| Vail's top job brings Jarnot back home
Jarnot, 40, was named chief operating officer of Vail Mountain earlier this month after Bill Jensen announced he was leaving to take the top post at competitor Intrawest.
"This is, as far as I'm concerned, the best job in the company," Jarnot said. "If not the world."
But why?
"Isn't it obvious?" he said as he gazed out of the gondola. "To come and be responsible for America's greatest ski mountain."
Started at the bottom rung It's been quite a climb for Jarnot, from skiing at Vail in Buddy Werner leagues as a local grade-schooler to taking the top position at the resort. In between, he's been a front-line worker loading skis onto buses at Beaver Creek during his college breaks, an intern in the marketing department and an marketing executive who migrated to Broomfield with Vail Resorts' corporate headquarters.
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USI Wireless' Minneapolis Network Has Highest Speeds of Any Metro Wi ...
The testing took place in December, 2007. The Minneapolis wireless network, powered by BelAir Networks award-winning wireless infrastructure equipment, is becoming the defacto standard for municipal networks. Deployed by USI Wireless, the network has consistently delivered industry-leading speed and reliability and was widely applauded by the city for its performance in supporting recovery efforts following the tragic I-35W bridge collapse in 2007. The network was also recently recognized with a W2i Digital Cities Wireless Communities Best Practices Award. "We committed to delivering the best wireless network possible to the City of Minneapolis," said Joe Caldwell, CEO, USI Wireless. "We have deployed a network architecture that delivers the country's highest performance and stands as a role model for successful municipal wireless networks." USI Wireless Performance Leads Industry The USI Wireless network delivered the highest network performance -- for both the 802.11n and internal 802.11g clients -- of any networks that Novarum has tested for the firm's Novarum Wireless Broadband Review (NWBR).
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