AirTight Networks Positioned for Next Phase of Growth in 2015

New COO & CFO, Channel Expansion, Continuous Product Innovation

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Dec 18, 2014, 10:00 ET

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AirTight Networks, a global leader in cloud managed Wi-Fi, today announced the company completed a banner year – capped by strategic additions to the executive team. The 2014 momentum was fueled by AirTight's steadfast commitment to the channel, industry accolades, and continuous product innovation.

In just 12 months, AirTight experienced demand share shift from a direct sales model to the channel. The company is on track to achieve its goal of 80% sales through the channel in 2015 globally, while 100% of international sales will continue to be through the channel. AirTight has also forged new partnerships with key managed service providers including Earthlink and Hughes.

Executive Additions

AirTight's commitment to the channel and rapid growth in product development has helped attract key additions to its executive team:

AirTight Chief Operating Officer, Rick Wilmer, former CEO of Leyden Energy and Pliant Technology
AirTight Chief Financial Officer, Mike Anthofer, former CFO of Tessera Technologies

"Rick and Mike are both highly experienced Silicon Valley executives with distinguished track records in the technology space," said David King, Chairman and CEO of AirTight Networks. "Both are strong leaders critical to propelling AirTight to the next phase of rapid growth and development."

"What attracted me to AirTight was the company's technology and, more importantly, the engineering team behind it," said Wilmer. "I have been deeply impressed by the amount of creativity and innovation here. I am passionate about building small companies into larger, valuable enterprises. The fundamental innovations here at AirTight will allow us to do remarkable things in redefining the value proposition for enterprise Wi-Fi."

"It's an exciting time to join the company as it is poised for growth in a market undergoing rapid transformation," said Anthofer. "I look forward to developing the finance, general and administrative functions to enable the company to scale for sustained momentum."

Industry Accolades

AirTight's enablement of high value partner applications with rich data analytics and social Wi-Fi in a platform that emphasizes ease of use is the driving force behind the company's recent wins of the CRN Tech Innovator and NexGen Cloud Best Cloud Computing awards. The industry awards demonstrate that, with increased reliance on Wi-Fi by the enterprise, AirTight's technology is well aligned to the needs of businesses to create interactions that are valued by their customers.

Product Innovation

In 2014, AirTight launched a new 802.11ac platform with industry-leading wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS). The 802.11ac platform removes the tradeoffs in functionality often associated with upgrading to 802.11ac and eliminates current and emerging wireless security threats.

About AirTight Networks

AirTight Networks is the global leader in secure cloud Wi-Fi solutions. The company's award-winning family of products and cloud services combines a true carrier-class multitenant cloud architecture with breakthroughs in Wi-Fi location, user analytics, social engagement, manageability, ease of deployment, and cost effectiveness, as well as AirTight's longtime top-rated WIPS technology. AirTight's global customer base includes leading enterprises in the government, financial, technology/telecom, manufacturing, health care, retail, and hospitality sectors. For more information, please visit us at: www.airtightnetworks.com, or follow us @AirTight.

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