Atlantech -- First in DSL Management -- Announces Executive Appointments.GLASGOW, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1998-- -- Scotland-based company positions for rapid growth in expanding data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. services market -- Atlantech Technologies, Ltd., which pioneered DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary network services management, today announced the addition of two new executive team members, as well as two new members of the board of directors. Rob Faw, former 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 Westell Inc. and a director for AT&T's data communications division, was named vice chairman and president. Faw, who was responsible for the introduction of DSL technology while at AT&T, will be responsible for worldwide sales, business and market development, marketing and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . Atlantech has also hired Jim Hinderliter as vice president of sales and business development for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Hinderliter formerly was vice president of sales for Applied Innovations and an executive with Netcom Systems. He will be responsible for sales and business development activities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The company has also added Derek McCauley and Maisy Ng to positions on the board of directors. McCauley is the assistant director for the Microsoft Research Facility in Cambridge, England. He is also a professor of computer science for Glasgow (Scotland) University. Ng is an investment executive with Vertex, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies. Vertex is a global private equity investor focusing on information technology companies. Vertex portfolio companies include Premisys Communications, Versant Object Technology, Aurum Software and SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. . Atlantech, headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, is privately held and has offices throughout the United States. For additional information, please visit the company's home page at www.atlan-tech.com.
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