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Editorial contact:
Steve Cliffe
VP Sales & Marketing
Nanotech Semiconductor Limited
+44 7767 304 264
steve.cliffe@nanosemi.co.uk
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Nanotech Semiconductor announces new Director appointment |
Dr. CHRISTIAN HESS JOINS AS DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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Bristol, England, October 1st, 2006 - Nanotech Semiconductor Limited ("Nanotech"), a fabless IC company specializing in advanced Analogue & Mixed-Signal ICs for Communications applications, today announced the appointment of Dr. Christian Hess as Director, Business Development for the Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) product line.
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| Christian graduated in Electrical Engineering at Technical Hochschule in Leipzig, Germany and completed his PhD magna cum laude in optoelectronic sensors in 1989. The following 8 years were spent as Technical Director at a German niche distributor specialising in Fiberoptics and Optoelectronics. In 1999 Christian joined Microcosm Communications Ltd. in Bristol. At Microcosm he worked as Vice President Business Development EMEA. Following the completion of the acquisition of Microcosm by the Mindspeed division of Conexant in 2003 Christian moved to OASIS Silicon Systems in Karlsruhe, Germany as Marketing Manager IC Programs. OASIS is a world leader in POF 'PHY' ICs and systems for the Automotive market and following acquisition in 2005 by SMSC has successfully branched out into consumer POF markets. |
Gary Steele, CEO, commented: "I am very pleased to be able to work with Christian again. He did a very good job for us previously in European sales, and his recent 3 years in POF with Automotive & Consumer/set-top box customers worldwide is the perfect fit for us."
Steve Cliffe, VP Sales & Marketing added: "I am excited that Christian has agreed to join Nanotech; his experience and knowledge are extremely valuable to us and accurately complement our product and business strategy in POF." |
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About Nanotech Semiconductor
Nanotech is a Venture-Capital backed, UK based fabless chip company, focused on Analog and mixed-signal ICs principally for fiber-optics based communications.
www.nanosemi.co.uk |
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