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Sidense's Board of Directors Welcomes Two Industry Veterans
New Members Bring Valuable Technical, Entrepreneurial, and Business Management Experience
| Source: Sidense
OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - May 20, 2008) - Sidense, a leading developer of Logic
Non-Volatile Memory (LNVM) IP cores, today announced that W. Robert
Genieser and David L. Lyon have joined the Company's board of directors.
Mr. Genieser and Dr. Lyon add valuable industry, technical, and business
expertise that will help guide Sidense as the Company continues to develop
innovative embedded semiconductor memory products and expands its customer
base.
"We are very pleased to have two such distinguished gentlemen join
Sidense's board," said Xerxes Wania, Sidense CEO and President. "Mr.
Genieser and Dr. Lyon, along with existing board members Andrew Abouchar
and Scott T. Becker, give Sidense an experienced and forward-thinking board
of directors that will accelerate our growth as the premier supplier of
low-cost and secure on-chip memory."
Dave Lyon brings to the Sidense board the experience gained from his
diverse career as an entrepreneur, operating executive, and technologist in
the fields of telecommunications and semiconductors. He has served
successfully as CEO of two early-stage companies, as VP/GM of successful
operating units within larger established firms, and as a Board Director
for both public and private enterprises. Earlier in his career as a
technologist he published and lectured extensively and is named as an
inventor on seven US patents. Dave earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"Sidense's technology makes it truly a leader in the embedded memory
technology marketplace," said Dr. Lyon. "The company is already making a
significant impact on how chip designers employ NV memory in their
products. The challenge is to expand on this position working closely with
the foundries and with OEM customers. I am looking forward to helping the
company as it grows."
Rob Genieser joined Vertex in 2002 as Managing Partner. Prior to joining
Vertex, Mr. Genieser was a Managing Director of Hambrecht & Quist, which he
joined in 1996 in their San Francisco office. While in Silicon Valley, he
managed the Firm's wireless, optical and communications software practices.
Shortly after Hambrecht & Quist's merger with JP Morgan at the end of 2000,
Mr. Genieser moved to London to run the company's emerging technology
practice for Europe and Israel. Mr. Genieser received both his AB (cum
Laude) and MBA from Harvard University.
"I am excited to work with such a dynamic company," said Mr. Genieser, "and
am looking forward to helping Sidense address the need for enhanced data
and code storage solutions within the evolving semiconductor market."
About Sidense
Sidense, listed on EE Times 60 Emerging Startups list for 2008, provides
secure, dense and reliable non-volatile, one-time programmable (OTP) memory
IP for use in standard-logic CMOS processes, with no additional masks or
process steps required. Sidense's patented one-transistor 1T-Fuse™
architecture provides the industry's smallest footprint and lowest power
Logic Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) solution.
Sidense SIPROM and SLP OTP memory is available at 180nm, 130nm, 90nm and
65nm and scalable to 45nm and below. The IP is available at UMC, TSMC,
SMIC, Tower and Chartered. Customers are using Sidense OTP for analog
trimming, code storage, encryption keys such as HDCP, RFID and Chip ID,
medical, automotive, and configurable processors and logic. For more
information, visit www.sidense.com