Banderacom Names Greg Dahl as Vice President of Marketing.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2002 Banderacom, the leading fabless InfiniBand(tm) semiconductor company, today announced the appointment of Greg Dahl dahl n. 1. See pigeon pea. 2. or dal A thick creamy East Indian stew made with lentils or other legumes, onions, and various spices. as vice president of marketing. Dahl brings extensive technology marketing experience to Banderacom, including executive positions with Tricord Systems, a developer of clustered server appliances A self-contained computer system specialized for network use. Its applications are pre-installed, and access to setup and configuration is via a Web browser. Server appliances may provide a single application or several applications; for example, a single device may provide file server, and software, and StorageTek, a worldwide leader in storage solutions. "Greg's background in storage and systems brings additional depth to Banderacom's executive team," said Les Crudele, president and chief executive officer of Banderacom. "Greg has proven leadership in creating marketing strategies for companies in cutting-edge technology markets, and this has helped drive the success of some of the storage industry's best-known brands. His insight and experience will be essential as the first wave of InfiniBand servers deploy later this year." "Banderacom is uniquely positioned as an early performance leader in InfiniBand," said Dahl. "The Banderacom team has done a great job of delivering solutions into this high-growth space and I look forward to helping further drive Banderacom's leadership position." Dahl was most recently vice president of marketing and business development for Tricord Systems, where he was responsible for establishing the company as a leader in storage management and appliances, as well as developing new solutions through 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 partnerships. Prior to this, Dahl was vice president of sales and marketing for StorageTek's Storage Networking Business Group where he oversaw the Storage Area Networking (SAN) business. He also served in various leadership roles at MTX MTX abbr. methotrexate methotrexate (amethopterin, MTX) Warning - Hazardous drug! Maxtrex (UK), Metoject (UK) Pharmacologic class: Inc. (now Visara) and Unisys. Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is a guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. , vice president of business development and founding 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 Banderacom, who served as vice president of marketing for Banderacom for the last six months, will continue to oversee Banderacom's business development. "Eric will continue to focus on strategic relationships and partnerships that advance the InfiniBand market. His successful efforts in the marketing department have been greatly appreciated," said Crudele. About InfiniBand Architecture InfiniBand architecture is an industry standards-based interconnection technology that dramatically increases scalability, reliability and flexibility of server and storage systems used in modern networks. InfiniBand architecture is expected to replace Ethernet, Fiber Channel and proprietary solutions in the chassis-to-chassis interconnect domain in today's storage and server networks. InfiniBand architecture provides a universal interconnect fabric enabling new, lower-cost, higher-performance and reliable networks that are not possible today. About Banderacom Banderacom is an Austin, Texas-based fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. focused on dramatically increasing the performance and reliability of networking, storage and server system products in the dynamic new world of InfiniBand. Banderacom provides flexible, high-performance semiconductors based on InfiniBand specifications. Banderacom is also a Sponsoring Member of the InfiniBand Trade Association The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) is the standards organization that defines and maintains the InfiniBand specification. It is an industry consortium. The IBTA was established in 1999, and its most prominent members include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and (www.infinibandta.org), and participates in the association's Marketing Working Group (MWG MWG Men with Guts (sports apparel company) MWG Match-Winning Goal (soccer) mWG Microworld of Gems (e-commerce business) MWG Measurements Working Group MWG Model Working Group ), MWG IT Subgroup, MWG Benchmark Subgroup, and Compatibility and Interoperability Working Group (CIWG CIWG Critical Infrastructure Working Group CIWG Collaboration Interoperability Working Group CIWG Communications Interoperability Working Group CIWG Cyberinfrastructure Working Group CIWG Combat Identification Working Group CIWG Critical Interfaces Working Group ). Banderacom was founded in 1999 by a veteran team from the microprocessor and communications semiconductor industries. Banderacom is funded by multiple capital partners, including Austin Ventures, Infinity Venture Capital, Jato Tech Ventures, Trinity Venture Capital, Intel and QLogic Corporation. For more information, visit www.banderacom.com or call 512/302-0002. |
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