Thank you Chuck! I don’t officially start until March 1st.
Patrick
is
putting together a great team, including Boun Senekham, myself and
two
others yet to be announced. I am really looking forward to
talking to
Wisps
on a daily schedule again. We think Baicells products will be
well
received
and we are excited to be working together to make sure our clients
are
extremely satisfied.
Below is a combination of two press releases that came out last
week.
It
was easier to combine the two as much of the material was
duplicated.
My
new email address should be set up in a few days and will be
[email protected]. Patrick’s is
[email protected]
and
Boun’s will be [email protected].
Make sure and visit our booth (215) at WISPAmerica. Baicells
Technologies is a Gold Sponsor.
Patrick Leary, Rick Harnish & Boun Senekham Take on Leadership
Roles
with
Baicells North America
Feb 17, 2016
Dallas, TX, USA & Beijing, China – February 15, 2016 —Baicells
Technologies, an emerging global provider of disruptive LTE
solutions
founded by several of the telecom market’s top scientists and
executives,
today announced the launch of their North American operations,
also
naming
American wireless broadband veteran Patrick Leary to lead the
subsidiary.
Baicells, a 2015 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Winner, is focused on
connecting
the unconnected using cutting-edge and disruptively-valued LTE
solutions.
Less than two years old, Baicells’ technology is already
network-accepted
by one of the top mobile carriers in the world, and won a small
cell
innovation award from a top U.S. based silicon maker. Baicells
was
founded
by top telecom executives, including Chairman and CEO Sun Lixin,
formerly
one of the “12 Fellows” of Huawei, a former chairman of the ITU-R
WP5D
and a
leading scientist for 3GPP.org, both global organizations defining
4G/5g and
LTE standards.
“We founded Baicells because we have a dream to be a disruptive
player,
including in North America, and few people have had a greater
influence over
the North American wireless broadband market than Patrick Leary,”
explained
Mr. Sun Lixin. “Patrick shares our vision and our passion to
connect
the
unconnected, so this is a natural pairing for both Baicells and
Mr.
Leary.
We are excited for our future in North America.”
“My career’s mission has been to enable the entrepreneurs bravely
trying
to solve the digital divide across the continent,” shared Patrick
Leary,
President, Baicells, North America. “In Baicells, I’ve found a
company
with
the same passion, as well as the resources and drive to disrupt
the
market
with unique and right-priced LTE solutions. I’m honored to join
the
esteemed
leadership team at Baicells.”
Baicells, an end-to-end LTE solution provider, has three main
product
sets: Light4g, BroFi, and WeLTE, targeting small cells, rural
broadband, and
private LTE networks, respectively. We also develop our own cloud
core
enhanced packet core (EPC) technologies, along with the supporting
QAM
management and billing software tools. Our solutions support
unlicensed
spectrum, as well as the newly-created U.S. CBRS band, and higher
power 2.x
and Canadian 3.x frequencies.
Also joining the Baicells North America team is Mr. Rick Harnish,
formerly the Executive Director of WISPA, the Wireless Internet
Service
Providers’ Association, to the position of Director of WISP
Markets.
Rick
will lead penetration and customer management in this vital market
sector.
Rick joins officially March 1.
During his tenure with WISPA, Mr. Harnish grew the association
from
about
100 to 800 member companies. Over the course of this period, WISPA
established itself as the association of record for the industry,
leading
its representation before Congress and the Federal Communications
Commission. “I’ve known Rick for many years,” said Patrick Leary,
President,
Baicells North America. “Rick is pretty much ‘Mr. WISP’ and he
remains
a
much-loved figure in the WISP market. Baicells and our customers
will
greatly benefit from his steady hand, and of course the depth and
breadth of
his knowledge.”
“Life’s journey is filled with wonders and twists,” shared Mr.
Harnish.
“I love this community and Baicells will be a perfect vehicle for
me
to take
the next step to help build our industry. I hope my friends
throughout
will
welcome me to the commercial side of our industry, and will be
patient
as I
learn new things.”
Additionally, Baicells is also happy to announce Mr. Boun
Senekham, a
top
wireless broadband sales executive and customer relationship
expert,
has
joined the Baicells North America team. The announcement comes one
day
following the news that market veteran Patrick Leary will lead the
North
American subsidiary. Boun (rhymes with “dune”) joins officially
March
1.
For the past 7 years, Boun has been a regional sales manager for
Double
Radius, one of the leading value-added distributors in the
wireless
market
and where he consistently was among its top performers. “Baicells
will
be
built by professionals with reputations synonymous with integrity
and
commitment,” noted Patrick. “We owe this to our partners in China,
who
put
so much faith in us, and we owe this especially to our future
customers,
whose businesses will depend upon our solutions. Ask anyone who’s
been
around this space for a few years which salespeople they trust the
most, and
Boun will be in that list.”
“This was not an easy decision for me,” commented Mr. Senekham,
“But
I’m
joining colleagues with such passion for our market they consider
this
work
a vocation, and combined with a parent company led by some of the
smartest
people in LTE, this was the right move. I’m excited to share
Baicells
with
my contacts, and honored to be selected to build our sales
organization.”
About Baicells
Baicells is a privately-held, high tech company dedicated in
wireless
broadband access solutions. Our main products and solutions cover
indoor and
outdoor small cells, CPEs, antennas, etc. With the vision to
connect
the
unconnected, Baicells has introduced some real breakthrough
technologies to
the LTE system, like moving a complete LTE system to unlicensed
spectrum and
building it with an IT based architecture. With Baicells’ turnkey
end-to-end
solutions, it becomes much easier to provide wireless internet
within
everyone's reach at a very low cost.
Baicells' innovative solutions can be used by mobile operators,
broadband
access operators, cable operators, mobile virtual operators,
governments and
enterprise private networks.
(http://www.Baicells.com/en/index.jsp)
Respectfully,
Rick Harnish
Broadband Consultant & Industry Analyst
260-307-4000 cell
Skype: rick.harnish.
Twitter: @rharnish
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 3:26 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Rick Harnish
Well, Congrats Rick! (a week late)
From: Jason McKemie
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 1:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Rick Harnish
Yeah, there was an announcement last week.
On Monday, February 22, 2016, Chuck McCown <[email protected]>
wrote:
Did I miss this: Rick is at BaiCells now.
