BiTMICRO NETWORKS Named Stephen Uriarte as General Counsel; Appointment Supports Company's Continued Growth.Business Editors and Technology Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 BiTMICRO NETWORKS, Inc., a supplier of high performance solid state flash disk storage solutions, today announced the appointment of Stephen Uriarte as General Counsel and Director of Intellectual Property. Mr. Uriarte will lead the company's legal affairs by developing its intellectual property portfolio, working to create strategic partnerships, and focusing on business operations as the company prepares for the next stage in development and expansion. "We are pleased to have Stephen's level of legal expertise," commented Rudy Bruce, 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 BiTMICRO. "We anticipate significant growth as the company continues to produce the next generation network storage solutions and features. Stephen's expertise in the areas of intellectual property management, patent licensing and litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , contracts, and corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. will be invaluable." Most recently, Mr. Uriarte served as corporate patent attorney for S3 Incorporated (Nasdaq:SIII) where he managed the company's patent program, supervised patent litigation, performed intellectual property evaluations and due diligence, as well as assisting in general corporate legal matters. Prior to S3, Mr. Uriarte was an associate attorney with D'Alessandro & Ritchie, where he prepared and prosecuted patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and counseled clients on a variety of intellectual property matters. "I am excited to join the dynamic and entrepreneurial BiTMICRO team," said Mr. Uriarte. "The Company has a solid strategy in place, a visionary and blue-chip management team, a network storage technology designed to instill partner loyalty and increase customers' revenues. I am enthusiastic to be part of the BiTMICRO's efforts to bring network storage solutions to new heights." Mr. Uriarte is a Registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a member of the California Bar. He graduated with a J.D. from UCLA School of Law The UCLA School of Law is the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. It is generally regarded as the top law school in Southern California, as well as one of the top fifteen law schools in the United States. , and earned B. S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. About BiTMICRO NETWORKS BiTMICRO NETWORKS, Inc., a privately held California corporation, is the world's premier supplier of high performance solid state flash disk storage solutions. BiTMICRO's storage solutions offer unmatched performance, data availability, and manageability across spectrum of computing platforms from entry systems to super computers. BiTMICRO storage product lines address wide range of applications and operating systems needs including storage area networking (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ). The company is a member of the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA FCIA See: Foreign Credit Insurance Association ) and Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ). E-Disk(TM), FlashBus(TM), PowerGuard(TM), DataSentinel(TM), E-NAS(TM), SANgria san·gri·a n. A cold drink made of red or white wine mixed with brandy, sugar, fruit juice, and soda water. Also called sangaree. [Probably from Spanish sangría, (TM), quickSAN(TM), EdiskMultiChip(TM), and BiTMICRO(TM) are trademarks of BiTMICRO NETWORKS, Inc. Additional information about BiTMICRO can be found at http://www.bitmicro.com. |
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