Anadigm Names William McLean President and CEO.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002 William McLean William McLean (August 10, 1794 – October 12, 1839) was a lawyer, legislator and businessman. William McLean was born in Mason County, Kentucky and moved in 1799 with his parents Fergus and Sophia (Blackford) McLean and his older brother John McLean (who would become a , a 20-year veteran of the semiconductor industry and most recently president of U.S. operations at ParthusCeva, was today named 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 president of Anadigm(R). A fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. headquartered in Campbell and Crewe, United Kingdom, Anadigm(R) provides field programmable analog integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. and associated design software that greatly reduce the time, effort, and expense required to create real-world interfaces in industrial, communications, automotive, audio capture, and environmental control systems. "William McLean has a stellar record of taking companies with promising technologies to the next level," said Peter van Cuylenburg, chairman of the Anadigm(R) board of directors. "The release of Anadigm(R)'s new dynamically reconfigurable field programmable analog array product family has poised the company for a new phase of growth, which William is superbly qualified to lead." McLean served as president, U.S. operations and vice president, worldwide sales of Parthus Technologies from 1998 until the company's recent combination with Ceva, formerly the 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 licensing division of DSP Group. By 2001, he grew Parthus sales to $41 million while leading the company's M&A activities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Asia. He joined Parthus from Authentec, a biometrics firm and spin-off from Harris Semiconductor, where he was vice president and chief marketing officer. McLean joined Harris Semiconductor in 1996, serving as vice president and general manager of worldwide sales and marketing. "Anadigm(R) is fundamentally changing the way analog and digital relate to one another within embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. ," McLean said. "It is exciting to join a company whose technology is quickly being adopted across a number of market segments and who will play a key role in defining how the programmable systems of tomorrow are designed and implemented." McLean previously served in executive management positions at Fujitsu Microelectronics and Advanced Telecommunications Modules Ltd. He began his career at Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , where he spent 12 years in various sales and marketing positions. McLean holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Christian Brothers University In addition to intercollegiate athletics, CBU offers intramural sports. Types of intramurals, such as volleyball, flag football, and bowling, vary from year to year. Greek life Fraternity and sorority members comprise 21 - 24% of CBU students. , Memphis, Tenn. About Anadigm(R) Anadigm(R) combines the three most powerful design trends from the digital world (design automation, field programmable ICs, real-time updating) into a platform for analog design, greatly reducing cost-of-ownership for analog signal conditioning and processing functions across many market segments. Founded in January 2000 as a venture-backed technology spinoff from Motorola, the company maintains U.S. headquarters in Campbell and European headquarters in Crewe. For further information, visit Anadigm(R) on the Web at www.anadigm.com. Note: A downloadable photo of McLean is available at www.anadigm.com/Prs_20.asp. |
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