Ember Strengthens Management Team.Bob Gohn joins as marketing VP and Jim Sheehan as new CFO See Chief Financial Officer. BOSTON -- Ember, a provider of ZigBee networks for safer, smarter and more energy efficient buildings and homes, today announced two senior executive appointments. Bob Gohn joins the company as vice president of marketing, and Jim Sheehan is Ember's new chief financial officer. Gohn brings to Ember more than 25 years in networking and semiconductor industry expertise. He joins Ember from Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. , where he served as director of strategy and business development for the Networking and Computing Systems Group. Previous experience includes vice president and director level positions at C-Port Corporation, a leading network processor start-up acquired by Motorola, and network equipment companies 3Com Corporation and Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation (New York) SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (education) SMSC Stephenville Medical and Surgical Clinic ). Gohn received a bachelor's 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. at the Stony Brook University The State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB), also known as Stony Brook University (SBU) is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York (on the north side of Long Island, about 55 miles east of Manhattan, New York). , and his master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. at Polytechnic University. "I've been watching Ember since they began, and have been repeatedly impressed by their innovation and strong leadership role in shaping the ZigBee wireless standard and market," Gohn said. "I'm joining a ZigBee leader with best in class products at this opportune time when many ZigBee-based products are entering the market." Sheehan has more than 20 years of financial and operations management experience in software, services and manufacturing. He was most recently CFO at Demantra, which Oracle acquired in June 2006. At Demantra, he was responsible for all aspects of finance, human resources and IT services. Sheehan has extensive M&A experience in both selling and acquiring companies. Prior to Demantra, he held senior finance positions at Neteos, BISYS Networking Services, Network Integrity, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. and Epoch Systems. Sheehan holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Bonaventure University Students and alumni refer to the university with an affectionate nickname—"Bona's"—which originates from the school's original name, St. Bonaventure's College. Location The campus sits on 1,200 acres (4. . "Ember is at its eIcoming of age' stage as it ramps up into a mature, fast-growth company in a potentially hyper-growth market. There is no more exciting time for a CFO to join a company than now," said Sheehan. ZigBee: Wireless Control That Simply Works The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. The ZigBee Alliance is a rapidly growing, non-profit industry consortium of leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology providers, OEMs, and end-users worldwide. Membership is open to all. Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org. About Ember Corporation Ember develops wireless sensor and control network technologies that help make our living and working environments safer, smarter, more comfortable and energy efficient. Ember's ZigBee-based semiconductors and software enable communication between devices embedded in a variety of building and home automation products. Ember is headquartered in Boston and has a semiconductor development center in Cambridge, England and distributors worldwide. Ember is a lead member of the ZigBee Alliance, and its platform is the National Technical Systems' (NTS NTS National Technical Systems NTS National Trust for Scotland NTS Nevada Test Site NTS NT Server (Microsoft Windows) nts Not the Same NTS National Traffic System (amateur radio) ) "Golden Suite" for 802.15.4/ZigBee interoperability testing. For more information, please visit www.ember.com. |
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