CarterBaldwin Partner Joins Public Board
ATLANTA, GA – November 14, 2006 – CarterBaldwin, a premier executive search firm, announced today that Partner Maggie Bellville has been named to Vyyo’s Board of Directors. Vyyo (Nasdaq: VYYO) is a supplier of broadband access equipment for cable and private wireless broadband network solutions.
Bellville, one of the cable industry's most respected and recognized senior executives, established a reputation as a leading operations expert at positions with Charter Communications, Cox Communications and Century Communications. During her six years with Cox, she led the company's new services initiatives, including telephony services, high-speed data and digital video.
"Throughout her career in cable, Maggie has recognized the potential for existing infrastructure to continue to deliver new technologies and services," said Davidi Gilo, Chairman and CEO of Vyyo. "Her expertise and visionary approach will be invaluable as we continue to work with operators on deployments of our 3 GHz Spectrum Overlay and T1 over HFC solutions."
"Bandwidth and business services are unquestionably two of the most important issues for cable today," said Bellville. "I've been particularly impressed by how Vyyo's solutions have demonstrated in the field that they can help large and small operators alike to leverage existing plant to offer new services and generate additional revenues."
Currently a partner with CarterBaldwin, a national executive search firm, Bellville most recently served as executive vice president and COO of Charter Communications from 2002 to 2004. From 2001 to 2002, she was president and CEO of Incanta, Inc., a technology-based streaming content start-up based in Atlanta.
During her tenure with Cox from 1995 to 2001, Bellville was responsible for launching high-speed data, residential telephony and digital video throughout the company's footprint. As executive vice president, operations, she also developed initiatives to launch commercial broadband services in specific cluster systems, and oversaw the integration of three acquired MSOs into Cox's operations. Her success with Cox earned her recognition as Woman of the Year at the National Women in Cable and Telecommunications Gala in 2000.
Bellville entered cable in 1993 as senior vice president, Southwest Division for Century Communications. Previously she had been a vice president with GTE Wireless/Contel Cellular, Inc. from 1986 to 1993. She began her career with AT&T Consumer products in 1978.
Bellville holds a B.A. in Social Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. She is on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, and chairs the auction and fundraising efforts of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She also has been active in a variety of cable organizations throughout her career.
About Vyyo Inc.
Our products are designed for use by cable television and wireless telecommunication operators, wireless internet service providers (ISPs), utilities and enterprise. Our cable solutions include cable system spectrum overlay solutions designed to expand cable operators' typical HFC (hybrid-fiber coax) network capacity in the "last mile" by up to 2x in the downstream and 4x or more in the upstream, addressing bandwidth demand for T1 and other advanced services. Our wireless broadband solutions enable utilities and other customers to operate private wireless networks for communications to their remote assets and customers. Typical applications include high-speed internet services, SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition), voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and telephony (T1/E1), all based on modified Data Over Cable System Interface Specification (DOCSIS(R)) technology. For more information, please visit www.vyyo.com.
About CarterBaldwin
CarterBaldwin is a premier executive search firm focused on identifying top industry leaders, including CEOs, Board Members, Vice Presidents and Directors, for dynamic companies throughout the United States. With more than 40 years of combined experience, the partners at CarterBaldwin have a proven track record of delivering personalized, high quality search services to their clients who include leading Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses and pre-profit startups across multiple industries. For more information, visit www.carterbaldwin.com.
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