Bill plummer huawei biography
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Newsmaker: Bill Plummer, Huawei
As he ushers in a new era of transparency to help dispel legacy allegations, Huawei's VP, external affairs, aims to be proactive on all communications fronts.
Sarah Shearman reports.
Communications is still a relatively new phenomenon for Huawei.
Bill plummer huawei biography
When Bill Plummer, VP, external affairs, joined three years ago as part of a companywide push to improve its communications activities, it was a “somewhat alien concept.”
But it was Huawei's rapid global expansion and mounting allegations of security threats that forced the quiet giant to break its silence.
The 25-year-old Chinese multinational is the world's number two telecoms technology manufacturer behind Ericsson, with annual revenue of $35 billion in 2012. With a heritage in networking infrastructure, Huawei has moved into cloud computing and devices in recent years, taking the number three spot behind Samsung and Apple.
As an organization made up of predominantly engineers – almost half its 15