Bringing over two decades of nation corporate CFO revel in, with nation protection and device background, to make stronger Aviat’s world technique
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW), the well-known professional in wi-fi shipping and get entry to answers, lately introduced the appointment of Andrew C. Schmidt as Senior Vice President and Important Monetary Officer, efficient instantly. Mr. Schmidt may even handover because the Corporate’s Essential Accounting Officer.
Mr. Schmidt brings greater than 25 years of senior monetary management, together with over two decades as a nation corporate CFO. Maximum not too long ago, he served as CFO of Sientra, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed clinical aesthetics corporate, the place he effectively guided the corporate during the demanding situations of the COVID-19 pandemic and its next sale in 2024.
From 2015 to 2020, Mr. Schmidt used to be CFO of Iteris, Inc., an clever transportation generation corporate serving essentially the U.S. nation protection marketplace, the place he labored with over 3 thousand nation businesses designing, development, and managing transportation methods on the U.S. native, order, and federal executive ranges. Earlier than that, he served as CFO of Smith Micro Tool, Inc., a broadband connectivity-focused device corporate. Those stories at once align with Aviat’s strategic function of riding expansion in nation protection and lengthening its mixture of device gross sales.
“We are thrilled to welcome Andy to the Aviat team,” mentioned Pete Smith, President and CEO of Aviat Networks. “Given his tremendous track record in U.S. public safety and software, he is exceptionally well suited to drive value for Aviat’s customers, shareholders, and employees. Andy’s more than 20 years of public company CFO experience will be instrumental as we scale to the next level of growth. I would also like to thank Andrew Fredrickson for stepping in as interim CFO.”
Mr. Schmidt holds a Grasp of Science in Accountancy from San Diego Environment College and a Bachelor of Industry Management in Finance from the College of Texas at Austin. He earned more than one educational honors and scholarships, together with a complete athletic scholarship. As a aggressive swimmer, he completed All-The usa condition, gained the U.S. Nationwide Championship, and represented the US as a member of the United States Nationwide Swimming Group.
About Aviat Networks
Aviat is the well-known professional in wi-fi shipping and get entry to answers and works to serve unswerving merchandise, products and services and assistance to its shoppers. With a couple of million methods bought into 170 international locations international, communications carrier suppliers and personal community operators together with order/native executive, virtue, federal executive and protection organizations believe Aviat with their vital programs. Coupled with a protracted historical past of microwave inventions, Aviat supplies a complete suite of localized skilled and assistance products and services enabling shoppers to greatly simplify each their networks and their lives. For greater than 70 years, the mavens at Aviat have delivered top efficiency merchandise, simplified operations, and the most efficient general buyer revel in. Aviat is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more info, talk over with www.aviatnetworks.com or fasten with Aviat Networks on LinkedIn and Fb.
Investor Family members Touch: Andrew Fredrickson, Aviat Networks, [email protected]
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