First Pacific Networks appoints Dr. Bill B. May to board of directors.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1995--First Pacific Networks Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :FPNX) ("FPN FPN Fixed Pattern Noise (variation of the pixel response at one moment of an image sensor in the dark) FPN Fixed Penalty Notice (UK law enforcement) FPN Fundación Patagonia Natural FPN Fine Print Note ") announced today that Dr. Bill B. May, 59, a founder, and for 22 years chairman and chief executive officer of ARGOSystems, which was sold to The Boeing Company in 1987, has been appointed to the board of directors of the company. As a non-employee director, Dr. May assumes one of two seats made available last week by the resignation of two management directors to facilitate greater independent outside director influence. Dr. May, who holds his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, brings 37 years of electronics experience to his new role with FPN. In 1969, he and a group of Stanford University colleagues founded ARGOSystems, a world leader in electronic warfare technologies including systems for communications reconnaissance and active countermeasures for ship protection. Under his leadership, the company grew to over $100 million in sales and over 1,350 employees before its acquisition by The Boeing Company in 1987. From 1987 to 1992, Dr. May served as a corporate vice president of Boeing and continued as chairman of the ARGOSystems subsidiary. In 1993, Dr. May became chief executive officer of NXX NXX Network Numbering Exchange (in North American Numbering Plan) Corporation. Since his retirement from Boeing in 1992, Dr. May has expanded his advisory and director roles focusing on mergers, corporate partnering, software licensing, and strategic business and marketing issues in the high technology sector. Craig J. Brunet, chairman of First Pacific Networks, stated: "We are very pleased to have Dr. Bill May join our board of directors where his broad scientific, technical and entrepreneurial experience will prove an invaluable resource as FPN moves to a new phase of corporate development." M. Peter Thomas, president and chief executive officer of First Pacific Networks, added: "Dr. May's administrative, financial and management skills, coupled with his strategic technology insights, will serve our company well as FPN continues to evolve to a full commercial-scale business organization." Dr. May stated: "FPN is uniquely well placed to thrive in the rapidly changing telecommunications business landscape of the '90s. It is an exciting time to join C. J. Brunet, Peter Thomas, former president of Ericsson North America, Paul O'Brien, recently retired chairman of NYNEX's New England Telephone Verizon New England, Inc., formerly New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., is a Bell Operating Company that serves the majority of New England. It is an operating unit of Verizon Communications. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. , Bill Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador, and others on the board as the company moves forward in realizing its strategic business potential." Dr. May is an active member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Association of Old Crows The Association of Old Crows is a nonprofit international professional organization specializing in electronic warfare, information operations, and related topics. The organization's headquarters are located in Alexandria, Virginia. and Sigma Xi. He has also been a consultant to the Packard Commission and to the Defense Science Board Summer Study on Commercial Procurement in addition to service on the Cal Poly School of Business Advisory Council. He previously has been a member of the American Electronics Association's Government Business Committee, The President's Roundtable, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and the National Association of Corporate Directors. He continues to serve as a member of the board of directors of Delfin Systems Inc., Tradec Inc., NXX Corporation, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, at Rapid City; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1887 as Dakota School of Mines, renamed 1943. Foundation and The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, and has also has served as a director of the American Electronics Association The American Electronics Association (now known as AeA) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry in the United States. . Dr. May received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1957 and 1958 respectively and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1964. He is the author or co-author of over nine publications, including the study "A Statistical Analysis of Multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple Systems with Applications to Broadband Microwave Frequency Discriminators" which is the definitive paper on the noise performance of a widely used intercept receiver. He has been the recipient of the Guy March Medal from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, the Wall Street Transcript's Bronze Award for chief executive Aerospace-Defense Electronics - Best Management, and the Association of Old Crows Executive Management Medal. He has been honored by the National Academy of Engineering and Eta Kappa Nu Eta Kappa Nu (ΗΚΝ) is a national electrical and computer engineering honor society in the United States founded in October 1904 by Maurice L. Carr at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. , as well as being a Centennial Alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. for the State of South Dakota. First Pacific Networks Inc. develops and markets products for telephone, data and energy management communications over hybrid fiber/coaxial cable networks, both domestically and internationally. CONTACT: First Pacific Networks Inc., San Jose C. J. Brunet, 408/943-7600 or Kehoe, White, Savage & Co. Inc., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Van Negris, 212/888-1616 |
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