C Speed Corporation Names Howard Davidson and Gene Franklin to Its Technical Advisory Board.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001 C Speed Corporation (www.cspeed.com), a developer of 3D MEMS-based, scalable optical switching subsystems, today announced that Howard L. Davidson, Ph.D., and Gene F. Franklin, D. Eng. Sc., have joined its Technical Advisory Board (TAB). The TAB is a group of industry experts invited by C Speed to work closely with its engineering organization to develop state-of-the-art technologies in support of the Company's product roadmap and the development of its proprietary intellectual property. "We are extremely privileged to have such distinguished individuals join our Technical Advisory Board," said Dwain Aidala, 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. of C Speed Corporation. "Their contributions will significantly add to C Speed's growing patent portfolio as well as accelerate the time to market of our all-optical, cross-connect products." Dr. Davidson has more than 27 years experience as an experimental physicist and is currently a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems, RAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Remote Access Service) A Windows NT/2000 Server feature that allows remote users access to the network from their Windows laptops or desktops via modem. See RRAS and network access server. Computer Analysis Laboratory. Previously, he was a senior scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. , where he was a member of the original three-person team who developed the ultra light spacecraft that was designed to detect and intercept ICBM ICBM: see guided missile. ICBM in full intercontinental ballistic missile Land-based, nuclear-armed ballistic missile with a range of more than 3,500 mi (5,600 km). Only the U.S. launches. His background includes posts as a senior member of the technical staff at Cray Research, and a research engineer at Hewlett Packard Corporation. Dr. Davidson holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Wesleyan University and a B.A. in Physics from Ginnell College. He is a senior member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. and a member of APS, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field. , and AAAS AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science. . Professor Franklin has been on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University since 1957. During this time, he has been director of the Information Systems Laboratory and associate provost for computing. Professor Franklin has also served as vice chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering and acting chairman of the department for the 1994 - 1995 academic year. He was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e and is now a Life Fellow of the Institute. Professor Franklin holds a B.S. from Georgia Tech, an M.S. from M.I.T., and a D. Eng. Sc. from Columbia University, all in Electrical Engineering. About the Technical Advisory Board Members of the TAB are recognized experts in their particular fields of endeavor. Each individual has the capability of bringing strategic value to C Speed and its focus on the development of advanced technology in the optical networking field. TAB members are not employees of C Speed; rather they are educators, scientists and business leaders in the community who have agreed to work with, and on behalf of, C Speed to develop the Company and its technology to the fullest potential. Each member of the TAB is a "hands-on" participant in the identification, evaluation, development, and testing of C Speed's technology as the Company continues to build its product line. About the Company C Speed Corporation delivers 3D MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. (micro-electro-mechanical systems) optical switching subsystems to Systems Integrators building next generation optical networks. Its subsystem architecture combines advanced optical packaging and leading edge MEMS technology that can be easily designed into core, metro, and edge network infrastructures. C Speed's products are configurable from 40 to 1024 ports and beyond. The Company is privately held, with its headquarters located in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . For more information, contact C Speed at 408/496-3600, or visit the Company's web site at http://www.cspeed.com. |
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