Ralph Calistri Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Bluesocket

August 2004 - Executive search firm ChampionScott Partners has placed Ralph Calistri as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Bluesocket. Mr. Calistri is expected to continue building on strong revenue growth and corporate partnerships while driving efforts to push into the education, government and corporate markets. Recently Mr. Calistri was the CEO of several venture-backed companies including Flamenco Networks, RemoteAbility Inc., and PixStream Inc., which was acquire by Cisco in 2000 for $367 million. Ralph has developed his experience and reputation in the technology sector through senior executive roles with Nortel Networks, Bay Networks, Digital Equipment Corporation and Xerox.

Founded in 1999, Bluesocket, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of systems to control and secure wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises, institutions and public access venues in 45 countries worldwide. Thousands of Bluesocket Wireless Gateways are deployed by enterprises including the National Security Agency, Lehman Brothers, University of California, Parker Hannifin and others who required elegant, policy-based, open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. Bluesocket’s investors include Vesbridge Partners, Ascent Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Boulder Ventures and Ridgewood Capital.

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