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CUCULUS APPOINTS CLAUS UELLENDALL AS PROGRAM MANAGER FOR SMART HOME SOLUTIONS

09-11-2012 02:45 PM CET | IT, New Media & Software

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Claus Uellendall (photo made by CDI Paul Linden)

Claus Uellendall (photo made by CDI Paul Linden)

Cuculus GmbH (“Cuculus” or “The Company”) a smart metering and smart home solutions specialist throughout Germany and Europe, is delighted to announce the appointment of Claus Uellendall as Program Manager for Smart Home Solutions.

Claus Uellendall joins Cuculus from ZyXEL Europe where he was Director of the European Center of Technical Competence and managed technical support of key accounts and internet service providers. His most recent work focused on the development of home control solutions based on OSGi and Z-Wave technology.

Mr Uellendall held various positions during his 10 years with ZyXEL, playing a key role in connecting the company to one of the largest terminal device manufacturers in Germany. Prior to ZyXEL, he held management roles in the development department at ELSA AG where he was appointed as the Head of Development for the Consumer Communications department.

René Böringer, founder and CEO of Cuculus, commented: “With the appointment of Claus Uellendall as Program Manager, we have strengthened our ability to take Smart Home solutions to the mass market. We have seen indications that the market is maturing quickly, similar to the growth that has occurred in Smart Metering within the last couple of years. Cuculus operates mainly in the field of Smart Metering across Europe and we would like to follow up on this success in Smart Home with Claus Uellendall. We are delighted with his appointment as he brings vast expertise and market knowledge to the company. We feel confident that we will be able to equip our customers with quality home control solutions for energy transitions in the near future.”

Claus Uellendall, Program Manager for Smart Home Solutions at Cuculus, said: “Cuculus‘ focus on the extremely promising market of Smart Home and Smart Metering was decisive in my decision to work at the company. Due to an innovative technology and its own development team, Cuculus has achieved an excellent market position. Now we will continue to develop the company in conjunction with the various challenges and requirements of the market. It is very important that going forward, I am able to take both a technical and commercial approach to company expansion.”

Cuculus helps utility companies to deliver Smart Metering by connecting electric, gas and water meters to ZONOS, a robust IT platform that can be integrated with the utility companies existing back-end systems. The company has developed the infrastructure and products required to support the management of home appliances (“Home Control”) for utility companies and internet service providers (ISPs). The ZONOS platform is open and vendor independent and makes it possible to work with the meters and communication structure of choice. The system is scalable and can be implemented as a managed service or into a running company system environment. This creates the opportunity for a simple and cost effective roll out of services.

Cuculus GmbH
Kerstin Gräfe
Ehrenbergstraße 11
D-98693 Ilmenau
GERMANY
Telefon: +49 (0) 36 77 / 66 84 20
Fax: +49 (0) 36 77 / 66 85 39
E-Mail: k.graefe@cuculus.net
Internet: http://www.cuculus.net

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