Washington, DC (June 18, 2008) - AeA
announced today that Nigel Ballard, Federal Marketing Manager at Intel, will
serve as the Chair of AeA's national Marketing for Government Business Steering
Committee - a prestigious committee comprised of top federal sales, marketing
and business development executives from AeA's membership.
"AeA's Government and Commercial Markets Group has seen exponential growth over
the last five years, and in 2007 we developed a world-class steering committee
comprised of high-tech executives from leading companies to help guide GCMG's
priorities and programs. As we continue to build on AeA's success in this space,
Nigel was the natural choice to lead our steering committee," said Goldy Kamali,
Executive Director, AeA Government and Commercial Markets Group. "Nigel is
extremely talented and has a proven track record with decades of significant
leadership and expertise in this space. He has been responsible for some of the
most innovative federal marketing programs in the industry, and we are thrilled
to have him help us guide our efforts."
"AeA has been such a pleasure to work with, and I am certain the appointment
will enable me to work even closer with this superb association," said Nigel
Ballard. "The opportunity to share good practices amongst my peers in the
Government space is most welcome. I thank AeA for the opportunity to chair the
committee."
Nigel is Intel's Federal Marketing Manager for the Americas. He was awarded the
Homeland Defense Journal's top award in 2006 for his wireless technology and
leadership skills during the Katrina disaster. He was also named one of
America's top 100 technology leaders by Federal Computer Weekly. Prior to
joining Intel, Nigel spent twenty years in the wireless arena, consulting with
Fortune 100 companies on wireless investments and consumer product marketing. He
authored the wireless framework for Portland's citywide network cloud RFP.
Nigel also worked on the development and feature design of the Palm Pilot for
Donna Dubinsky and went on to work with Sony Japan on handheld communicators.
Before moving to the USA in 2000 he managed Bluetooth for Cap Gemini based in
Grenoble France.
AeA's Government and Commercial Markets Group is the arm of the association
dedicated to helping members grow their private and public sector business. For
more information, please visit
www.aeanet.org/gcmg.
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