net.com Appoints Telecom Veteran Frederick D'Alessio to Board of Directors
January 12 2005 - 7:04AM
PR Newswire (US)
net.com Appoints Telecom Veteran Frederick D'Alessio to Board of
Directors FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., dba net.com (NYSE:NWK),
announced today that Fred D'Alessio has been elected to its Board
of Directors. Mr. D'Alessio brings over 30 years of
telecommunications experience to net.com, which includes executive
positions with Bell Atlantic, Verizon Communications, and Capitol
Management Partners, a consulting firm for early stage
communication organizations. As president of Verizon's Advanced
Services group, Mr. D'Alessio led both the launch of its DSL and
Broadband ISP businesses and the effort to become the long distance
market's first Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC). At Bell
Atlantic, Mr. D'Alessio's senior management positions included
president, Advanced Services group; group president of Consumer
Business; vice president of operations and engineering; and CEO and
president of Bell Atlantic Maryland. With the mergers of Nynex and
GTE, Mr. D'Alessio sought to improve overall customer experience by
combining the best practices of both companies while saving
millions of dollars. "I would like to welcome Fred to net.com,"
said Hubert "Bert" Whyte, net.com president and CEO. "He brings a
wealth of telecom experience to our Board of Directors and his
experience with a major RBOC will prove invaluable as net.com moves
forward. We look forward to his guidance." Mr. D'Alessio currently
sits on a number of corporate boards, including SS8 networks,
Spirent PLC, Aware Inc., and Hatteras Networks. Mr. D'Alessio
graduated from the Rutgers Business School with an MBA and the New
Jersey Institute of Technology with a BS and MS in Electrical
Engineering. About net.com Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.,
doing business as net.com, develops and delivers platforms for
broadband services, Internet telephony, and multiservice networks.
An architect of the networking industry, net.com has been supplying
service providers, governments and enterprises around the world
with bulletproof networking technology for more than 20 years. net
performance. net results. net.com. Visit http://www.net.com/ for
more information. NOTE: net.com is a trademark of Network Equipment
Technologies, Inc. DATASOURCE: Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Brenda Ropoulos, Director of Corporate Relations of
net.com, +1-510-574-2508, or Web site: http://www.net.com/
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