Atrenta Appoints Jonathan Spira as New CFO.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003 Atrenta(TM) Inc., the Predictive Analysis Company, announced the appointment of Jonathan Spira as its new chief financial officer. Spira brings to Atrenta almost 20 years of corporate finance experience in the consumer, entertainment and technology markets. "Atrenta is growing at a rapid pace, and Jonathan's expertise is essential in helping us expand our position as the premier provider of Predictive Analysis technology," said Ajoy Bose, Atrenta chairman, 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. . "He is a top-notch executive who brings to us the financial know-how and corporate experience to grow the company through its pre-IPO stage and beyond." "I'm thrilled to be part of Atrenta," said Jonathan Spira, Atrenta CFO See Chief Financial Officer. . "The company offers a very unique and innovative solution to accelerate design, an impressive customer list and a world-class team. I look forward to helping the company reach its next stage and fully realize its long-term potential as the leading provider of predictive analysis tools." Prior to Atrenta, Spira served as CFO of ePeople and Autonomy where he led the company's highly successful 1998 IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. . Previously, Spira was director of business planning and finance for the Disney Interactive division of the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company. He has also been director of strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and finance for California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, , a senior financial analyst for Nestle Food Company, and a consultant in KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Peat Marwick's Merger & Acquisition group. Spira holds a Master's degree in business administration from Cornell University and a Bachelor's degree of economics from Kenyon College. About Atrenta Atrenta delivers predictive analysis solutions to the world's leading electronics companies, including eight of the top ten semiconductor companies. Its pioneering and award-winning SpyGlass Predictive Analysis tools accelerate the design of SoCs, ASICs, and FPGAs by detecting complex chip design problems that are not easily identified with conventional verification methods. During the past year, SpyGlass has been recognized with several distinguishing awards, including EDN magazine's Top 100 products for 2002 and "LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Design of the Year 2002" award by Japan's Semiconductor Industry News. Atrenta was also chosen by Venture Reporter as one of the top 100 venture-backed companies for 2002 and recently named by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 private companies. Atrenta, with headquarters in San Jose, Calif., employs over one hundred people worldwide. It has European offices in England and France, a research and development center in India, and sales and support distributors in Central Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and United Kingdom. For further information, visit the Atrenta website at www.atrenta.com, email moreinfo@atrenta.com, or call 408-453-3333. Atrenta is a trademark and SpyGlass is a registered trademark of Atrenta Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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