Alpha Industries, Inc. Announces New Director of Worldwide Sales.WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1999-- ALPHA INDUSTRIES Alpha Industries is a clothing manufacturer founded in 1959 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The company makes items such as flight jackets and vests, and has made jackets for the military of the United States like the M65 Jacket. Two models are the MA-1 and CWU-45/P pilot jackets. , INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . (Nasdaq symbol:AHAA AHAA Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies AHAA American Hearing Aid Associates AHAA Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement Study ) today announced that Christopher G. Conlin has joined the company as its new Director, Worldwide Sales, for all semiconductor products. David Aldrich, Vice President and General Manager of Alpha's semiconductor operations, said, "Chris Conlin Christopher Howard Conlin (born June 7, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an assistant coach in the Arena Football League. He was a professional American football player and collegiate All-American offensive tackle at Penn State University. brings to Alpha strong executive experience in high-volume, commercial semiconductor sales. His strengths will be particularly important to us now, as we expand our base of products, customers and applications, particularly into the new fields of wireless data and high-speed Internet connectivity." Mr. Conlin said, "This is an exciting time to join Alpha. Its existing customers and markets are booming, and there are extraordinary opportunities to add customers and enter fast-growing, new markets. I believe that Alpha's high part content in the new Palm VII wireless PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). marks the beginning of a new era of wireless devices. "Alpha's achievements are impressive, with strong penetration of wireless telephone handset OEMs, such as Motorola and Ericsson, and a broad portfolio of products. We must sustain these successes and build on them. My primary goals at Alpha are to increase our sales to the other leading wireless handset OEMs using the full range of GaAs process technologies, and to expand our strong presence in the new markets for broad-band Internet access equipment, such as advanced cable, direct broadcast satellite and millimeter wave links to businesses and homes." Before joining Alpha, Mr. Conlin was Vice President of Marketing and Sales at RF Monolithics, where he established product management, marketing and new business development processes and grew their worldwide sales by more than 50% in two years. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Marketing at MuRata Electronics North America, where he drove revenue growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. of over 25%. Mr. Conlin earned his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration at Emory University and his BS in Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University, at Florham-Madison and Teaneck-Hackensack, N.J.; coeducational; incorporated and opened 1942 as a junior college, became a four-year college in 1948 and a university in 1956. . Company Summary - Alpha Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of products for radio frequency, microwave and millimeter wave wireless communications applications. The Wireless Semiconductors segment provides gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits and other semiconductors to the dynamic global market for wireless telephone handsets. The Application Specific Products (ASP) segment provides a broad range of GaAs and silicon devices to instrumentation, defense, satellite and other millimeter wave communications markets. The Ceramic Products segment provides technical ceramic products for wireless telephony infrastructure and other wireless markets. Additional information is available at Alpha's website - www.alphaind.com |
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