Dominick Paniscotti Joins PrismTech as Vice President of Engineering, SDR Products.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Respected Software-Defined Radio (SDR See software defined radio. ) Luminary Appointed to Lead PrismTech's Investment Program in SDR Software Products and Services PrismTech a leading provider of distributed and wireless software infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Dominick Paniscotti as its Vice President of Engineering, SDR products. In this role Dom will lead PrismTech's substantial investment program around the development of middleware, infrastructure products, tools and services for the SDR community. Dom is a well respected figure within the SDR community and has been involved in the design and development of SDRs since 1998. He is one of the original software architects of the Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System JtRS Just The Right Shoe JTRS Just the Right Size JTRS Johnson Technical Reports Server JTRS Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship JTRS Jefferson Township Rescue Squad ) Software Communications Architecture The Software Communications Architecture (SCA) is an open architecture framework that tells designers how elements of hardware and software are to operate in harmony within a software defined radio. SCA is a key element in the U.S. military's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). (SCA). He is also co-founder of the Object Management Group (OMG(TM)) Software Radio DSIG DSIG Digital Signature Initiative DSIG Dam Safety Interest Group DSIG Domain Special Interest Group (recently renamed the Software-Based Communications DTF). Dom actively continues to support the commercial standardization of SDR technologies via groups such as the OMG and the Software Defined Radio A wireless terminal (phone, PDA, etc.) that is reconfigurable via software. It enables wireless devices to be easily updated to new or later versions of the air interface and allows multiple interfaces to be supported. Forum (SDRF SDRF Software Defined Radio Forum SDRF System Dynamics Research Foundation (Chicago, IL) ). In addition, Dom has served as a member of the JTRS Technical Architecture Group (TAG) where he provided technical guidance to support the evolution and maturation of the SCA specification. Prior to joining PrismTech, Dom worked as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff for BAE Systems. "PrismTech is very honored that Dom has chosen to join us," said Keith Steele, PrismTech's 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. . "Dom has been an instrumental figure in the evolution of SDR standards and we look forward to him using this wealth of experience to develop our future SDR products." "I'm very much looking forward to working with the other SDR, embedded middleware and security technical experts on the team at PrismTech, including recognized industry leaders: Shahzad Aslam-Mir, Steve Osselton and Sebastian Staamann," added Paniscotti. Dom will present the first in a series of webcasts on April 6, 2005 which will progressively detail PrismTech's Vision for a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) world. Further information and registration for the webcast is available from PrismTech's website at http://www.prismtech.com. Notes for Editors About PrismTech Founded in 1992, with offices in the USA and Europe, PrismTech is a privately held software products company. PrismTech serves international Fortune 500 customers in the telecommunications, data communications, defense and aerospace sectors. PrismTech is an acknowledged leader in distributed and wireless software infrastructure, with solutions ranging from wide-scale integration to embedded real-time systems, supporting applications from operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such (OSS) through to software-defined radio (SDR). For additional information about PrismTech, visit the web site at www.prismtech.com. CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global is a registered trademark of the Object Management Group, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. OpenFusion and e*ORB SDR are trademarks of PrismTech. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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