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January 2009
M2MV Taps Wireless Industry Veteran Leigh Ann Ryals as Executive Vice President, Research & Analysis
Raleigh, NC -- January 27, 2009 -- M2MV Founder & CEO Roger Dewey today announced the latest addition to his management team, high-tech wireless industry veteran Leigh Ann Ryals who will serve as Executive Vice President of Research and Analysis for its Core Practice Areas.
Ryals brings unparalleled experience in strategic analysis and planning, and in managing a broad spectrum of research and evaluation projects in M2MV’s issues-rich, multi-stakeholder environment. Ryals’ research and analysis skills are critical for the highly developed analytical, research, evaluation and problem solving demands brought on by client projects, including interpreting and analyzing data, and financial and market analysis.
“Leigh Ann understands the dynamics of this industry very intricately and her joining M2MV is both providential and timely as her areas of expertise are solidly centered in our company’s practice,” says Roger Dewey, Founder and CEO of M2MV. “This marks the third time I’ve asked Leigh Ann to join me in a new M2M venture, and frankly I owe a great deal of gratitude to her for each success I have had along the way. I couldn’t be more thrilled than to be working together again.”
Ryals brings a rich technical, communication, and project management experience. Most recently, as Global Director of Strategic Marketing for Telit Wireless Solutions (AIM: TCM) Ryals was charged with identifying, evaluating, and driving business planning activities and strategic alliances relative to the global portfolio and roadmap for growth and expansion. While at Telit she served as an editor and featured contributor to the company’s corporate magazine Telit2Market, which was recognized for its outstanding quality, creativity and success by being named a 2007 finalist for the prestigious Sabre Award.
Prior to joining Telit, Ryals served as senior-level business and product planner for Sony Ericsson’s M2M Com business unit where she developed strategy and tactical plans for the company’s telemetry portfolio. Earlier, Ryals was Director of Marketing for TapRoot Systems, Inc., where she increased brand awareness and launched integrated marketing programs during the company’s growth and expansion phase of development. Prior to her tenure at TapRoot, Ryals was an integral part of the Ascom Wireless Solutions’ startup team for expanding into the Americas market following the company’s acquisition of an enterprise wireless portfolio from Ericsson. While at Ascom, she led the marketing effort from the ground up by developing and executing comprehensive marketing plans and assembling the budget and team required to achieve company goals and objectives, thus contributing to maximizing profitability and growth.
Ryals holds a B.S. degree in Marketing from Meredith College and an MBA in Management from Campbell University’s Lundy-Fetterman School of Business.
About M2MV
M2MV is one of North America’s fastest growing consulting firms, helping clients develop, launch and deploy new applications in the rapidly growing machine-to-machine (M2M) industry. M2MV consulting services connect the various links across the M2M value chain facilitating an accelerated time-to-market for M2M products and services. M2MV specializes in the strategic and business dimensions of M2M deployments and is an active partner with numerous technology companies. M2MV is bringing large-scale successes to diverse industries with its unparalleled vision and knowledge of M2M solutions and core values.
November 2008
North American Telecom Industry Icon Roger Dewey Launches New Company To Provide Consulting Services In The Prolific Machine-To-Machine Space.
The new venture will provide business-focused consulting services to customers in all industrial and commercial segments seeking to deploy machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions to drive productivity improvements in traditional business processes.
RALEIGH, NC – November 19, 2008 -- Roger Dewey, celebrated figure in the North American telecommunications industry announced today the launch of his new venture, M2MV, LLC (www.m2mv.com) , a consulting firm dedicated to the business of integrating machine-to-machine communication solutions into enterprise processes. To M2M application developers, the firm will provide consulting services in expanding markets from North America to Europe, Asia, Latin America and vice-versa. M2MV will also serve as a source of analysis and intelligence to the investor community providing guidance in their efforts to understand this promising yet complex area of wireless industry.
“M2MV for me is the crowning of a 12-plus year long career in the global telecom industry and a life-long dream” says Dewey. “The timing for the launch of this effort could not be better. The tough economic and financial environment has caused enterprises of all shapes and sizes to engage in a new wave of programs and initiatives to re-evaluate their processes, looking for areas to improve. As I have been saying very loudly since 2001, machine-to-machine is the mother-load enabler of productivity improvements”.
Peggy Smedley, editorial director of world-renowned and leading segment publication, M2M magazine, says: “One of the key elements to encouraging M2M adoption is ensuring enterprise adopters have access to the right information in order to understand how to effectively use M2M as an enabling technology to improve their business. That’s a theme we’ve emphasized time and time again in our print magazine, online publications, as well as our annual industry event, M2M Connected World, formerly M2M United. Ventures such as M2MV will go a long way toward addressing this crucial need.”
Sam Lucero, Industry Analyst with leading research firm ABI Research says: “M2M technologies have a tremendous potential to enable new service capabilities and increase operational efficiencies. However, M2M applications tend to be highly complex from both a technological and business perspective, and many potential M2M technology adopters face a daunting challenge in evaluating, designing, and implementing M2M applications in a way that positively impacts their organization’s overall business performance.”
Along with Roger, a world-wide network of associates comprised of the top minds in the space will assist customers globally as they reinvent themselves into the new world order. M2MV’s mission is to provide a full suite of consulting services leveraging the vast experience of this network in the M2M and wireless data industries. The firm’s goal is to facilitate the accelerated uptake in M2M applications across multiple vertical segments including: pay-as-you-drive insurance, sub-prime auto and equipment sales and leasing, remote device management, automated meter reading, fleet management and logistics, and security.
About M2MV
M2MV is a consulting firm positioned to help clients benefit from the opportunity provided by the rapidly growing M2M industry. M2MV offers consulting services to clients in the various links of the M2M value chain facilitating an accelerated time-to-market for M2M products and services. M2MV specializes in the strategic and business dimensions of M2M deployments, while partnering with technology companies to provide services. This approach was selected because in the team’s experience, the technology required to successfully develop and deploy an M2M solution has been available for a number of years. The key weakness preventing large-scale success has been a chronic inadequacy in vision and knowledge of how to deploy M2M solutions which is M2MV’s core value proposition.