Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 2, 2001
ANDRES C. SALAZAR has been CEO and a Member of the Board of Directors of
Digital Transmission Systems Inc. (DTS) since 1994. He is also President
of Wi-LAN Wireless Data Communications, Inc., a wholly owned US
subsidiary of Wi-LAN, Inc., of Calgary, Alberta. Mr Salazar joined DTS
from AT&T Paradyne of Largo, FL, where he had been Vice President and
General Manager of a number of major communications product lines sold
through direct, indirect and international sales channels. Prior to his
tenure at AT&T Paradyne, he had been Senior Vice President of Operations
at Avanti Communications of Rhode Island and later, Norton, MA, where he
managed the Manufacturing, Service and Development departments of the
company. Before that, Mr. Salazar had been Vice President of Engineering
at Infinet, Inc., a Boston area-based manufacturer of data
communications equipment. He also served during 1975-1976 as a
Telecommunications Expert for the Geneva, Switzerland-based ITU agency
of the United Nations. Mr. Salazar is a PhD graduate in Electrical
Engineering from Michigan State University and earned an MBA from
Edinburgh Business School (Heriot-Watt U., UK) and is the author of
numerous technical journal articles. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a background summary on Digital TransmissionSystems? First a short history, second, a flavor of your own experience
and involvement with Digital Transmission Systems, and