NASA Ames Research Park, MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Apprion, the pioneer of managed industrial wireless solutions for manufacturers, today named Steve Beck vice president of Services. In this role, Beck is charged with building and extending Apprion's world-class services organization to deliver wireless network engineering, management, reliability, and security services for the company's industrial customers encompassing oil, gas, chemical, and energy, market sectors.

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Beck has more than 23 years of experience architecting, designing, implementing, and managing the development and delivery of complex information systems. His background includes leading-edge work in security, applications architecture, and operating systems at major companies.

"While both our managed services platform and the demands of our customer base continue to mature, Steve brings top-flight executive experience in successfully building and executing on complex systems and network integration and ongoing security and reliability management," said Stephen Lambright, Apprion's chief executive officer. "Steve will be a welcome addition to our growing team of creative and experienced leaders in the emerging field of wireless management services for industrial manufacturers."

Prior to Apprion, Beck ran the Services Business at RSA Security's Data Security Division and delivered over $15 million in annual revenue. He is also the inventor of a patent-pending design for an authenticated electronic mail infrastructure to combat phishing and spam.

Prior to RSA, Beck performed a similar role at Entegrity Solutions, a startup company, creating their professional service offerings from the ground up. Before serving at Entegrity, Beck worked for Unisys Corporation as an information architecture consultant specializing in decision support and data warehousing solutions. He also worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, AT&T Computer Systems, and AT&T Information Systems.

Beck graduated from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management's Executive Development Program. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from Brown University and his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

About Apprion

Apprion provides the ION system -- an integrated platform that optimizes the security, management, performance and business value of wireless systems deployed in industrial manufacturing environments. The ION wireless infrastructure can be deployed across a single facility, or across multiple operational areas to help cut costs, improve efficiency, productivity and performance, enhance safety and security, and provide more meaningful analytical metrics of plant systems and assets. Headquartered at the NASA Research Park in Moffett Field, Calif., more information can be found about Apprion at: http://www.apprion.com/, by e-mail at info@apprion.com or by phone at 650-964-4321.

CONTACT: Andrew Bronson of Apprion, +1-650-934-5700, ext. 722, or
Andrew.bronson@apprion.com

Web site: http://www.apprion.com/