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Kathleen Skelton Joins Fiber Optic Center as Director of Strategic Marketing

New Bedford, MA, USA, January 6, 2015Fiber Optic Center, Inc., (FOC), an international leader in distributing fiber optic components, equipment and supplies and recognized as one of the most technically savvy fiber optics companies in the world, announces the addition of Kathleen Skelton as Director of Strategic
Marketing.

Kathleen, a strategic marketing professional with expertise in business development, online strategy, social media, and content marketing, arrives at FOC with over twenty years of global business and marketing experience in the fiber optics industry.

Kathleen SkeltonKathleen has held customer service, sales and marketing management positions at several companies but is best known for her consultative media management roles at Lightwave Magazine, Lightwaveonline and KMI Research.

Kathleen said, “My career has provided a great opportunity to work with most companies in the fiber optics industry.   Fiber Optic Center is one of the companies   I have had the pleasure to work with, as a media consultant, over the past ten years.   It has never been lost on me just how unique this company is in the depth of manufacturing and technical knowledge that they provide their customers but also the level of integrity and character on which the company is built.  I feel honored and thankful to be a part of a company operating daily on an amazing values-based foundation.”

In addition to her work in the corporate marketing world, Kathleen volunteers for several organizations including Voices of Hope; Destination Imagination and The Skelton Cohere Club that she founded with her son to support youth charity teams. She works with youth groups teaching business strategy for various community projects.  In her volunteer work, Kathleen is committed to developing tomorrow’s leaders through exciting, strategy-focused business education. This mission guides all of her work outside of the corporate office, including positions within the classrooms, PTO, and sports teams in her community.

Neal Weiss, founder and president of FOC, notes, “One of the advantages of being in the industry for a long time is that we can identify specific individuals who stand out as having a superior knowledge of the international fiber business as well as expertise in their particular job. Kathleen Skelton is one of those who has both. We are fortunate that she was ready to make a change, and to have her leading FOC’s effort to expand our footprint worldwide and strengthen our 21st Century marketing efforts.”

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About Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
Fiber Optic Center, Inc., (FOC), is an international leader in distributing fiber optic components, equipment and supplies and has been helping customers make the best cable assemblies in the world for over two decades. Several areas of specialization and expertise, in which they are the industry leader, make them the preferred choice for many of the world’s fiber professionals. In these key technology areas, FOC is "at least as technical as the manufacturer" about the products they sell. Striving to "make the business part easy," they offer outstanding and personal customer service, low or no minimum purchase order values, and from-stock delivery on industry-leading products and technology. FOC is the industry connection to the most innovative optical products, technologies and technical experts who integrate their manufacturing knowledge and vast experience into customers' worldwide operations. @FiberOpticCntr

For further information contact:
Fiber Optic Center, Inc., 23 Centre Street, New Bedford, MA 02740-6322
Toll Free in US: 800-IS-FIBER or 800-473-4237 . Direct 508-992-6464. Email: sales@focenter.com or fiberopticcenter@focenter.com

For media contact:
Kathleen Skelton, Director of Strategic Marketing, C: 617-803-3014 . E: kskelton@focenter.com