ATX Networks has hired Charlie Vogt as president and chief executive officer. The 30-year industry veteran joins ATX following four years as president and CEO of Imagine Communications. Vogt succeeds Ken Wildgoose, who led ATX as its president and then CEO for the last 18 years. Wildgoose will remain with ATX as an advisor and continue to serve on the company's board of directors.
"It has been an honor to lead ATX Networks and to be a part of the company's incredible team of dedicated employees," said Wildgoose. "Charlie is a visionary and strategic thinker with a decades-long track record of hyper growth in the service provider and media communications industries. His passion and expertise in conjunction with the company's talented team and exciting new initiatives in the cable HFC access network and commercial video gateway markets positions ATX for an exciting and promising next chapter."
"ATX Networks has a strong history of innovation and is well respected by its cable, satellite and enterprise clients," said Vogt. "I have spent most of my career championing disruptive and innovative change by ushering in new business models and competitive solutions for communication service providers and media companies. The cable, satellite and telecommunications industries are undergoing transformative change as the world embraces new advanced technologies to deliver services cheaper, faster and better than before. I am thrilled to join the company at such an exciting time in our industry and look forward to working closely with the ATX team and its impressive lineup of customers."
Prior to Imagine Communications, Vogt was CEO of GENBAND. His professional career also included leadership roles at Taqua and Santera Systems (Tekelec), Accelerated Networks (Calix Networks), Lucent (Alcatel), Ascend Communications (Lucent), ADTRAN, Motorola and IBM.
In December, Imagine named Tom Cotney as its new CEO.
