TeraStor Appoints Amyl Ahola President and Chief Operating Officer.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)--Sept. 12, 1997--TeraStor(TM) Corp. today announced that Amyl amyl /am·yl/ (am´il) the radical —C5H11. amyl nitrite a volatile, flammable liquid with a pungent ethereal odor. Ahola has been promoted to president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , reporting to Jim McCoy, chairman and chief executive officer. Ahola leverages over two decades of mass storage technology experience to lead TeraStor's product development, manufacturing, marketing and sales, and finance groups. He was formerly executive vice president and chief operating officer at TeraStor. "Amyl Ahola has already made significant contributions to TeraStor's success through his operations and management expertise," said Jim McCoy, chairman 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. of TeraStor. "He has been very effective in creating and executing our strategy to develop, license and productize a new category of mass storage technology called NearField Recording(TM) (NFR (Near Field Recording) See near field optics and Terastor. )(TM). He has done this while demonstrating the leadership we need to execute a coordinated launch of our technology and products into the marketplace." "TeraStor is in an exciting phase as we begin to bring our technology and products from development to market," said Ahola. "I look forward to the continued challenge of making TeraStor a successful company." Prior to joining TeraStor, Ahola held several executive management positions with Seagate Technology, including vice president of corporate development, vice president of marketing and vice president of product line management. He was also president and CEO of WangDAT, a DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. magnetic tape company, and of Optical Storage International (OSI (1) (Open System Interconnection) An ISO standard for worldwide communications that defines a framework for implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at the application layer in one station, proceeding to the ), an optical storage technology company. Ahola holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. . About TeraStor TeraStor Corporation is a mass storage technology company focused on designing and marketing products utilizing its Near Field technology. This technology provides a significant capacity advantage at a lower cost-per-gigabyte than all other existing storage technologies. The company's first Near Field Recording products are expected to be available in the first half of 1998. For additional information, contact TeraStor at 408/324-2110, or visit the TeraStor web site at http://www.terastor.com . -0- TeraStor, Near-Field Recording, NFR and NFR Drives are trademarks of TeraStor Corporation. Note: Photo available upon request. CONTACT: TeraStor Corp. Skip Kilsdonk, 408/324-2110 kilsdonk@terastor.com or Walt & Company Sandy Turner/Kristin Jones, 408/496-0900 sturner@walt.com or kjones@walt.com |
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