Charles W. Kriete — Senior Vice President of Commercial Sales, Product Marketing & Supply Chain at TESSCO Technologies

Mr. Charles Kriete has been Senior Vice President of Commercial Sales, Product Marketing & Supply Chain at TESSCO Technologies Incorporated since January 18, 2017. Mr. Kriete has than 16 years of experience with a strong history of success as a technology executive and entrepreneur. He served as the Senior Vice President of Sales at Wyless Plc. Mr. Kriete served as Chief Revenue Officer at Wyless Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of Sales at Wyless Inc. since October 17, 2013. Mr. Kriete was responsible for the Wyless sales organization, sales strategy and general P&L. Mr. Kriete served as Executive Vice President of TDMobility, a joint venture between Tech Data Corporation and Brightstar Corporation, where he was overall responsible for it, with a focus on sales, marketing, business development and implementation of its growth strategy. He was appointed as the lead executive over it after Tech Data and Brightstar jointly acquired OTBT, Inc. Mr. Kriete co-founded ActivateIT, Inc. (formerly OTBT, Inc.) in 2005 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and President. He was responsible for OTBT's growth strategy, sales, marketing and business development. Prior to founding OTBT, Mr. Kriete was responsible for Mobility and Wireless solutions with CDW Government, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation. While at CDW, he launched the first division of OTBT, Inc., dedicated to providing mobility solutions to the public sector market. His experience with integrating new product lines into the large-scale reseller market while growing these markets through direct sales, inside sales, marketing programs and public relations, provide OTBT a solid position in the market. Mr. Kriete holds Bachelor of Arts from Lake Forest College.