Wireless Zone announces new chief strategy officer

Middletown, Conn. Wireless Zone, the nation’s largest independent wireless retail, announced the appointment of Jim Dunham as chief strategy officer.

In this role, Dunham will be working directly with Kevin Sinclair, CEO of Wireless Zone, and will be responsible for the Information Systems, Warehouse Logistics, and Purchasing departments within the company.

Dunham has a vast knowledge of business and logistics. Previously, he was senior VP and GM of Catalyst Business Solutions, in California; senior VP logistics and subscriber services at Brightpoint North America; and president of American Wireless, a large nationwide Master Agent and Distributor in California.

Just recently, according to a Boston Globe article, the company was ranked one of the year’s fastest-growing New England-based franchises by the New England Franchise Association. Having added 60 stores in 2008, Wireless Zone is poised to develop 100 new locations in 2009.