AMCC Promotes Tim Heenan to Vice President of Operations.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2001 Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) ) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AMCC) today announced the promotion of Tim Heenan to vice president of operations for AMCC. Heenan previously served as the vice president of operations for AMCC's Switching and Network Processing Group. In this new position, Heenan will be responsible for global supply management, all production activities for external foundries, business and production control planning, and procurement at a corporate level. Heenan, who will be based out of the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. office, will remotely manage Sunnyvale operations and report directly to President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Doug Spreng. "Tim Heenan has been instrumental in establishing a solid business program for all manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. within AMCC's Switching and Network Processing Group, and is the ideal candidate to integrate operations between San Diego and Sunnyvale facilities," said Spreng. "His proven expertise will be an asset to AMCC as we continue to expand and focus our operations group, thereby positioning us with the infrastructure to successfully support long-term growth in our end markets." Heenan joined AMCC in 2000 through the acquisition of MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. Networks, where he had served as vice president of operations. During this time, Heenan led business negotiations and supervised all manufacturing operations for the company. Prior to joining MMC Networks, Heenan was the director of test operations at Cirrus Logic Inc., where he managed over 200 employees and was responsible for worldwide manufacturing test operations with overall revenue of almost $1 billion. Before his tenure at Cirrus Logic, Heenan has held various engineering positions at Signetics Corp. Heenan holds a B.S. in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N.Y.; coeducational; founded and opened 1824 as Rensselaer School; chartered 1826. It was called Rensselaer Institute from 1837 to 1861. and a M.S. in engineering management from Santa Clara University. About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's optical networks. AMCC utilizes a combination of high-frequency analog, mixed-signal and digital design expertise coupled with system-level knowledge and multiple silicon process technologies to offer integrated circuit products that enable the transport of voice and data over fiber optic networks. The company's system solution portfolio includes PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion) The type of dispersion that occurs in singlemode fiber due to a lack of perfect symmetry in the fiber and from external pressures on the cable. Light travels over singlemode fiber in two polarization states. , PHY See physical layer and physical. , framer/mapper, network processor, traffic management and switch fabric devices that address the high-performance needs of the evolving intelligent optical network. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. Forward Looking Statements The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties set forth in the "Factors That May Affect Future Results" detailed in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended March 31, 2001, and in other filings of the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and AMCC does not assume any obligation to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.081301/bb2 |
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