January 4, 2007 -- Vicon Industries Inc. (www.vicon-cctv.com), a designer and producer of video surveillance systems, has announced the appointment of Huy Q. Lai as the company's new sales engineer for its West Zone.
According to a press release issued by the company, Huy will provide field support for large systems, in the form of either commissioning or problem resolution. He also will be providing field training and pre-sales support.
Lai has 7 years of sales engineering experience with such companies as Panasonic and Momentum Systems. During that time, he worked with key vendors to provide customers with custom solutions in wireless networking, video software, and semiconductors. Prior to that, he was a network systems engineer for 5 years with Nortel Networks in Japan where he developed switching software for NTT's analog and digital telephone services.
Lai is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
"Huy is a valuable addition to the Vicon team," comments Bret McGowan, vice president of US sales and marketing at Vicon. "His experience in supporting and working with wireless networking and video software adds even more breadth to our team's client support initiatives and dedication to customer satisfaction."