American Electronics Association San Diego Council Announces New Executive Director.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999-- 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. Council of the American Electronics Association The American Electronics Association (now known as AeA) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry in the United States. (AEA AEA Atomic Energy Authority AEA n abbr (BRIT) (= Atomic Energy Authority) → consejo de energía nuclear; (BRIT) (SCOL) (= Advanced Extension Award) → ) today announced the appointment of Kevin Carroll as its Executive Director. A local committee of high-tech leaders selected Carroll from a large group of candidates. "We are delighted that Kevin has taken the Executive Director Post. The AEA is entering a period where our membership is growing in numbers in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. See also: Number and sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. -- Kevin is capable of thinking creatively, and delivering exciting new programs and services that our members want," stated Peter Zahn, 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. , Innocore and Chairman of the AEA San Diego Council. Carroll has had a quick rise to success at AEA, in 1997 he raised over $600,000 in donations and spearheaded the creation of the David Packard David Packard (September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was a cofounder of Hewlett-Packard. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, he received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1934. Afterwards he worked for the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York. Conference Center in Washington, DC. Carroll was then selected to lead the AEA Potomac Council, that included industry heavyweights such as AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Network Solutions and Cybercash. He tripled AEA membership in that region. "AEA sees the San Diego Council as a major growth area. Kevin has a background and a track record of outstanding member service that will stand the San Diego Council in good stead. Kevin also has an ability to excite member companies about issues and programs, and that will be a major factor in the growth of the San Diego Council," stated William Archey, President & CEO, AEA. This sentiment was echoed by Edward Bersoff, Chairman and CEO, BTG BTG BIT (Built-In Test) Target Generator BTG Bridging the Gap BTG British Technology Group BtG Betreuungsgesetz (Germany) BTG Biomass Technology Group BV BTG Begbies Traynor Group , Inc. and Past Chair of the Potomac Council. "Kevin was able to bring a tremendous amount of resources to the technology companies in the Virginia/Maryland/DC region. San Diego's gain is our loss" The AEA San Diego Council also announced several other changes. In October the AEA will be relocating to larger offices located on Lusk Boulevard across from the Ericsson Design Center. The change reflects the growth of the council, which is now over 175 members. The Council also announced that the successful Electronics Industry Recognition Week has been renamed to the High-Tech Industry Recognition Week. This year the event will be held on October 17th, 11:30am - 1:30pm at the Hilton Torrey Pines Hotel. Most people are surprised to find out that our largest segment of membership is software firms at 29%, said Carroll "the name change as well as several new award categories more accurately reflects our membership". The American Electronics Association is the nation's largest high-tech trade group, representing more than 3,000 U.S.-based technology companies. Membership spans the industry product and service spectrum, from semiconductors and software to computers, Internet and telecommunications systems and services. With 18 regional U.S. councils and offices in Brussels, Tokyo and Beijing, AEA offers a unique global policy grassroots capability and a wide portfolio of valuable business services and products for the high-tech industry. For 56 years, AEA has been the accepted voice of the U.S. technology community. |
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