Bernie Aronson Joins Kilopass Technology as President and COO; Strengthens Exec Team at Fast-Growing Memory IP Company.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Kilopass Technology, Inc., an emerging leader in the area of embedded non-volatile memory technology, announced today that Bernie Aronson, former Chief Executive Officer of Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), has joined Kilopass as President and 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. . "We are very fortunate to add Bernie to our executive team at this time," said Dr. Jack Peng, founder 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. of Kilopass Technology. "Mr. Aronson is a proven business leader and a successful serial entrepreneur who has grown great companies from start-up to 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. . We are delighted to add such leadership and experience to our team. Bernie will help us grow our business and accelerate the adoption of our memory technology into designs created for high volume products." "I have confidence that the experienced executive team in place at Kilopass and its silicon-proven memory technology will make the challenge of growing this company easier," said Aronson. "Together, we will achieve and lead the efforts and initiatives needed to meet our customers' requests. I am impressed by the list of world-class licensees the company has established in a short period of time, and look forward to working with the team to take the company to the next level." About the Kilopass Executive Team Prior to joining Synplicity and taking the company public in 2000, Mr. Aronson was senior vice-president and co-general manager of the EPIC Technology Group at Synopsys, Inc. Before Synopsys, Mr. Aronson was president of EPIC Design Technology, Inc., where he took the company through a successful initial public offering in 1994. Mr. Aronson holds a BSEE from the City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: [kjuni]), is the public university system of New York City. . Dr. Jack Peng, founder and Chairman of Kilopass Technology, has over 23 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with 15 years specialized in the field of FLASH, EPROM, and FPGA development. Before founding Kilopass, Dr. Peng was Senior Manager of Technology Development at Actel Corporation where he was in charge of developing FLASH-based FPGA technology. Dr. Peng holds a MS and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Parks, and a BS degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China University of Electronic Science and Technology of China is a university located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It was founded in 1956. [1] Nestled in Chengdu, a time-honored city famous for its history, culture and landscapes , University of Electronic Science , Chengdu, China. Charles Ng, Vice-President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing, has more than 21 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Kilopass, Mr. Ng held senior management and executive-level positions with Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc., Compass Design Automation, and VLSI Technology Inc. Mr. Ng was the key contributor in establishing and expanding the business for these companies in North America, Japan, and Asia Pacific. He graduated from California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. with a Master degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, and he also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. . Michael Fliesler, Vice-President of Engineering, has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with 20 years specialized in the field of FLASH, EPROM, and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. development. Mr. Fliesler was Flat Panel Display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time Director of Design at National Semiconductor. Prior to National, he was Director of Engineering Services at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. . Mr. Fliesler received the BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. About Kilopass Kilopass Technology, Inc. was founded with the mission of becoming the industry leader in embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. The Company's super-permanent memory technology is manufactured using standard commercial CMOS process, and is used for storage of firmware and security codes. The company is headquartered at 3333 Octavius Dr. Suite 101, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA For more information, please visit http://www.kilopass.com, call (408) 980-8808 or email klptinfo@kilopass.com All trademarks and tradenames are the property of their respective owners. |
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