Legerity CFO Appointed to Board of Directors for the Capital Area Food Bank; Hank Perret Serves in the Trenches and Behind the Scenes.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 Legerity and the Capital Area Food Bank today announced the appointment of Hank Perret to the board of directors of the Capital Area Food Bank Foundation, with his term beginning July 1, 2004. Perret, chief financial officer and general manager of the Voice Network Access product line at Legerity Inc., brings more than 25 years of financial management and business experience to the Capital Area Food Bank's board. "Mr. Perret and Legerity have been outstanding corporate partners for the Food Bank," said Dan Pruett, CAFB CAFB Charleston Air Force Base (South Carolina) CAFB Cannon Air Force Base (New Mexico) CAFB Columbus Air Force Base (Mississippi) deputy executive director. "Hank has shown great enthusiasm as a volunteer and we are pleased to appoint him to the board, where his extensive financial expertise will be a welcomed addition." "In these economically challenging times, the Food Bank is one of the most important organizations in Austin," said Perret. "I'm honored to be associated with this valuable organization and look forward to increasing awareness of the organization and the plight of the hungry in our city." At Legerity, Perret's responsibilities include overseeing the company's financial, information technology, legal and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. operations, as well as managing both the marketing and engineering aspects of new products targeted for the VNA VNA abbr. Visiting Nurse Association market. Prior to joining Legerity, Perret's work experience included a variety of financial roles with Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. NASDAQ: AMAT (HKSE: 4336 ) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel solar displays, solar and National Semiconductor. Perret holds 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 in Business Administration, with a concentration in accounting, from 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. State University. About Legerity Inc. Legerity is a fabless analog/mixed-signal semiconductor company providing integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for high-voltage interface, signal conditioning, signal processing and power management applications to more than 400 of the world's premier communications and consumer electronics manufacturers. Using innovative, proprietary analog and embedded digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). technologies, Legerity combines its 20 years of experience, bipolar and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process expertise, analog and digital circuit design capabilities, and more than 600 patents to meet the design challenges of connecting the world of analog signals with the digital domain. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Legerity has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Visit Legerity on the Web at www.legerity.com. About Capital Area Food Bank The mission of the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas is to feed the hungry by providing food and grocery products to human service agencies serving people in need throughout Central Texas. CAFB currently provides food and grocery products to more than 340 partner agencies in 21 Central Texas Counties. In 2002, CAFB distributed more than 15 million pounds of food. For more information on the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and its programs, visit www.austinfoodbank.org or call 512/282-2111. Legerity, the Legerity logo, and combinations thereof, and VoiceChip and VoicePath are trademarks of Legerity Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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