R&M – R&M Appoints New Regional Manager for Northeast Europe
Sales expert Jakub Czapliński succeeds Andrzej Zagólski.
R&M, the globally active developer and provider of high-end infrastructure solutions for data and communications networks, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland, has appointed Jakub Czapliński as the new Regional Manager for Northeast Europe (NEE). He also became Managing Director of Reichle & De-Massari Polska Sp—z o.o., including the manufacturing facility based in Warsaw. Jakub Czapliński succeeds Andrzej Zagólski, who will retire at the end of January after more than 30 years of successful work for R&M. Andrzej Zagólski has been with the Polish R&M subsidiary since it was founded in 1993. He established the company as a market leader in particular for LAN cabling in Eastern Europe and has laid the foundations for the future success of the company.
Jakub Czapliński
Jakub Czapliński has worked in the automation, electrical engineering, and building technology industries since the beginning of his professional career in 1993. Since 1997, he has held leading B2B sales roles in Central and Eastern Europe, France, and Asia. Michiel Panders, R&M General Manager Europe excl. DACH, welcomes Jakub Czapliński, an expert in professional sales projects and market launches, to R&M.
«With his expertise and experience, Jakub Czapliński will lead the strong teams from R&M North East Europe in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to further success. He can build on the strong foundation that Andrzej Zagólski has created over the past 30 years,» says Michiel Panders. Jakub Czapliński studied at the Wroclaw University of Technology and holds a master’s degree in electronics and automation.
CEO Michel Riva would like to thank Andrzej Zagólski for his thirty years of loyalty to R&M. Michel Riva:
«Andrzej Zagólski and his teams have made R&M the market leader in the region. R&M regularly achieves stable sales and sustainable growth in North East Europe. Over the years, he has turned the plant in Warsaw into the global R&M competence center for copper cabling – a fantastic performance.»
Andrzej Zagólski will remain Managing Director of the NEE Sales Region until the end of January, handing over his position and ensuring a smooth transition to his successor Jakub Czapliński.
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EMR Additional Notes:
- LAN (Local Area Network):
- A local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.
- By contrast, a wide area network not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits.
- LAN networking requires Ethernet cables and Layer 2 switches along with devices that can connect and communicate using Ethernet. Larger LANs often include Layer 3 switches or routers to streamline traffic flows.
- A LAN enables users to connect to internal servers, websites and other LANs that belong to the same wide area network (WAN). Ethernet and Wi-Fi are the two primary ways to enable LAN connections.
- Ethernet is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) specification that enables computers to communicate with each other. Wi-Fi uses radio waves in the 2.4 gigahertz and 5 GHz spectrum to connect computers to the LAN.
- WLAN (Wireless Local-Area Network):
- Goup of colocated computers or other devices that form a network based on radio transmissions rather than wired connections. A Wi-Fi network is a type of WLAN; anyone connected to Wi-Fi while reading this webpage is using a WLAN.
- A wireless LAN is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building.
- RAN (Radio Access Network):
- A radio access network (RAN) is a major component of a wireless telecommunications system that connects individual devices to other parts of a network through a radio link. The RAN links user equipment, such as a cellphone, computer or any remotely controlled machine, over a fiber or wireless backhaul connection. That link goes to the core network, which manages subscriber information, location and more.
- The RAN, which is sometimes also called the access network, is the radio element of the cellular network. A cellular network is made up of land areas called cells. A cell is served by at least one radio transceiver, although the standard is typically three for cell sites.
- RANs have evolved from the first generation (1G) to the fifth generation (5G) of cellular networking. With the development of fourth generation (4G) technology in the 2000s, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project introduced Long-Term Evolution (LTE) RAN, and the radio access network and the core network changed significantly. With 4G, system connectivity for the first time was based on the Internet Protocol (IP), replacing the previous circuit-based networks.
- Now, with LTE Advanced and 5G, improvements are coming in the form of centralized RAN, also called cloud RAN (C-RAN), and multiple antenna arrays, such as multiple input, multiple output (MIMO).
- Since the first cellular networks were introduced, the capabilities of RAN have expanded to include voice calls, text messaging, and video and audio streaming. The types of user equipment using these networks have drastically increased, including all types of vehicles, drones and internet of things devices.