Tim Lorello, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of TeleCommunication Systems (News - Alert), a supplier of mission-critical wireless communications, was recently elected to serve a two-year term on the E9-1-1 Institute Board.

 

The Institute comprises more than 1,300 members across the nation. It works in association with the Congressional E9-1-1 Caucus to further public education on E9-1-1 and emergency communication challenges.

 

Lorello is one of the founding members of the E9-1-1 Institute. He has initiated many of the Institute’s Capitol Hill programs and also served as an executive of TCS, which provides 50 percent of all wireless and VoIP E9-1-1 calls. He is reputed to have the vision, leadership and skill base necessary to further the cause of 9-1-1 and public safety.

 

Lorello, the E-9-1-1 Institute and TCS together ensured Congress’s victory in 2008 for a bill that allowed VoIP service providers with access to 9-1-1 and liability protection. He was also instrumental in providing strategic direction in delivering E9-1-1 services to more than 140 million subscribers in the United States using more than 35 wireless and digital phone carriers. With this track record he is expected to persist in making the Institute a forum for policy discussion related to E9-1-1 and emergency communication integral to public policy evolution.

 

“TeleCommunication Systems has made the advancement of public safety a priority and currently supports more than 150,000 life saving calls each day,” Lorello said. “I am honored to be a part of the E9-1-1 Institute Board, lending my expertise to address the broad range of technical and operational challenges that are associated with current and future emergency services. Together we can further strengthen emergency communication.”

 

At TCS, Lorello is tasked with managing the marketing and distribution channels and forging strategic alliances for the company’s messaging, location, application and emergency 9-1-1 suite of products and services to a global client base.