Artisan Components Appoints Kyosuke Kitagawa As General Manager Of Its Japan Sales Organization.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999-- Industry Veteran to Expand Artisan's Strategic Semiconductor Customer Relationships Artisan Components, Inc., the physical IP component leader, today announced that Kyosuke Kitagawa has joined the company as general manager of its Japan sales organization. Reporting to Larry Fagg, vice president of Artisan's worldwide sales, Kitagawa will focus on the expansion of Artisan's semiconductor partner relationships in Japan. "Kitagawa has an excellent track record for developing sales processes and top-performing teams for Japan sales organizations," stated Larry Fagg. "I am extremely pleased to have him lead our `Team Japan' and am confident that he will make a significant contribution to our Japan sales organization." Commenting on Kitagawa's appointment, Mark Templeton Mark Templeton (b. 1975) is Principal Trombone of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Mark studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1994-1998 with Eric Crees, Simon Wills and Peter Gane. During this time he became principal of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. , 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 Artisan Components, said, "Japan represents a very important segment of Artisan's business and we are very committed to our Japanese semiconductor partners' success. Kitagawa's leadership and management experience will be a tremendous asset for promoting our Japan infrastructure's continued growth." Kitagawa is a seasoned executive with 20 years of experience in sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a for EDA companies  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. in Japan. Before joining Artisan, he
was general manager at Clarify K.K. Prior to this, he was general
manager of Meta-Software Japan K.K. Previously, he was director of sales
for Viewlogic Systems Japan. He has also held senior marketing and sales
management positions with Zuken Inc. and Seiko Instruments Seiko Instruments Inc. (セイコーインスツル株式会社 , Inc.
Kitagawa earned a bachelor of electronics engineering from the
University of Electro Communications in Tokyo, Japan.
About Artisan Components Founded in 1991, Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI) provides high-quality silicon intellectual property (IP) to the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers. The company's Process-Perfect(TM) products, including embedded memories, standard cells and I/Os, are tuned to each manufacturer's process. Semiconductor manufacturers, in turn, provide these products to their design customers so that they may achieve the full speed, density and low power potential of the semiconductor process. Artisan's library products are designed to work with the most popular EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. tools in the industry including Avant!, Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Synopsys and Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. . Artisan Components is headquartered at 1195 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1201; phone (408) 734-5600; fax (408) 734-5050; Web address http://www.artisan.com. Note to Editors: Artisan Components, Artisan, Process-Perfect, SAGE and Integral are trademarks of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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