CHARLOTTE, NC, April 4, 2007 - Satnews Daily - End II End Communications has appointed Colonel (retired) Tapan Das Sharma as its senior advisor on the Indian market. Col. Sharma has 30 years of honorable military service providing leadership to regimental teams and maintenance of high-tech systems during both peace and war.
Following his retirement from active duty, he held various senior management and operational positions including general manager at Narang Industries & Sugar Mills and as vice president, Security and Intelligence Services, India Ltd. He is currently chairman and managing director of Bravehearts Security and Intelligent Services, a private company sponsored by India's Ministry of Defense.
Known for his ability to create and articulate corporate vision and for customer-centric leadership, Col. Sharma will assist End II End in developing opportunities in both the enterprise and government sectors in India.
"We're honored to be associated with Col. Sharma," said Doug Triblehorn, End II End's vice president for sales. "His decades of experience in military service and private industry make him ideally suited to represent End II End in this important market."
End II End CEO John X. Dwyer said India has a robust and sophisticated satellite industry, and the company looks forward to building relationships with service providers and educating their customers about their breakthrough network optimization technology, which is the first to make Citrix and other highly interactive applications really work over satellite.
End II End develops products that optimize, secure and manage wide area networks, while minimizing network costs and downtime. The company delivers LAN-like performance for mission-critical applications like Citrix, SAP, MS Exchange and Oracle over high-latency connections including satellite.