31st March, 2009, London - Comtrend UK (www.comtrend.com), a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced networking solutions for broadband and mobile operators, today announces the appointment of Mr Brian Gregory as Director of Sales for the UK and Ireland.

In the wake of successful contract renewals and continued interest in Comtrend’s range of residential and business modems, routers, Powerline Ethernet adapters and Set-Top-Box solutions amongst UK telecoms operators, Comtrend UK is looking forwards to continued success in the coming year

Jonathan Lishawa, Managing Director of Comtrend UK comments ‘Brian has direct experience of developing and selling telecommunications products while holding senior sales positions at Siemens, Newbridge Networks, Citrix and Racal Datacom and we are delighted to welcome him on board. He is an experienced and accomplished sales executive and I expect him to thrive here at Comtrend.’’

Most recently Gregory consulted for Casero, successfully building their online Backup and Storage business in Europe. Previously he was Head of Service Provider Sales for F-Secure UK, establishing new partnerships with customers such as TalkTalk, Tesco, Vodafone and Orange as well as Barclays in the finance sector. His partnerships generated media interest as well as enviable growth and over €3 Million revenue from the company’s Security Services since his activities.

Gregory spoke of his arrival “I am delighted to be part of such a successful company and am looking forward to building existing and new Service Provider partnerships for our range of Next Generation Access, Home Networking and Content Delivery solutions.  The UK telecom market is competitive in the best of climates but we hope to offer superior features on competitive platforms to assist profitable partner growth.“