Douglas C. Smith Named Winner of the 2011 Innovator Award for Government Services at TechAmerica’s 53rd Annual David Packa
RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Douglas C. Smith has been named the winner of the 2011 Innovator Award for Government Services at the 53rd Annual David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovator Awards which honors individuals for their contributions to the technology industry.
Since 1959, TechAmerica has awarded the David Packard Medal of Achievement, their highest award, to honor significant lifetime contributors and pioneers of the high-tech industry and to honor current leaders TechAmerica added the Innovator Awards.
Smith is president and CEO of Oceus Networks, a broadband services and solutions provider that empowers government and industry across the globe to deliver high-speed voice, video and data communications. For more than 20 years, he has led teams focused on the advancement of broadband communications. Prior to his current role, Smith served as president and CEO of Ericsson Federal Inc. where he established the company as a leader in delivering broadband communications to the U.S. civilian and defense government communities. Smith also led Ericsson North America’s business development activities, including formation of its team and identification of key markets, new customers, investment opportunities and risk.
The Tech America Government Services Innovator Award was presented to Smith for his leadership in creating Oceus Networks Xiphos™, a new fourth-generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) family of fully interoperable solutions that enable high-speed, high-capacity voice, video and data transmissions for government personnel and first responders. “The new Xiphos broadband platform fills a critical communications need for military and civilian government agencies, first responders and others where access to fast, mobile connectivity can literally change lives,” Smith said. “With government agencies increasing their deployment of commercial broadband solutions, we are proud that Oceus Networks’ new product release provides a highly sought after but rare resource – 4G broadband anytime, anywhere.”
The Innovator Awards honor innovators representing different industry segments for their contributions to the technology industry. One winner was selected in each of the following categories: Cloud Computing & E-Commerce, Cybersecurity, Electronics, Government Services, Green Tech / Smart Grid, Health & Medical Technologies, Mobile Services, Semiconductor, Social Media and Software.
“TechAmerica is excited to highlight Doug Smith as well as the rest of the Innovator Awards recipients,” said TechAmerica President and CEO Phil Bond. “This year, we were thrilled with the number of nominations and as we congratulate the winners, we encourage the entire industry to continue to influence technology development for the future.”
The winners were announced on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at TechAmerica’s David Packard Medal of Achievement & Innovator Awards 53rd Annual Dinner at the Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club in Menlo Park, CA. For more information about the event, please visit www.techamerica.org/innovatorawards.
About Oceus Networks
Oceus Networks provides broadband solutions to governments that enable them to deliver high-speed voice, video and data communications. Broadband empowers governments to send and receive critical information and to create opportunities for businesses to compete in the global marketplace. Oceus Networks delivers open, standards-based mobile and fixed network infrastructure as well as an extensive portfolio of public sector-focused solutions to simplify and expedite the deployment of wired and wireless broadband communications solutions. Privately owned and operated, Oceus Networks’ headquarters are located in Reston, Virginia, USA. www.oceusnetworks.com.
Douglas C. Smith Bio and Photo: http://www.oceusnetworks.com/about/executive-team/douglas-c-smith
Xiphos Datasheet: http://www.oceusnetworks.com/resource-center/datasheets/xiphos
Xiphos Video Demonstration: http://www.oceusnetworks.com/resource-center/videos/introduction-4g-lte-xiphos
About TechAmerica
TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry – the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing approximately 1,200 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry’s largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members’ top and bottom lines. TechAmerica is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing).It was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA).Learn more about TechAmerica at www.techamerica.org.
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