Ericsson has appointed Douglas L. Gilstrap as Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Strategy. 
Gilstrap has previously served with SITA (Societé Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques), a Paris based data network cooperative serving the airline industry. He was appointed CFO, then COO to Equant Network Services, a spin-off of SITA which was funded by Morgan Stanley private equity. In 2000, Douglas was named CEO of Radianz where he led a team responsible for creating, building, and managing the largest financial extranet. Later Gilstrap was strategic advisor for Cable & Wireless for three years, where he worked on turnaround issues which included UK development and acquisition activities.
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Ericsson Appoints Douglas Gilstrap as Head of Strategy
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