AVAZ Networks Inc. Names John Cooper as Vice President of North American Sales.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002 AVAZ Networks Inc., focused to become the industry leader in providing carrier grade, real-time, broadband media processing See media control. System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions, today announced that John Cooper John Cooper can refer to:
named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales. Cooper will report to Safi Qureshey Safi Qureshey (sometimes written Qureshi) is chairman emeritus, cofounder and former CEO of AST Research, Inc., a personal computer manufacturer. He is currently CEO of wireless video technology company Quartics and is involved with several start-up technology companies as an , 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. , and will have overall responsibility for the company's North American sales. Cooper comes to AVAZ Networks with more than 15 years of experience in semiconductor sales. Most recently, Cooper held various key sales and marketing positions with Broadcom Corp. Cooper joined Broadcom through its acquisition of HotHaus Technologies Inc., where as the vice president of sales he built strategic account relationships with major telecom equipment manufacturers. Previously, Cooper worked in senior sales and marketing positions at Texas Instruments, DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive department. "We are pleased that Mr. Cooper made the decision to join AVAZ Networks. His past experience and proven track record make him the ideal candidate to both drive and manage AVAZ Networks' North American sales growth. I have high expectations that Mr. Cooper will be a strong contributor to AVAZ Networks' continued success," said Qureshey. "I am a believer in AVAZ Networks' core technologies and vision of delivering high-density value-added SoC solutions to the VoP gateway and wireless markets," said Cooper. "I am excited to join AVAZ and its strong management team and believe that I can contribute greatly to AVAZ Networks' success." AVAZ Networks has pioneered programmable media and packet processing System on Chip (SoC) solutions and application specific software. These solutions enable Original Equipment Manufacturers to design high-density Voice over Packet (VoP) media processing systems used in carrier-class media gateways, secured multimedia virtual private network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) boxes, and tri-mode 2.5G and 3G base-stations. The company has formed and integrated a multi-functional technical team of world-class engineers with communication systems, DSP algorithms, and software expertise, complemented by an executive management team of industry veterans with proven track records. Using proprietary technologies and advanced design methodologies, the company has developed a comprehensive family of products for broadband media processing and encapsulation (1) In object technology, the creation of self-contained modules that contain both the data and the processing. See object-oriented programming. (2) The transmission of one network protocol within another. over packet (IP/ATM) networks. AVAZ Networks is based in Irvine, and can be reached at 949/789-1130 or at http://www.avaz.com. |
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