Securities & Exchange Commission
filings may be obtained by contacting Financial Relations Board at
617-520-7064 or by visiting the Investor section of Somera's web
site at http://www.somera.com/. DATASOURCE: Somera Communications,
Inc. CONTACT: Jim Gardner, Vice President, Marketing of Somera
Communications, Inc., +1-972-304-5660, Web site:
http://www.somera.com/
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