Cray Inc. Elects Daniel C. Regis to Board of Directors; Experienced Accountant and Businessman to Head Audit Committee.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 Cray (Cray, Inc., Seattle, WA, www.cray.com) A supercomputer manufacturer founded in 1972 as Cray Research, Inc., by Seymour Cray, a leading designer of large-scale computers at Control Data. In 1976, it shipped its first computer to Los Alamos National Laboratory. Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today reported that its Board of Directors has elected Daniel Daniel, book of the Bible Daniel, book of the Bible. It combines "court" tales, perhaps originating from the 6th cent. B.C., and a series of apocalyptic visions arising from the time of the Maccabean emergency (167–164 B.C. C. Regis (REmote Graphics InStruction) A graphics language from Digital used on graphics terminals and first introduced on the PDP-11. as a member of the Board, and as Chairman of its Audit Committee. Mr. Regis, 63, spent thirty-two years with Price Waterhouse LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , including as Managing Partner of the Seattle office and previously for the Northwest and the Portland, Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. office. At Price Waterhouse, he served a number of well-known technology companies, including Lattice Semiconductor Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) is a United States based manufacturer of high-performance programmable logic devices (FPGAs, CPLDs, & SPLDs). The Oregon based company is the number four ranked company in world market share for FPGA devices,[1] , Heart Technology, Midisoft, Floating Point Systems, Sequent (Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., Beaverton, OR, www.sequent.com) A computer company founded in 1983 by 17 ex-employees of Intel that specialized in multiprocessing systems for the client/server environment. Computers, Flow International and Central Point Software. He left Price Waterhouse in 1996. Mr. Regis currently is Managing Director of Digital Partners, a mid-sized venture capital fund specializing in Northwest emerging technology companies, which he co-founded in 2000. From 1996 to 1999, he was with Kirlan Venture Capital Inc., where he was managing partner of a similarly focused technology fund. "I am excited to join a company with such an historic and continuing impact on the high performance computer industry," Regis said. "Cray is uniquely positioned to contribute significantly to advances in industry, academia and our country's security," he added. "We are very pleased that Dan Regis has joined our Board and agreed to serve as Chair of our Audit Committee," said James E. Rottsolk, chairman and chief executive officer of Cray. "Dan brings both extensive audit experience, especially with technology companies, and business experience, to our Board. He is active in the Northwest business and service communities. Dan has a well-deserved reputation as being an excellent business advisor and strategic thinker. We look forward to working with him and receiving his advice." About Cray Inc. Cray's mission is to be the premier provider of supercomputing solutions for its customers' most challenging scientific and engineering problems. Go to www.cray.com for more information about the company. |
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