ADFlex Solutions Inc. elects Wade Meyercord to board of directors.CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1996--ADFlex Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:AFLX) Thursday announced that Wade Meyercord, an executive with more than 25 years of high technology operations experience, has been elected to the company's board of directors. He will replace on the board ADFlex Executive Vice President Michael L. Pierce, who has accepted an executive management position with another Arizona company unrelated to the flexible interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. industry. Meyercord has held executive positions with a number of respected corporations over the course of his career, including 16 years with International Business Machines Corp. From 1984 through 1987 he served as chief executive officer of Read-Rite Corp., a manufacturer of thin-film magnetic recording heads for computer disk drives. Before that, he was president of Memorex Corp.'s Storage Equipment Manufacturing and Development Group, and also served as vice president and general manager of Memorex's Rigid Media Division. While with Memorex, he additionally served as chairman of the company's Corporate Quality Council and ultimately received the Burroughs Excellence in Management Award. Before joining Memorex, he was general manager of manufacturing at IBM's San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif., facility. Meyercord received a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in mechanical engineering in 1963 from Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. , and a master's of
science in engineering administration in 1973 from Syracuse University Syracuse University, main campus at Syracuse, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1871. Syracuse is noted for its research programs in government and industry; facilities include the Center for Science and Technology, the Newhouse Communications Center, and .
He currently serves as chairman of the board of California Micro
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In discussing Meyercord's appointment, Rolando C. Esteverena, ADFlex chairman and chief executive officer, said: "Wade Meyercord brings a tremendous breadth of industry operations experience to our board and we are very pleased to have an individual of his considerable accomplishments with us as we enter the next phase of our growth. "We see a number of exciting opportunities before us, and Wade's insights will be especially valuable to us as we seek to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. them. "I also would like to thank Michael Pierce for his many contributions to ADFlex's initial successes and for his help in bringing about the turnaround that is now underway. He remains a trusted friend and colleague and I, along with the rest of ADFlex management, wish him the very best in his new venture." ADFlex Solutions Inc. is a leading supplier of flexible circuit-based interconnect solutions to the computer, computer peripheral and communication industries. Applications for flex-based interconnects include cellular telephones, hard disk drives and other storage systems, high-end consumer products, notebook computers A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. , pagers and personal communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. . CONTACT: ADFlex Solutions Inc., Chandler Rolando C. Esteverena, 602/963-4584 or Silverman Heller Associates Lou Alkana, 310/208-2550 |
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