Dec. 1, 2021, Fremont, California — Actelis Networks, the market leader in cyber-hardened, hybrid fiber-copper networking solutions for wide-area IoT applications, appointed Jan Ruderman as chief revenue officer to lead the Americas sales and support team. Ruderman brings a 30-year success record in scaling high growth organizations with strong expertise in regulated industries. At Actelis, his focus is leading a strategic growth initiative into Federal, and (SLED) State, Local Government and Education markets to fill the historic mandate to modernize, digitize and protect communications infrastructures, while continuing to grow the company’s global telecom base.
Jan previously worked 20 years with Panasonic where he served as head of government sales and ultimately general manager. His strategic leadership in product development through nationwide customer engagements was instrumental in spearheading and speeding the adoption of mobile devices in public safety and the federal government. Jan also served in vertical market development sales leadership roles with Samsung, and Global Traffic Technologies.
“Jan’s deep expertise serving federal, state, local and education markets is a critical asset as the public sector embarks on a seismic initiative to modernize digitize and secure communication infrastructures,” said Tuvia Barlev, Chairman and CEO for Actelis Networks. “Jan will be instrumental in building and leading a high growth sales organization that continues to deliver operational excellence and extreme customer value.”
“Actelis is positioned at the right place and the right time with the right suite of flexible and innately secure broadband service offerings to meet the needs of these transformational times,” said Chief Revenue Officer, Jan Ruderman for Actelis Networks. “I’m honored to be part of the right team to help solve the challenging problems our Industry and Government Agencies face as they look to expand their use of IoT devices and grow their networks”.
Jan graduated from the Advanced Management Program at The University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School. He earned his BS from Towson University and his MBA from Mount St. Mary’s University. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy.