Oberon Inc Announces Addition of R. Douglas Schultz as CTO

Aug. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Scott D. Thompson, President and Chief Engineer of Oberon, Inc., announced that R. Douglas Schultz will be joining the company in the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Oberon, Inc., a major manufacturer of secure, convenient, aesthetic enclosures for wireless access points and telecommunications equipment, has experienced steady growth since its opening in 1999.  The company has in recent years expanded its offerings to include wireless antennas, aesthetic and customizable access point skins, adapter doors for the ability to upgrade enclosures for newly developed access points, and most recently the Oberon Home & Office Network Cabinet for organizing a variety of networking and computer equipment.  A Registered Cisco Developer, Aruba Networks Certified, and an Extreme Networks Go Purple Solutions Partner, Oberon is committed to meeting the specific needs of its networking customers.

Oberon’s new CTO will focus on new product design, implementation and standards compliance, allowing Mr. Thompson to remain focused on customer relations and satisfaction, product and delivery quality, and order fulfillment.

Thompson announced that in his role as CTO, Mr. Schultz will lead the development of new products, bringing new expertise to Oberon as well as an undivided focus to the evolving needs of the networking industry.  He brings over 30 years of experience in the communications and semiconductor industry and is a named inventor on more than 10 granted or pending patents. Schultz received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1981, and has been a member of the College of Engineering Industrial and Professional Advisory Council since 2006.

Schultz most recently served as President and CEO of Indian River Silicon of Melbourne, Florida. Indian River Silicon developed System on Chip solutions for the 802.11 WLAN and Bluetooth markets, using advanced CMOS implementations.  

Prior to Indian River Silicon, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Conexant Systems, Inc. Wireless Networking Group, located in Melbourne, Florida. He was responsible for RF, mixed signal, and digital IC design, hardware development, FW development, and product/test engineering of 802.11 WLAN chipsets.  He also  founded Integrated RF Solutions, Inc. in 1994, and successfully grew that business which resulted in an acquisition by Globespan Viratra in 2003. He has been involved with the 802.11 WLAN market from its inception, and led the development of the first commercially available application specific chipset for this market.

"I am extremely pleased to join Oberon in the role of Chief Technology Officer," stated Schultz.  "Oberon's record of growth is a testament to the company's commitment to providing high-quality networking products to meet evolving industry needs.  We know that demand for wireless networking services is projected to increase exponentially over the next five years, and I look forward to helping our clients thrive in the face of new challenges."

For more information on secure, convenient, and aesthetic wireless access point and telecommunications enclosures, please call 1-877-867-2312 or see the Enclosure Selection Guide at http://oberonwireless.com/selection-guide.php.

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Since 1999, Oberon, Inc. has been providing products and services to integrators and end users of wireless LAN "Wi-Fi" network products. Oberon's wireless enclosures and antenna products are used where the RF coverage, infrastructure security, environmental robustness, and aesthetics are paramount in the network design and implementation. Oberon offers ceiling-mounted telecommunications enclosures for Ethernet switches, patch panels, wireless controllers, and other networking and A/V components - ideal for structured cabling and Fiber-to-the-Enclosure (FTTE) deployments.

Oberon's products and services have helped thousands of integrators and end-users in the global healthcare, government, transportation and logistics, education, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing achieve reliable indoor network connection mobility.