Spectra Logic CEO Honored by Alma Mater CU; Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award Goes to Nathan Thompson.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2003 On an ordinary afternoon in 1979, a University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
He hoped this financial endeavor would pay for his tuition. Nathan Thompson Thompson will be awarded the annual Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award (DEAA DEAA Diploma of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology ) for research and invention from the CU's School of Engineering. The DEAA recognizes engineering alumni that have exhibited outstanding achievements in their professional careers. Thompson is being honored at an awards banquet Friday, April 11, at Boulder's Millennium Harvest House Hotel. The DEAA was initiated in 1966 and honors distinguished engineers. Several seasoned, high-tech executives from companies like Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , Quantum, Ball Corporation and Exxon have been the recipients of the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni award in the past. The award honors exceptional CU engineering alumni in several categories including: research and invention, education, industry and commerce and government service. "Since day one, I have leveraged my CU engineering education for innovative products that aid in business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets ," said Thompson. "Today Spectra Logic still engineers and manufactures all of its storage automation products here in Boulder. We continue to deliver leading storage technology for now and the future." Thompson has continued his involvement with CU since his graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. in 1983. He lectures at the business and engineering schools on a regular basis. Thompson and Spectra Logic work with CU's engineering department for recruiting technical staff. Spectra Logic offers internships for students in several departments and the company is frequently featured at CU's job fairs. Since 1979, Spectra Logic has blossomed into one of the area's most prominent companies. Recently Spectra Logic came in ninth on "The List" of the 50 largest employers in Boulder and Broomfield counties. In 2002, Spectra Logic was presented the "Fast 50" award by Deloitte and Touche, which recognizes 50 of Colorado's fastest-growing technology businesses. In 1996, Thompson was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young and USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . The privately owned engineering-based manufacturing company is at the forefront of technological development in the storage industry. About Spectra Logic Corporation Spectra Logic Corporation is a leading manufacturer of tape libraries that provide mission-critical data protection and backup for companies worldwide, employing more than 240 personnel at its Boulder facilities. Spectra Logic's products make it easy for organizations to protect, store and manage rapidly growing data by offering libraries with capacities ranging from 60 gigabytes to hundreds of terabytes. In addition to providing data insurance and innovative storage automation, Spectra Logic offers advanced interface technologies to address emerging storage network systems such as Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) architectures and IP Storage. Customers like Cisco, Hitachi and Sprint trust Spectra Logic, the first vendor to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. Sony AIT and introduce native Fibre Channel in a tape library. Today, the company has more than 12,000 tape libraries installed worldwide. Spectra Logic's storage offerings are available through a global network of resellers and OEMs. For more information, contact Spectra Logic by phone at 800/833-1132, or visit the company's Web site at http://www.SpectraLogic.com. The Spectra Logic logo is a trademark of Spectra Logic Corporation. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. |
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