Centillium Communications Appoints Semiconductor Industry Veteran as Senior Vice President.FREMONT, Calif. -- Centillium Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTLM CTLM Imaging Computed tomography laser mammography A diagnostic technique using lasers to produce a 3-D cross-sectional image of the breast without x-rays. See Mammography. ), a leading provider of broadband access solutions, today announced the appointment of Jitesh Vadhia as Senior Vice President and General Manager. "We are very pleased to add Jitesh to our executive team," said Faraj Aalaei, Co-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. . "He has substantial experience managing international operations with significant revenue and P&L responsibility, as well as a deep understanding of marketing and engineering. Jitesh's extensive management experience in the communications semiconductor industry will be invaluable to Centillium as we align our three business units, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , Optical and Voice-over-IP, under his leadership," he said. "Our Optical products are ready to enter our marketing and sales channels and our Voice-over-IP products have already started their revenue ramp. We believe that by aligning the Optical and Voice-over-IP units with our DSL business into a single organizational structure, we will create synergies and can better leverage our employee talent to design, develop and market our products more effectively. Bringing our businesses together under one roof will allow us to more efficiently share resources, sharpen our focus on execution and increase our marketing emphasis to better serve our customers," said Aalaei. Vadhia joins the company with more than 20 years of international experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Centillium, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager in the Network Access business unit at Zarlink Semiconductor Corporation and Product Line Director in the Analog Systems business unit at National Semiconductor Corporation. Vadhia also held various marketing roles at National Semiconductor Corporation. Previously, he was a Senior Design Engineer at Plessey Communications. Mr. Vadhia received his Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Physics from the University of London For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Within the university federation they are known as Recognised Bodies and his Master of Science degree in Electro Optics and Laser Technology from the University of Essex The University of Essex is a British plate glass university. It received its Royal Charter in 1965. The university's main campus is located at Wivenhoe Park on the outskirts of Colchester (the oldest recorded town in Britain) in the English county of Essex, less than a mile from in England. About Centillium Communications Centillium Communications, Inc. is a leading innovator of high performance, cost-effective semiconductor solutions that give consumers, enterprises and service providers the winning edge in broadband access. The company's complete, end-to-end system-on-chip solutions accelerate development time-to-market for "last mile" products with Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL), Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) The installation of optical fiber from the carrier directly into the home or office. Also called "fiber to the home" (FTTH). See PON and FTTC. See also FTP. ) and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies. Centillium products include digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits and related software for DSL and FTTP central office and customer premises equipment See CPE. and VoIP solutions for carrier- and enterprise-class gateways and consumer telephony. Centillium is a global company with headquarters in Fremont, CA. Additional information is available at www.centillium.com. Centillium Communications and the Centillium Logo are trademarks of Centillium Communications, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. All rights reserved. |
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