Cisco's Gary Stager Joins Omneon Video Networks as VP Engineering.Business Editors & High Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000 Omneon Video Networks(TM) is ramping up, adding former Cisco engineering manager, Gary Stager, as Omneon vice president of engineering. Today the company announced Donald Craig, its co-founder and vice president of engineering, will head a newly created architecture group as executive vice president and chief technology officer. With that announcement, Stager is joining Omneon in Craig's former capacity to manage engineering of its VIDEO AREA NETWORK(TM) infrastructure. "Omneon is receiving incredible acceptance from customers and partners on our implementation of a scalable, data-type independent new media infrastructure," said Lawrence Kaplan, 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 Omneon. "With over 13 years experience managing cross-functional development teams, Gary brings invaluable experience in networking systems, complimenting the expertise of those at Omneon. He has been hired to continue that engineering effort and lead the deployment of further developments." "Omneon's strategy is impressive and the credentials of the engineering team and management are formidable," said Stager. "I look forward to joining Omneon with its strong leadership in video and networking. Their products and partnerships are a winning combination in the emerging new media marketplace." Stager was most recently employed at Cisco where he led the development of the recently introduced Cisco uBR10000 Broadband Router A device that provides access to the Internet for multiple computers. It typically includes a network switch with four or more Ethernet ports for wired connections to desktop and laptop computers. "Wireless" broadband routers include an 802.11g access point. , as well as the well-known 7200 and 7500 series routers. Prior to his work with cable products, he was the engineering manager for a number of network products including LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network SONET interfaces, processor cards and Gigabit Ethernet interface adapters. Prior to Cisco, Stager held principal engineering and management positions at Fujitsu Network Transmission Systems and Convex Computer. During his tenure at Convex, he was a principal architect for large-scale I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output computers. Stager has a BSEE BSEE abbr. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree in digital electronics and computer systems, and a BA degree in psychology and liberal arts from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. . For more information, contact Omneon at www.Omneon.com. Omneon Video Networks provides networking and storage infrastructure for new media. Omneon systems are used by content producers and distributors in the converging industries of television and the Internet. Omneon has created a system of products that make up a VIDEO AREA NETWORK(TM), a scalable system based upon an 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. 1394 networking architecture and Fiber Channel storage providing an integrated networking and storage platform. The VIDEO AREA NETWORK enables facilities to ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. , route, store, share and distribute digital media--comprised of audio, video, and any type of related data. Omneon Video Networks, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is privately held and funded by prominent venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . Omneon's web site is www.Omneon.com. Omneon Video Networks and VIDEO AREA NETWORK are trademarks of Omneon Video Networks, Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged. |
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