Datasonix names Lew Frauenfelder president and CEO.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1995--Datasonix Corp., the mobile storage products company, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Lew Frauenfelder as president and chief executive officer. Frauenfelder, 55, joins Datasonix after serving as president of Fujitsu Computer Products of America (FCPA FCPA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA Fairfax County Park Authority (Virginia) FCPA Fujitsu Computer Products of America FCPA Fair Campaign Practices Act FCPA Fellow of CPA Australia FCPA Florida Concrete & Products Association ), where he was responsible for the development, manufacturing, marketing, sales and customer support of the company's broad product line. In his new position at Datasonix, Frauenfelder will focus on the operational and organizational development and management of the company which more than doubled in size in its first year. During the same period, Datasonix's first product, Pereos, has received tremendous opinion leader recognition and market interest. James D. Greenup, 47, founding 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 Datasonix, was named executive vice president of marketing and sales, a new position. Greenup was instrumental in the search for the new president and chief executive officer. "I am extremely pleased that we were able to attract a candidate as strong as Lew," said Greenup. "Lew's years of experience in operations and engineering are a great fit with the Datasonix management team." Lew Frauenfelder Background Frauenfelder was named FCPA's first president in 1991 when the company was formed as a subsidiary of Fujitsu America Inc., the $1.6 billion subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd. Prior to joining FCPA in 1991, Frauenfelder was the president of Intellistor, a company he founded in 1983. Intellistor is a leading developer of controllers, subsystems, and small form factor disk drives for advanced computer products. Frauenfelder also served as vice president of engineering at the Storage Technology Corp. from 1977 to 1983. Prior to 1977, he spent 10 years at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) in design and management positions contributing to the development of data storage products. Frauenfelder received a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
About Datasonix Corp. Datasonix Corp., headquartered in Boulder, develops and markets powerful and innovative mobile storage products that provide convenient, easy ways to carry all of your software and data with you wherever you go. Pereos is an external storage system for Windows and DOS notebook, and subnotebook computer A laptop computer that weighs less than four pounds. In order to reduce weight, subnotebooks often eliminate built-in CD/DVD drives, relying on external units to be plugged in when needed. users who want the power, convenience and competitive advantage of having all their information and software with them, no matter where they are. Pereos can manage and store from 1 gigabyte (GB) of data up to 100 GBs and more. It weighs less than 10 ounces and stores information on postage stamp-sized cartridges, each capable of holding up to 1.25 GB of compressed data or the equivalent of 868 1.44 megabyte (MB) floppy diskettes. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Datasonix and Pereos are trademarks of Datasonix Corp. All other trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Datasonix Corp. Steve Koschmann, 303/545-9500 GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute Jennings Mark Olson Mark Olson may refer to:
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