Brightstar’s Marcelo Claure Selected as One Most Important Hispanics in Technology for 2010
Miami, Fla. – June 2, 2010 − Marcelo Claure, president and CEO of Miami-based Brightstar Corp., a global leader in value-added distribution and services & solutions for the wireless industry, has been named by editors of Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine (HE&IT) to its 2010 list of “Most Important Hispanics in Technology.”
In selecting the winners for this award, HE&IT conducted extensive research across 100 candidate companies and then evaluated and ranked the highest-achieving Hispanic executives, technologists, and researchers in industry, government, and academia—women and men who have demonstrated leadership on a broad front, in the workplace and in their communities.
Claure founded Brightstar in 1997, and in just over 12 years has grown the company into a multi-billion dollar organization with operations in over 40 countries on six continents. Today, Brightstar is a global leader in the wireless industry delivering value-added distribution and services & solutions to a broad range of customers including many of the world’s leading manufacturers, operators, and retailers. Positioned at the center of the global wireless ecosystem, Brightstar, and in particular, Claure has great insights into the latest developments and trends affecting the wireless industry.
Claure and the other recipients will be honored at the 2010 Most Important Hispanics in Technology Dinner to be held in July 2010 in Baltimore, MD. The evening will feature a keynote address on strategies for increasing minority entrepreneurship, executive development, and promotion of Hispanics in corporate America.
About Brightstar Corp.
Brightstar Corp. is a multi-billion dollar global leader in value-added distribution and services & solutions for the converging wireless and IT industries. With sales and distribution facilities on six continents, Brightstar offers leading wireless and IT manufacturers the largest global reach, enabling the right product to be in the right place, at the right time. Brightstar’s supply chain solutions are used by the world’s top network operators and retailers to turn their supply chains into a competitive advantage. For more information on Brightstar, please visit http://www.brightstarcorp.com.
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