ChipCenter Appoints VP of Portal Engineering; Swapan Jha to lead the technical management of site's B2B Portal.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 ChipCenter, LLC (www.chipcenter.com), the Internet's premier destination for engineers and purchasers in the electronics OEM industry, announced the appointment of Swapan Jha as Vice President of Portal Engineering. In his new role, Jha will be responsible for the technology of ChipCenter's B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Portal, including managing ongoing engineering projects in areas ranging from Electronic Component Catalog Commerce to personalization of end-user content delivery. Jha joins ChipCenter with over 10 years of experience in building and implementing business-to-business, e-procurement, supply-chain and other large scalable and complex systems and has a solid understanding of Internet, electronic commerce and related technologies. Jha was most recently CTO for GiftEmporia.com where he successfully created and launched a next-generation Web site and executed the company's technology strategy. Prior to that, Jha was Director of E-commerce Application Development at Digital Market, where he was instrumental in defining and building e-procurement and collaborative commerce solutions for the high-tech vertical. "Swapan Jha is a great addition to the technology organization at ChipCenter as he brings a lot of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. and Oracle experience in the area of e-commerce," said Madhukar Govindaraju, Chief Technology Officer of ChipCenter. "Swapan's proven ability to build and lead will fit in well with our dynamic and fast-growing organization." "I am very pleased to be part of ChipCenter's team and look forward to the rewarding challenges of diverse technology/product acquisitions including the design and delivery of enriched user experiences within the ChipCenter portal," said Jha. Through the years, Jha held various senior technology roles at Oracle and other companies. At Oracle, Jha was involved in building and implementing supply-chain, Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment See EBPP. (EBPP), and Interactive TV solutions. Jha holds a B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering —
About ChipCenter, LLC ChipCenter, LLC, is the first comprehensive online service for electronic-component information and sourcing. A joint venture of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ARW), Aspect Development, 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 : ASDV), Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), CMP Media, Inc., and Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIOS), ChipCenter is a new kind of marketing channel that integrates demand creation, interest fulfillment and e-commerce transactions in one seamless service, allowing engineers and purchasing agents to learn, find and buy at one convenient location. For more information, visit: http://www.chipcenter.com. |
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