FORMER CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR SPRINT PCS BRINGS EXTENSIVE BUSINESS AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE TO BOARD
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Ally, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGLY), which develops, manufactures and markets advanced video surveillance products for law enforcement, homeland security and commercial security applications, today announced that Bernie Bianchino has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.
'We are pleased to welcome Bernie to our Board of Directors and believe that he will make a significant contribution to our Company's ability to execute its growth strategy,' stated Stanton E. Ross, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Ally, Inc. 'Bernie has extensive experience in business and law in the telecommunications and energy industries. His positions with Sprint, Exxon, Qwest, Sprint PCS and Pegaso PCS (Mexico) have provided Bernie with capabilities and insights that should prove invaluable to our Board and management team as we pursue global expansion opportunities in new and existing markets.'
Mr. Bianchino, 60, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Telecom LLC, a wireless telecommunications firm that is pursuing opportunities for the resale of fixed wireless, local loop service in rural areas and that intends to develop a proprietary wireless data product for existing customers of a wireless carrier. He founded Jaguar Telecom in 2003.
In 2003, Mr. Bianchino was employed by the Bryan Cave, LLP law firm in Kansas City, Missouri.
In 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of OnFiber Communications, a local fiber services venture headquartered in Austin, Texas that was founded to provide the delivery of fiber optic broadband services to service providers in major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S.
After leading the negotiations involving Sprint's $200 million investment in Mexico City-based Pegaso PCS, in 2000 Mr. Bianchino was selected to serve as Chief Executive Officer of this Mexican national wireless and wireline telecommunications company, which served four of the largest cities in Mexico and was expanding into other cities.
From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Bianchino was the Chief Business Development Officer for Sprint PCS in Kansas City, Missouri.
