EXHIBIT 99.1
FOR RELEASE: Immediate
FROM: Nuvera Communications, Inc.
27 N. Minnesota
New Ulm, MN 56073
Phone 507-354-4111
CONTACT: Bill Otis
Nuvera
507-354-4111
E-mail: billotis@nuvera.net
Nuvera Announces Hiring of Glenn H. Zerbe as Chief Executive Officer
NEW ULM, Minnesota (August 27, 2019) – Nuvera Communications, Inc. (OTC: NUVR), a diversified communications company headquartered in New Ulm, Minnesota, announced today that it has hired Glenn H. Zerbe as Chief Executive Officer of the company effective Tuesday, September 3, 2019.
Mr. Zerbe most recently served as Vice President of Sales for Frontier Communications Corporation, where he held positions of increasing responsibility since joining Frontier in 2011. Prior to his employment with Frontier, Mr. Zerbe had more than 20 years of sales, marketing and management experience in the communications industry, with companies such as Spanlink, Cisco Systems, SBC, AT&T and IBM.
In connection with Mr. Zerbe‘s hiring as new CEO of the Company, the Company has entered into a Transitional and Retirement Agreement with its current CEO Bill Otis. Mr. Otis will step down as CEO of Nuvera on September 3, 2019, and remain an employee until December 31, 2019, with the title of Special Advisor to the Board of Directors. Mr. Otis will continue as a member of the Board of Directors. On April 15, 2019, Nuvera announced that Mr. Otis would be retiring after 40 years with the Company but would remain with the Company in his current role until a successor was named and then would provide consulting services to ensure a smooth and successful leadership transition.
“The Board of Directors engaged a search firm to conduct the executive search and have successfully hired Mr. Zerbe as Nuvera’s new CEO,” Board Chair Perry Meyer said. “We are confident that Mr. Zerbe’s extensive background in sales leadership and management will position our company for continued growth.”
“We appreciate the contributions made by Mr. Otis and recognize his continued presence with the company will be valuable during the transition and into the future.”
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About Nuvera
Nuvera is a well-established communications company with headquarters in New Ulm, MN that provides Internet, digital TV, voice, hosted and managed services, computer sales and computer repair services. Nuvera sells and services cellular phones and accessories and customer premise equipment. Nuvera has customer solutions centers in the Minnesota communities of New Ulm, Glencoe, Goodhue, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Prior Lake, Redwood Falls, Sleepy Eye and Springfield as well as Aurelia, Iowa. Nuvera also operates TechTrends, a technology retail store, located in New Ulm. In addition, Nuvera offers television and Internet services in Cologne, Mayer, New Germany and Plato MN. Nuvera also holds partial ownership in FiberComm, LC, based in Sioux City, Iowa.
Nuvera Communications, Inc. is a publicly held corporation. For more information on the company or purchasing stock, visit www.nuvera.net.
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