The company — which provides wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for television and radio broadcasters — has named the telecom vet as the replacement for Phil Argyris, who is retiring. Argyris will remain with GatesAir as long as necessary to facilitate a smooth leadership transition. Swail has over 35 years of telecom and electronics experience. Most recently, he was the CEO of Ulticom Inc., a private equity-held provider of telecom signaling solutions, and US Robotics, the well-known data communications vendor, also private equity held.
“We sincerely thank Phil for his nearly 14 years of leadership at the company. Over his tenure, he helped establish a standard of innovation and excellence across the company’s product and service portfolio,” said John Danner, Chairman of GatesAir and Managing Director at the Gores Group. “We are very pleased to have attracted an accomplished industry veteran the caliber of Bruce Swail to lead GatesAir going forward. We are highly confident that his blend of skills and experience will be the perfect fit for GatesAir as it enters this exciting and challenging period in the broadcast equipment industry.”
