Tropos promotes Ayers to president and CEO

Mesh networking company Tropos Networks announced the appointment of veteran sales executive Tom Ayers as president and CEO. Ayers will take the helm from Ron Sege who will continue to serve as an adviser.

On behalf of Tropos' Board of Directors, Chairman Dave Hanna said, "I want to take this opportunity to thank Ron for his vision, evangelism and tireless commitment to Tropos and the whole metro WiFi industry.  "He built a great foundation here at Tropos and I look forward to working with him in his future endeavors."

Ayers has worked in the industry for 30 years including his most recent position as SVP of field operations at Blue Coat Systems and a prior post at McAfee.

For more on Tropos' new CEO:
- read this press release