Flexible Electronics News

Bill Burns Joins Zebra Technologies as SVP of Enterprise Visibility and Mobility

Brings track record of growth to Zebra’s largest business unit.

Author Image

By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Zebra Technologies named Bill Burns SVP of its Enterprise Visibility and Mobility (EVM) unit, which includes mobile computing, data capture and wireless LAN products and solutions. Burns brings nearly 30 years of experience focused on bringing commercially successful products and services to market for technology companies.
 
Burns most recently served as CEO of Embrane, a leading provider of application-centric network services and virtual appliance lifecycle management and an ecosystem partner for Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure. The company was acquired by Cisco on April 10, 2015.
 
Prior to Embrane, Burns was CEO at Spirent Communications, a global leader in test and measurement solutions within development labs, communications networks and IT organizations. Burns also held various executive and sales leadership roles at Tellabs, Inc., now Coriant, a mobile backhaul and packet optical network equipment supplier to the world’s leading communications providers.
 
“His extensive experience managing technology companies speaks for itself, and I am confident he will serve as an excellent leader for our EVM unit,” said Anders Gustafsson, CEO, Zebra Technologies.

Keep Up With Our Content. Subscribe To Ink World magazine Newsletters