StarGen Appoints Former Mitel Semiconductor Sales Director to New Post of Director of Western Regional Sales; DeFrain to Help Address Western U.S. Market Opportunity for StarFabric.Business/Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001 StarGen, Inc., 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. , today announced that Steven DeFrain has joined the company as director of western regional sales. DeFrain will be responsible for establishing and managing StarGen's sales operations in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century to help drive the sales of StarGen's StarFabric technology components. DeFrain brings more than seventeen years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including the last four years at Mitel Semiconductor, where he served as director of sales for the western United States, western Canada
Western Canada, commonly referred to as the West and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Prior to joining Mitel Semiconductor, DeFrain held various senior level marketing and sales positions at ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s HAFO HAFO Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (US National Park Service) , Inc., which was acquired by Mitel Semiconductor in 1996. Earlier in his career, DeFrain worked as an electrical engineer with Motorola Government Electronics Group, designing and testing devices used in aerospace applications. "The rapid acceptance of StarFabric in numerous markets has prompted us to continue our expansion both domestically and abroad," said Tracy Richardson, co-founder and president of StarGen. "Steve is a great addition to our team and understands the needs of next generation equipment designers. His extensive sales experience in uncovering new markets and positioning products will help to further establish StarFabric as the next generation interconnect solution for the communications and embedded industries." StarGen specializes in standards compatible switch fabric components. Its StarFabric technology is a high-speed, point-to-point switched backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect solution. DeFrain a native of California currently resides in Escondido, California. He holds a bachelor's of science 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. from San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. . About StarGen StarGen (www.stargen.com) is a fabless semiconductor company that has developed a new switch interconnect technology for the communication and embedded industries. The technology benefits vendors of carrier and enterprise communication platforms for next generation voice, data, and video networks. Early adopters include those building open standards based access/edge equipment such as media over packet gateways, convergence switches, broadband access concentrators, wireless base stations, cable headend systems, edge routers, and remote access concentrators. Many embedded applications benefit from StarGen's distributed multi-processing features. StarGen's technology provides a dramatic increase in equipment performance, reliability, and Quality of Service while providing for the retention of existing standards-based hardware and software investment. Founded in February 1999, StarGen is funded by a group of prestigious venture capital companies, including Morgenthaler Ventures (www.morgenthaler.com), St. Paul Venture Capital (www.stpaulvc.com), Commonwealth Capital Ventures (www.ccvlp.com) and Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. (www.bessemervp.com). StarGen is headquartered in Marlborough Massachusetts. |
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