CopperCom Expands Executive Management Team with Three New Vice Presidents; Team's Collective Strength and Experience Poise Company for Rapid Growth.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- CopperCom(TM), a Silicon Valley company that is Giving Voice to 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 (TM), today announced the expansion of its management team with the promotion of Rajat Roy to vice president of engineering, and the appointments of John Yin to vice president of technology and Michael Maniglia to vice president of channels. The announcement reflects CopperCom's continued commitment to building an organization based on world-class talent and signals its readiness for rapid growth at the forefront of the hot Voice over DSL market. "Rajat has been instrumental in delivering CopperComplete DSL(TM), our best-in-class Voice over DSL family of products, and we are pleased to promote him to vice president of engineering," said Ringo. "John and Michael are both very talented and well-respected in the industry, and they are great additions to an already stellar team that is leading the market in delivering carrier-class solutions for integrated voice and high-speed data over DSL." The new executives join the CopperCom management team comprised of Cynthia Ringo 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. , Martin Levetin COO, Martin Taylor Martin Taylor could refer to:
All of the executives contribute years of high-ranking management experience and recognition in their respective fields a fact that underscores the fact that CopperCom is poised for fast growth as Voice over DSL deployments begin to skyrocket. About the New Executives Vice President of Engineering Rajat Roy has extensive experience in the development and delivery of hardware, software and test engineering, and has been with CopperCom since its inception. He was instrumental in developing CopperCom's full suite of Voice over DSL products that deliver up to 16 voice lines plus high-speed data, simultaneously, over a single copper pair in the local loop. Roy joined CopperCom from the Network Products Division of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ) where he managed engineering teams in the design and development of 10/100 and gigabit ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. controllers and switches as well as ethernet-to-ATM bridging technology. Roy's teams also focused on consumer product initiatives such as the design of the first plug-n-play ethernet controller for Windows PCs, and the design of the first "green PC" compliant ethernet controller. These products received industry recognition and awards. Roy was an active contributor to the 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. 802.3 ethernet standards committee. He holds several patents in the areas of MAC layer flow control, clock synchronization, packet manipulation -- detection and tagging, and traffic management of packets in SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory . Roy has also held development positions at Intel and Siemens. He holds an MS in computer science from the University of Southwest Louisiana and a BS in electrical engineering from Jadavpur University in India. Vice President of Channels Michael Maniglia is responsible for worldwide channels at CopperCom. He has more than 20 years experience in the networking and computer industries. He has held senior level management positions in sales, business development, marketing, customer support and operations at Cisco Systems, Vertical Networks, FORE Systems, ARIX Corporation, Motorola Computer Systems and Four-Phase. Maniglia spearheaded the channel sales and channel business development efforts at Cisco Systems, Vertical Networks, and FORE Systems. His channel experience includes developing channel and sales strategies for Telco, VAR, System Integrator, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and Two-Tier distribution channels. Prior to joining CopperCom, Maniglia served as Vice-President of Channels and Vice-President of Sales at Vertical Networks. Vice President of Technology John Yin has spent the past 14 years serving the information industry with an emphasis on information systems engineering and technical management. He brings a thorough and complete knowledge of computer and communication systems, network infrastructure and services, hardware and software systems engineering process and general executive management experience. Prior to joining CopperCom, Yin was a founder and the Chief Technical Officer of RedCreek Communications where he was instrumental in establishing strategic partnerships, and in some cases, corporate investments with Cisco, HP, @Home, Secure Computing, Microsoft and many other companies. Through his leadership, the company grew to $80 million in market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. and over 75 employees. Before starting RedCreek, Yin held progressively responsible engineering management positions at Cylink Corporation and NASA Ames Research Center NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield, which covers 43 acres at the borders of the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale in California. This research center is most commonly called NASA Ames. . While at NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Yin was able to develop extensive partnerships with all NASA sites throughout the United States as well as with the Department of Defense, the United States Postal Service, the Internal Revenue Service, and other government agencies. Due to his reputation for creating large scale Internet services, Yin was asked by White House to serve as the technical manager and systems architect for the White House Internet presence. This activity led to the successful operational introduction of www.whitehouse.gov by Vice-President Gore in 1994. Yin holds an MS in Computer Science and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University. About CopperCom CopperCom is a privately held Silicon Valley company that is Giving Voice to DSL. The company was founded to address a worldwide market that is at the crossroads of voice and data convergence, and is paving the way for the next generation of high-bandwidth applications. CopperCom is leading the market in delivering carrier-class Voice over DSL equipment, both voice gateways and integrated access devices, to incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers. To accelerate market development, the company has taken a leadership role in both market education and standards efforts for Voice over DSL. CopperCom has built a strong management team with expertise across both the data and voice networking industries, international depth in European, Asian and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. markets, and management experience in start-ups as well as large multinationals. The company has attracted engineering talent from AT&T, Ericsson, Nortel, Intel, Fujitsu, Ipsilon, Fore, Advanced Micro Devices, Siemens, NASA, AFCI AFCI Association of Film Commissioners International AFCI Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter AFCI Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc AFCI Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute (Institut de la Fondation d'Acupuncture du Canada) , DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. , Network Equipment Technologies, Juniper and Madge Networks. CopperCom can be contacted via telephone at 408/567-9277, fax at 408/567-9558, and the Internet at www.coppercom.com. Note to Editors: CopperCom, CopperComplete DSL, Giving Voice to DSL, The Many Voices of DSL, and True Telephony are trademarks of CopperCom, Inc. 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