Westell Technologies Introduces In-building Wireless Team

June 1, 2021

A company that provides network infrastructure solutions, Westell Technologies, has introduced its in-building wireless (IBW) team.

“With a combined experience of over 100 years, Westell’s IBW team is an organization of talented individuals with one goal in mind: meet and exceed our customer’s expectations while focusing on innovation at the edge of communication networks by offering a comprehensive set of products and solutions,” a company statement reads. “With millions of products successfully deployed worldwide, we are a trusted partner for transforming networks into high-quality, reliable systems.”

The team members are:

Bill Dow: Dow has 38 years of experience in the RF market sector and manages the northwest regional territory. Before Westell, Dow worked in the Service Delivery Division of Motorola Solutions and owned a Motorola dealership and authorized service center. Dow was executive director of USMSS, the national trade association of Motorola servicers, for five years.
Rick Rausch: Rausch is a telecom industry veteran of 25 years working as an RF and DAS engineer for wireless carriers and DAS integrators and in sales for DAS/public safety equipment OEMs and integration. He has an electrical engineering degree and two years of graduate studies in digital communications. Rausch provides training classes for first responders.
Gilbert Martinez: Martinez is the western region sales director. Before Westell, he spent nearly 16 years as a regional sales director for one of the largest wireless integrators in the country – helping customers solve complex wireless problems for safety, productivity, and innovation.
Chris Nolte: Nolte is a senior sales engineer based in Southern California. He has over 19 years of experience in the RF design, engineering, commissioning and optimization of DAS/public safety systems. Before Westell, Nolte worked for multiple integrators in Southern California. Before getting into the wireless arena, he was a member of the United States Air Force. He worked as a tactical aircraft mechanic on A-10 Warthogs and the RQ-4A Global Hawk during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Kevin Kurz: Kurz is a senior sales engineer based in Asheville, North Carolina. During his career, Kevin has been awarded Presidents Club, spoke at numerous industry trade conferences and served as the first Safer Buildings Coalition Advancement Committee chairman.
Mike Brownson: Brownson is an industry veteran with over 45 years in the wireless industry, including two-way radio, cellular, microwave and unlicensed broadband wireless. He has invested 20 years dedicated to distributed antenna systems for public safety and cellular enhancement. As Westell’s director of business development, Brownson leads the company’s efforts to innovate, promote, educate and inform on all aspects of in-building wireless solutions. He also works with the Electronics Technicians Association in their in-building wireless education and certification program. He holds numerous industry certifications and serves on the Standards Technical Committee for UL-2524.
Gabriel Guevara: Guevara has been working in the wireless telecom field for the past 25 years. He worked as an application engineer in the early days of cellular technology, deploying and commissioning multiple base station radios. He also has extensive experience in the RF field of commercial wireless repeaters F1-F1 & F1-F2 and channels translating repeaters for digital standards. In his role as vice president of channels and IBW sales, he leads the sales and strategy efforts for IBW public safety products and solutions.