Ethertronics Inc., a leading provider of standard and customized
embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless
devices, today announced that it has appointed Nikolaj Bruun as
General Manager, Europe. In this role, Bruun will lead Ethertronics´
sales operations in Europe, as well as the company´s research and
design activities at Ethertronics Sweden AB, which is the company´s
new Kalmar, Sweden design center recently acquired from Flextronics.
With approximately 15 years´ experience in the global
high-technology field, Bruun comes to Ethertronics from Nokia Denmark
A/S in Copenhagen, where he had responsibility within both hardware
and software development. Bruun most recently served as senior
technology manager for Nokia. During his more than eight years at
Nokia, Bruun held a number of key positions within hardware portfolio
management, requirement management and people management. For six
years, Bruun worked as a research and development project manager as
well as on sales and marketing for Denmark-based FORCE Technology.
"Nikolaj brings a wealth of experience to Ethertronics and we are
pleased to have him on board," said Jeffrey Crosby, president and
chief executive officer of Ethertronics. "We believe that Nikolaj´s
management experience in the wireless space coupled with his keen
understanding of planning and budgeting make him the perfect fit for
running our European operations. Nikolaj also brings extensive
experience working on university relations that will enable
Ethertronics to have access to potential new employee candidates that
will bring fresh technological ideas and concepts to the company."
Bruun earned a master´s of science in electronic engineering from
the Danish Technical University and a bachelor´s degree in economics
with an emphasis in finance from Copenhagen Business School.
About Ethertronics
Ethertronics (www.ethertronics.com) designs and manufactures
high-performance standard Savvi(TM) ceramic antennas and customized
Prestta(TM) stamped-metal embedded antenna solutions for wideband and
multi-band wireless devices. Ethertronics´ antennas incorporate its
patented Isolated Magnetic Dipole(TM) (IMD) technology. The company
has an installed base of nearly 100 million units, and a global
network of design and manufacturing centers.