ARC International Appoints James H. Lang to Head Asia Sales Efforts; Completes Search Started in Early 2002.Business Editors 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002 ARC International This article is about the publicly traded processor company. For the privately held French housewares company of the same name, see ARC International (household). (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARK) has completed another goal set by CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mike Gulett earlier this year by appointing James Lang head of all sales operations in Asia. He reports to Bill Caparelli, Sr. VP of Worldwide Sales. "Having Jim join ARC adds the professional leadership to begin addressing sales opportunities into the growing Asian market," said Gulett. "Jim's experience and expertise will drive our embedded processor cores, software, peripherals, development tools and RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. into these countries, and we are glad to have him on the ARC team." Lang will have responsibilities over all Asian countries, but will concentrate initially on Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and The People's Republic of China. Lang joins ARC from ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. International, where he was Western Area Sales Manager before it was sold to Flextronics Semiconductor. He was president and CEO of Decision Matrix Systems prior to then, and was vice president of Mass Storage sales at Cirrus Logic for six years before Decision Matrix. Before that, he held senior sales and marketing positions for several other high tech companies, including Adaptec, Zilog and Fujitsu Microelectronics. Lang holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and serves on the Board of Directors for Sales-Consultants and Decision Matrix Systems, Inc., and the Board of Advisors for Winnov LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . Notes to editors About ARC International ARC International is a leading developer of embedded user-customizable, high-performance 32-bit RISC/DSP processor cores, with integrated development tools, peripherals, RTOS and software. These integrated products and solutions are a result of the acquisitions of MetaWare, VAutomation and Precise. ARC's integrated intellectual property solutions assist customers in rapidly developing next generation wireless, networking and consumer electronics products, reducing time to market for system-on-chip products. Products based on ARC's technology include digital still cameras, set-top boxes, and network processors. ARC International employs over 200 people in research and development, sales, and marketing offices across North America, Europe and Israel. Full details of the company's locations and other information are on the company's web site, www.ARC.com. ARC International is listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. as ARC International plc (LSE:ARK). |
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