Kymeta’s mTenna ASM. Photo: Kymeta.

Kymeta revealed that Walter Z. Berger was hired as president, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Additionally, Douglas Hutcheson is joining the Kymeta Board of Directors and will be named executive chairman.

Berger most recently served as COO and CFO of Nuvectra, a neuromodulation medical device platform company. Before joining Nuvectra, he served in senior executive positions at AppDynamics, a next-generation application intelligence company, which was acquired by Cisco. He also held senior executive positions at SoftLayer, a cloud computing company, which was acquired by IBM, and Leap Wireless. Additionally, he has held several executive operating, financial, and general leadership roles in various industry verticals and brings extensive experience as a senior business leader ranging from Fortune 500 companies to private equity and venture capital invested companies. He has also served on multiple for-profit and non-profit boards.

“Kymeta is connecting the world with hybrid telecommunications systems,” said Berger. “I’m thrilled to be joining this dynamic organization at a time when there is so much opportunity for growth.”