Catalyst Semiconductor adds vice president of sales and marketing.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 1996--CATALYST SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CATS) today announced the appointment of Scott Parker to the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his position Mr. Parker will have responsibility for Catalyst's worldwide sales and marketing activities. Michael Powell, the Company's Chairman 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. , said, "Scott's fifteen years of marketing and sales experience at National Semiconductor and Intel will strengthen our marketing and sales organization and will help us take full advantage of the significant capacity increases we have recently negotiated with our foundries." Catalyst recently announced a broad partnership with United Microelectronics Corporation UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored institute ITRI. Today, UMC is best known for its merchant foundry business, manufacturing integrated circuits wafers for fabless (UMC) of Taiwan. UMC will provide Catalyst with significant wafer foundry capacity for Flash memory products using a 0.5 micron process to be jointly developed by the two companies. Sales of the first 0.5 micron product are expected to occur in the fourth calendar quarter of this year. Mr. Parker previously worked for National Semiconductor for nine years, most recently as Product Line Director-PC Products, National's fastest growing product line. He holds a B.S. in Marketing and an MBA from the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. . -0- Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. designs and markets a broad range of nonvolatile semiconductor memory products, including Flash Memories, Parallel EEPROMs, and Serial EEPROMs. Its headquarters are 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. . CONTACT: Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. Kathryn Beaulieu, Investor Relations 408/748-7700 or Wolfe Axelrod Associates Mona J. Walsh Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986) Signed into law in 1986, the CFA was a significant step forward in criminalizing unauthorized access to computer systems and networks. The Act applies to "federal interest computers" that include any system used by the U.S. Barbara Yu (Media) 212/370-4500 |
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