, /PRNewswire/ -- The Cox Science Center and Aquarium (CSCA) proudly announced the appointment of resident, , as its new board chair. His position begins immediately following the retirement of his predecessor, . Stonestrom, comes from a family of engineers and scientists and he is a technology executive with 40 years of experience in the telecommunications field.
"It is a bittersweet moment as we are forever indebted to Lew for his years of service," said , President and CEO of CSCA. "However, we very much look forward to this new wave of leadership with Eric, given his distinguished career and passion for sciences. He has managed many complex projects throughout his career, and we have full confidence that he will carry our multimillion-dollar expansion to successful completion with his expertise and foresight.
" After earning undergraduate and graduate degrees at the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, Stonestrom joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1984. After a decade long stint in the US and , he joined DSC Communications, a telecom infrastructure company, moving to to run various fiber, software and wireless businesses. In 1998, through the creation of Airspan Networks Inc.
, he led a based spin out of the fledgling wireless part of DSC by a consortium of Venture Capital stalwarts. He ran the company for 26 years as CEO, and lastly Executive Chairman, delivering billions of dollars of network equipment to a collection of innovative telecom operators in 35 countries. Airsp.
