AgileVision Names Robert Millis Director of Software Development.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 AgileVision, a Princeton, New Jersey-based company dedicated to creating and delivering market-leading products for integration and broadband delivery of compressed video content, announced today the appointment of Robert Millis as its director of software development. Mr. Millis will be responsible for the management of the company's software development. AgileVision continues to strengthen its senior management team by adding core expertise from the key markets upon which it is focused, including the digital broadcast, cable and the Internet industries. Mr. Millis offers a wealth of both managerial and software product development experience. "The addition of Robert Millis to our AgileVision family will be instrumental in building upon our current engineering infrastructure as well as managing our software development division," said Anthony Gargano, president and 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. of AgileVision. "AgileVision continues its commitment in staffing our organization with a high level of talent, experience and vision. Robert clearly has these important qualities and we are delighted to welcome him to the team." Prior to joining AgileVision, Mr. Millis was manager of one of the embedded software divisions at Motorola, where he led an engineering team in developing digital products and supported existing analog head-end and set-top products. While at Motorola, Millis was also responsible for managing software systems integration and testing. Millis' former tenure as manager of test and certification at General Instrument proved invaluable in furthering his expertise in product development and rollout as well as digital hardware design, team leadership and group management. Mr. Millis brings over 11 years of varied engineering experience to AgileVision. "Joining AgileVision to oversee their software development is both an exciting opportunity and rewarding challenge," said Robert Millis, new director of software development at AgileVision. "The existing AgileVision team boasts over 100 years experience in the broadcast and cable industries, and I look forward to working with such a skilled and talented group." About AgileVision AgileVision was formed in 1999 as a joint venture between Sarnoff Corp., and Mercury Computer Systems Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. NASDAQ: MRCY provides high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury designs and builds embedded multicomputers, which may be considered to be either loosely coupled , Inc. (Nasdaq:MRCY). Headquartered in Princeton, N.J., AgileVision is commercializing unique MPEG-2 algorithms on a scalable high-performance, real-time imaging 'real-time' imaging Visualization of a dynamic process µsecs after occurring, which requires rapid information processing–ie, as the process occurs, as in 'B' mode ultrasound hardware platform that will initially provide DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. transmission solutions and emerging data service applications for the broadcast industry. AgileVision AGV AGV Automatic Guided Vehicle AgV Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Verbraucherverbände (Germany: Working Party of the Consumer Associations) AGV Automotrice à Grande Vitesse (French high speed train, successor to the TGV) 1000 Offers immediate on-air DTV implementation with seamless splicing splicing /splic·ing/ (spli´sing) 1. the attachment of individual DNA molecules to each other, as in the production of chimeric genes. 2. RNA s. & insertion of Datacasting, PSIP PSIP Program and System Information Protocol (Digital TV data standard) PSIP Police Schools Involvement Program (Australia) PSIP Profit Sharing Investment Plan PSIP Pollen Signalling Protein , EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. , local station branding, and commercial/program material into an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. standard 19.39 compressed DTV Transmission Stream. With outstanding picture quality originating in either Standard Definition or High Definition, the AGV 1000 represents a complete rethinking of the DTV transmission chain and the associated equipment requirements. |
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