Leadership
Ron Nieman, Principal
Ron Nieman is the Principal of Sanford Rose Associates – Dallas North, an executive search firm filling mid to senior-level positions within the telecommunications industry. Founded in 1959, the Sanford Rose Associates ("SRA") organization serves the needs of corporate and institutional clients from over sixty worldwide offices. In addition to his executive search expertise, Ron has over thirty years of general management, technical management and marketing/sales experience in telecommunications. He has held senior positions with multinational corporations and start-up companies.
In his most-recent position as Senior Vice President of Global Sales at AppTrigger, Ron utilized his understanding of the changes in the telecommunications industry along with his global vision to help customers integrate existing TDM equipment with newer IP and IMS Solutions.
Ron began his telecommunications career in 1980 with VMX Inc., the inventor and pioneer of voice messaging technology. He sold the first large-scale messaging and networked systems to many of the Fortune 500 companies in the United States. After VMX, Inc. Ron helped build Aspect Telecommunications, a San Jose based start-up. As Central Region Director, his contributions were instrumental in helping the company with their Initial Public Offering.
Holding several leadership positions at Nortel, Ron focused on their application suite and was responsible for hiring and managing a large staff. As a corporate officer with Sensormatic Electronics, Ron managed the Asia-Pacific operations in Singapore as well as the video division located in San Diego. He lent his expertise to Remote Video as the CEO in Irvine California and then returned to Texas to be the Senior Vice President of the products group at Intervoice in Dallas.
Ron earned his Bachelor Degree in English from The University of Texas at Arlington, and his M.B.A. from the University of North Texas. Having lived all over the world, Ron has settled in the Dallas area. Ron is also an enthusiastic Private Pilot and enjoys flying to new places. He is a member of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and owns a vintage airplane. Ron enjoys fitness and spending time with his 5 grandchildren.