TANDBERG Strengthens New Zealand Presence
TANDBERG Strengthens New Zealand Presence
Company Announces New Wellington Office and Senior Sales Executive Appointment
WELLINGTON, February 19, 2009 – TANDBERG®
(OSLO: TAA. OL), a leading global provider of telepresence,
high-definition video conferencing and mobile video
solutions, today launched offices in Wellington to service
an ever expanding base of government and private sector
customers located in the New Zealand capital.
At
the same time, the company has appointed Pete Middelplaats
as New Zealand Account Manager.
Middelplaats
joins TANDBERG with more than ten years’ experience in the
IT industry and 19 years’ overall experience in sales and
business development. He will be responsible for driving
sales, working with local partners and managing regional
customer relationships within New Zealand
Previously, Middelplaats worked as Client
Director at Datacraft where he was responsible for new
business development, leading a team of consultants and
developing solutions and strategies aimed at delivering
critical customer support.
Prior, he worked in a
variety of business development management positions for Sun
Microsystems, Hitachi Data Systems and Telecom where he
drove revenue, managed key accounts and established new
business strategies.
TANDBERG originally launched
offices in Auckland in 2006 and has implemented solutions at
BECA, APN Media, Bank of New Zealand, ASB Bank, Meridian
Energy, Fisher and Paykel and Vodafone New Zealand. The
company’s partners in New Zealand include Agile, Canon,
and IBM.
“I am delighted to be joining TANDBERG
at a time when organisations are looking at how video
conferencing can help drive their adoption of unified
communications, while at the same time helping to manage
business and operational costs by reducing the need for
travel.
“The TANDBERG platform is already the
backbone for many companies delivering a demonstrable high
return on investment in business communications and
reinforcing green IT programs. We will now enable
organisations operating in Wellington to reap these benefits
with an on the ground sales and support infrastructure,”
said Middelplaats.
The Wellington offices are
located at Vodafone On The Quay, Level 16, 157 Lambton Quay,
Wellington.
About TANDBERG
TANDBERG is a
leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition
video conferencing and mobile video products and services
with dual headquarters in New York and Norway. TANDBERG
designs, develops and markets systems and software for
video, voice and data. The company provides sales, support
and value-added services in more than 90 countries
worldwide. TANDBERG is publicly traded on the Oslo Stock
Exchange under the ticker TAA.OL. Please visit
www.tandberg.com for more information.
TANDBERG is a trademark or registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names here in may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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