SiBEAM Names David Yao Vice President of Sales for the Asia-Pacific Region.Industry Sales Veteran to Focus on Building Sales Momentum in Asia and Opening New Sales Office in Japan SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- SiBEAM, Inc., a leading innovator of millimeter wave (mmWave) solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. platforms, today announced the appointment of David Yao as Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific. Yao will manage all sales activity and distributor partnerships throughout Asia. He will also drive the opening of new sales offices in Asia and oversee the growth and management of the Asia Pacific sales team and SiBEAM distributors. "Since the launch of SiBEAM in June, the company has experienced heightened customer interest. With these new customers, it is critical that we fortify for·ti·fy v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies v.tr. To make strong, as: a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications. b. To reinforce by adding material. our infrastructure for long term success," said John LeMoncheck, SiBEAM 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. . "David's understanding of CE customers' requirements and experience in building Asia Pacific-based markets from the ground-up, make him the ideal candidate to manage and cultivate our customer base. David's appointment is key to SiBEAM's efforts and I look forward to adding his talent to our executive team to deliver multi-gigabit wireless semiconductors to the CE and personal computing markets." Yao has extensive high-tech semiconductor sales and product management expertise. He joins SiBEAM from Silicon Image, where he was Vice President of Field Sales, responsible for sales activity in the Asia Pacific and North America regions. His experience in leading worldwide sales initiatives, identifying and developing new growth opportunities, and strong track record in achieving sales results will be invaluable for SiBEAM's success as the company's first products, based on the WirelessHD[TM] standard for HD audio and video as well as data delivery, roll out to customers. Prior to joining Silicon Image, Yao was the director of sales in Japan for Trident Microsystems where he managed all OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and sales activities for major clients including Sony, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. and 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) . Before Trident, Yao served as product marketing manager for the Graphics Chipset Division at Intel Corp. where he led product road-map developments and formulated product strategies for its mobile products. Yao holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University and speaks fluent Mandarin and English. About SiBEAM, Inc. Founded in 2004, SiBEAM is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. developing intelligent millimeter wave technologies and leveraging the latest manufacturing methods to meet the demand for high-bandwidth services. SiBEAM is the first to build 60 GHz chipsets using 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. technology. SiBEAM is a founding member of the WirelessHD[TM] special interest group and intends to support delivery of the first wireless high definition digital interface for A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and networks, the first of many applications for SiBEAM's innovative technology. For more information please visit: www.sibeam.com. |
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