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Perry Tanner was appointed vice president of Corporate Marketing of EMS Technologies Inc. in December 2006 reporting to EMS President and CEO Paul Domorski. In this newly-created position Tanner is responsible for corporate marketing business and communications strategies at EMS a leader in advanced technology since its founding in 1968. Today EMS has 1 000 employees and revenues of $300 million.
Tanner joins EMS following 20 years at Scientific Atlanta Inc. where he held a variety of marketing sales and operations positions. Most recently he served as corporate vice president of Marketing from 2000 to 2002 helping Scientific Atlanta reposition its corporate marketing messaging aligning those messages with the investment community’s interests and assisting the company’s business sectors on strategic choices. The company enjoyed record financial performance in bookings sales and earnings during that period.
Prior to leading Scientific Atlanta’s marketing activities Tanner oversaw two company business units. As vice president and general manager of Satellite Television Networks he helped that $100 million business reposition itself into two growth markets cable programming and multimedia IP; modernized 80 percent of the unit’s existing product lines; and penetrated a U.S. market monopoly. As vice president and general manager of Transmission Systems Networks a $220 million business providing optical RF and passive devices to enable broadband multimedia Tanner initiated several strategic acquisitions and new product launches helping the unit exceed the company’s financial performance by 25 percent.
Tanner began his Scientific Atlanta career in 1981.
Tanner has an MBA from Mercer University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Georgia State University. He is a former member of the board of directors for the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and the Gwinnett Foundation as well as a former member of Mercer University’s National Engineering Advisory Board. | 