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Coactive Networks Appoints Eddie Streeter as COO and Ezell Wills as Vice President of Manufacturing
Leader in Commercial and Residential Gateways to Strengthen Operations and Manufacturing With the Addition of Key Executives
SAUSALITO, Calif., -- (May 24, 2000) -- Coactive Networks, the leading provider of gateways for connecting the Internet to all devices in homes and businesses, today announced the appointment of Eddie J. Streeter as chief operating officer and Ezell Wills, Jr. as vice president of manufacturing. Together, these key executives will serve to strengthen the company's overall operations, supply chain management, and manufacturing to reinforce its leadership role in the commercial and residential gateway market.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Eddie
J. Streeter
As COO, Streeter leverages more than 35 years of experience in executive
management and has served in a variety of key manufacturing and operations
roles. He came to Coactive Networks from Solectron, one of the world's top
manufacturing companies, where he was vice president and general manager of
systems engineering and services, and later held the position of vice president
of strategic programs for the Americas, including the U.S., Mexico and Brazil.
During his tenure at Solectron, he was responsible for strategically managing
the growth of the systems business and for overseeing operational and financial
performance, while strengthening customer and supplier relationships.
Streeter has also held key management positions with E.I Dupont de Nemours and Company in the medical, printing and publishing industries; General Electric Corporation in the computer aided tomography (CAT scanner) arena; and Carrier Corporation in the centrifugal cooling systems market.
Ezell Wills, Jr.
As vice president of manufacturing, Wills brings more than 16 years of
experience to Coactive Networks, having specialized in materials, operations and
contract management. Prior to joining the company, he served as director of
materials at Solectron, and was responsible for demand management, sales and
operations, planning, acquisitions, new product introductions, and engineering
services.
Wills has also held a number of positions with Applied Materials, where he was director of materials, senior materials manager and senior manufacturing manager. At Applied Materials, he established a strategic centralized supply chain management operation, which generated cost savings in excess of $122 million and inventory reductions of $95 million annually. Wills also developed administrative controls and implemented a full-scale distribution center and demand flow technology lines for several product families. Additionally, he has worked with other companies including Abbott Laboratories and General Dynamics Space Systems.
About Coactive Networks Coactive Networks extends Internet access to every device, appliance, control system and computer -- connecting networks to the real world. The Coactive ConnectorŽ and Coactive Router product families deliver a new class of telemetry e-services to homes and businesses worldwide. The leader in Internet telemetry, Coactive Networks delivers affordable, scalable connectivity with a highly integrated third-generation residential gateway platform and the patent-pending distributed object technology of the IOConnect Architecture'. Coactive is a privately held corporation based in Sausalito, California. More information on Coactive can be found at http://www.coactive.com.
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