Crossbow Strengthens Its Management and Leadership Team; Vice President of Wireless Engineering and Chief Architect of Advanced Wireless Platforms Add Experienced Networking Executive and Wireless Sensor Network Pioneer to the Company.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Crossbow Technology, Inc.(R), (www.xbow.com) a leading wireless sensor network “WSN” redirects here. For the metasyntax, see Wirth syntax notation. A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as platform provider, announced today the expansion of its executive and leadership team with the appointment of Rick Li as Vice President of Wireless Engineering and Dr. Ralph Kling as Chief Architect of Advanced Wireless Platforms. Li and Dr. Kling will help drive the strategic direction of the company and help Crossbow crossbow: see bow and arrow. crossbow Leading missile weapon of the Middle Ages, consisting of a short bow fixed transversely on a stock, with a groove to guide the missile and a trigger to release it. further increase its leadership position in the wireless sensor network market. Li joins Crossbow from Hitachi Communications where he was serving as Chief Technology Officer for Salira Systems, its Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network Division. He has been working in the areas of computer networking, telephony, and digital circuit design and testing for over fifteen years including Sr. Engineering Management positions at Cisco and Nortel. Li has been a contributor to ATM Forum, Frame Relay Forum, and 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. . At Crossbow, Rick will drive the overall engineering organization including the award winning MoteWorks platform for Wireless Sensor Networks. Dr. Kling joins Crossbow from Intel Corp. where he was serving as Director of Sensor Network Operation and Principal Engineer. Ralph is a well respected pioneer in the wireless sensor network market and has focused in the past years on low power wireless system design and networking. He has an extensive background in Computer Architecture and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880 The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific and is the author of 20 patents. He has authored numerous papers in his field and was instrumental in creating the Intel Mote line of research platforms. "Wireless Sensor Network (WSN WSN Wireless Sensor Network WSN Widseth Smith Nolting WSN World Spaceflight News WSN Women's Success Network WSN Water Science Network WSN Wilhelmina Scouting Network WSN Western Society of Naturalists WSN Web Style Network WSN World Server Network ) is a disruptive technology for the next decade, bridging the gap between the world of physical objects and the world of Internet as we know today. These new hires will strengthen Crossbow's leadership and accelerate the release of revolutionary new products to the WSN market place," said Mike Horton, 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 Crossbow Technology. About Crossbow Crossbow Technology, Inc. is the leading technology platform provider for the wireless sensor network market. Founded in 1995, Crossbow's wireless sensor networks products are used by Fortune 100 and start-up companies alike for applications including industrial automation, building automation, home automation, environmental control, defense, security and asset tracking. Crossbow is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . Major investors include Cisco Systems, Intel, Morgenthaler Ventures, Paladin Paladin archetypal gunman who leaves a calling card. [TV: Have Gun, Will Travel in Terrace, I, 341] See : Wild West Capital Group and The Cambria Group. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Crossbow has representation in 24 countries world wide through direct offices and distributors. For more information about Crossbow, please visit www.xbow.com or call 1-800-926-9832. |
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