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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
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - December 10, 2001 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, 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 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 and South America. Prior to joining Mitel Semiconductor, DeFrain held various senior level marketing and sales positions at ABB HAFO, 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 from San Diego State University.
About StarGen
StarGen (www.StarGen.com) is a fabless semiconductor company that is developing new switch fabric interconnect technology for the communications industry. The technology will benefit vendors of carrier and enterprise communication platforms for next generation voice, data, and video networks. Early adopters will include those building open standards based access/edge equipment such as Voice over Network gateways, DSLAMS, wireless base stations, cable headend systems, edge routers, and remote access concentrators. StarGen's technology will provide a dramatic increase in equipment scalability, 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 (www.bessemervp.com). StarGen is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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