Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has appointed Ted Hansson as Asia Customer Support Director. Ted brings more than 10 years of hands-on experience in building and managing technical support teams in Asia. His longstanding experience of working with Tier 1 mobile phone customers in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan will help to accelerate FPC's Design Wins into projects, orders and sales. His unique understanding of the Asian consumer electronics industry and marketing experience will also be valuable for the accelerated expansion of FPC's customer base in the Asian region.
Ted Hansson joins FPC from Samsung Semiconductor where he held the position of Connectivity Marketing Director Asia, based in Shanghai, China. Prior to Samsung, he was responsible for setting up the Nanoradio AB activities in China as well as founding and managing ST-Ericsson/Ericsson customer support teams in Korea and Taiwan.
Johan Carlstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of FPC, comments “I'm pleased to welcome Ted Hansson to the FPC team. Ted is the industry's top support manager for mobile-related products and he has had overall responsibility for all customer projects with his previous Asian companies. Ted adds a great contact network with the major companies and customers in the region. I am convinced that he will secure faster customer launches and even more Design Wins going forward”