TROY, MI -- 10/19/09 --
Viper Networks, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: VPER), a
telecommunication network operations and technical management company, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Otrok (47), as President of
International Operations for the Company, who has also been appointed to
the Board of Directors for an initial two year term.
As an accomplished telecommunications industry veteran, Mr. Otrok's
leadership successes at the highest level have put him in the rarified air
of being recognized as one of the industry's most valued network solutions
integrators in the world.
From 1989-1996, Mr. Otrok was a key Member of Technical Staff for AT&T Bell
Laboratories (a Lucent Technologies predecessor company), with
leadership in 5ESS Global Public Network Architecture & 5ESS Performance,
and responsibilities including end-to-end system engineering, project
management, and developing architecture requirements for 5ESS-2000 and
CDMA.
Then in 1996-1999, Otrok accepted a position as Senior Manager for Network
Implementation with Lucent Technologies (Middle East). Leading a team in
excess of 500 staff members for building and implementation of Telephone
Expansion of Wireless Networks, his responsibilities included Sales and
Program Management of all resources required for successful deployment of a
$6 billion network, which included Data, Optical, Wireless and Voice
networks.
In 1999, Lucent Technologies promoted Mr. Otrok to Executive Director of
Operations (Middle East), where he lead a staff of over 1000 people for
Building and Operations until 2004. Building a network that consisted of 5
million lines of GSM and 5 million land-lines, his responsibilities
included Wireless Network Buildings and Operations, RF Design, Engineering,
RF Integration and Optimizations, Network Planning and Integrations, and
Network Performance and Reliability.
These leadership positions with Lucent also included oversight in sales,
software development, strategic planning and finance, both inside and
outside the United States.
After these professional milestones, which included the leadership of the
operational and maintenance units that built one of the largest
telecommunications infrastructure projects ever done as a single project in
the world (in Saudi Arabia), Mr. Otrok became the Vice President of
Operations for Hattco, Inc. (Middle East) in 2004 until just recently, when
he accepted the position of President for International Operations of Viper
Networks, Inc. in October 2009.
For the past 5 years, Mr. Otrok ran the complete operations of Hattco,
managing all major telcom projects in GSM, data, and landline networks for
their main customers, which are Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia,
Seimens, Saudi Telcom Company (STC)
and Etisalat.
The depth of Mr. Otrok's telecommunication expertise and broad skill sets
are ideally suited for delivering strong revenue and profit growth from
state-of-art operations, as Viper Networks is well positioned to take full
advantage of market conditions that are becoming increasingly favorable to
the Company on a global basis.
Mr. Tom Otrok holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida Institute Of Technology (Major: Telecommunication) and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Missouri.
For further information, please contact Rich Kaiser at 800.631.8127,
Investor Relations principal at YES INTERNATIONAL. Or email
info@vipernetworks.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and
reported results should not be considered an indication of future
performance. In addition, the factors discussed in the filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, among the other factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially.
Contact:
YES International
Rich Kaiser
800.631.8127
