Franklin Telecom Names Padilla V.P. of U.S. Sales

David E. Padilla, former director of Channel Sales at Franklin Telecom in Westlake Village, has been promoted to vice president of U.S. sales.

“In a very short time at Franklin Telecom, Dave has made an extraordinary contribution to the development of our enterprise and channel sales,” said Frank Peters, chairman and CEO.

Padilla was vice president of sales at Supercom Inc. and at Icon CMT Corp. before joining Franklin Telecom. He also had sales management responsibilities at Data General Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp.

Franklin Telecom designs and manufactures communications devices, both hardware and soft-ware.