Avnet Design Services Appoints New Strategic Marketing Executive.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1998--Lloyd Kaplan, executive vice president of Avnet Design Services, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Thomas Lagatta as vice president, director of business development for Avnet Design Services. Avnet Design Services, one of the newest business units of Avnet Electronics Marketing, offers a suite of engineering and technical services to the electronic OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and community. In his new role, Mr. Lagatta will be responsible for technical strategic planning and business development, as well as maintaining alliances with vendors and business partners in the areas of product strategies, design and development tools, services and intellectual property. "Tom brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Avnet Design Services in the area of business development, technical management and marketing," said Mr. Kaplan. "His background in product development, design engineering and business management, including his international experience, will be a tremendous asset to our organization as we create centers of excellence worldwide," Mr. Kaplan added. "Our goal is to provide the best technical services possible to our customers, enhancing their ability to bring competitive products to market in an increasingly global environment, in addition to developing programs to find the best matches between our suppliers' products and our customers' needs. Tom's background makes him well-positioned to direct our resources in the accomplishment of both of these goals." Mr. Lagatta most recently served as vice president of corporate marketing and business development at Symbios (formerly NCR/AT&T), where he also held a variety of senior management positions, including vice president of worldwide sales, director of technology and management of NCR's Technology Centers. Prior to NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers , Mr. Lagatta spent eight years as an 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. design engineer at both Hughes and TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc . He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. , and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . Avnet Design Services, a global brand of Avnet Electronics Marketing headquartered in Arizona, consists of three operational groups: demand creation, design services and professional services including the creation and management of intellectual property. Avnet Design Services offers a suite of engineering and design services to the OEM community, with design centers throughout the United States, Europe, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and India. Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), a Fortune 500 company with annual sales exceeding $5.9 billion. Maintaining a sales presence in over 57 countries, Avnet markets, inventories and adds value to the products of the most prestigious electronic components and computer equipment manufacturers for industrial and military equipment customers worldwide. For more information on Avnet Design Services, visit the Avnet Electronics Marketing home page at www.em.avnet.com. |
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