Artisan Components Appoints Senior Executives to Management Team; Lee Allgood Leads Worldwide Sales Organization; Grady Hamlett Heads Global Customer Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2001 Artisan Components Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI), a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), today announced the appointments of Lee Allgood as vice president of worldwide sales and Grady Hamlett as vice president of customer services. Both executives report to Harry Dickinson, Artisan's recently appointed chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Mr. Allgood comes to Artisan with over 25 years of experience in sales and marketing management. He has held key management positions with S3 Inc., Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Valid Logic Systems, Inc., DAZIX, Inc., Mentor Graphics Corporation (Silicon Compiler Systems), Philips/Signetics, Fairchild Corporation and National Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Allgood holds a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in engineering with a major in international relations from the United States Air Force Academy United States Air Force Academy, at Colorado Springs, Colo.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. air force; authorized in 1954 by Congress. and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Mr. Allgood replaces Eduard Weichselbaumer who has left the company to pursue other interests. Mr. Hamlett has over 15 years of industry experience in customer services, support and management. Most recently he served as director of customer services and support at IKOS Systems, Inc. In addition, he has held management positions with Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Mentor Graphics Corporation (Silicon Compiler Systems). Mr. Hamlett has an extensive design and design management background from positions at Hewlett-Packard Company and DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. Communications, Inc. He earned his BSEE BSEE abbr. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. . "Artisan has realized exceptional growth and has set the industry standard for quality products and advanced customer care," said Harry Dickinson, chief operating officer at Artisan Components. "Thousands of IC designers rely on Artisan's products to achieve their design successes. Continuing to add senior-level contributors to the Artisan team reflects our strong customer commitment." About Artisan Components Artisan Components, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTI) is a world leader in intellectual property (IP) components, providing high-quality solutions for many of the world's leading semiconductor foundries, integrated device manufacturers, ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. vendors and IC design teams. Artisan's Process-Perfect(TM) memory generators, standard cell and I/O libraries are optimized to achieve the full-speed, density and low-power potential of each semiconductor process. Each product is verified using the industry's most comprehensive QA and validation procedures and delivered ready to use with a complete set of views and models supporting leading design tools. Artisan's headquarters are located at 1195 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1201. World WideWeb address: http://www.artisan.com. Note to Editors: Artisan Components is a registered trademark and Process-Perfect is a trademark of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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