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California Micro Devices Opens Northern Europe Sales Office
MILPITAS, California, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --
California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced that it has
opened a Northern Europe sales office in Espoo, Finland and that Kalle
Katevuo has been named Northern Europe sales manager. Reporting to David
Casey, vice president of sales, Katevuo brings more than 12 years of
semiconductor design, applications and sales experience to his new post.
"Mobile handset suppliers based in Northern Europe represent almost half
of the total market," according to Casey, "and our appointment of Kalle to
manage our new sales office in this region clearly indicates the priority we
place on these suppliers." He noted that Katevuo is a native of Finland and
has design engineering experience as well as a solid understanding of mobile
handset design requirements.
Katevuo comes to CMD from Mentor Graphics where he most recently worked
as a senior applications engineer consultant in Silicon Valley, and
previously as a field technical marketing manager and application team leader
in Finland. Prior to this he served as ASIC project manager for Nokia and
earlier as a project manager for Micronas (now Micro Analog Systems), a
company founded in 1980 by Nokia and two other Finnish companies. Katevuo
earned his M.Sc. (Tech) degree from Helsinki University of Technology.
CMD's global sales network also includes offices in Chicago, San Diego,
the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Contact
information for the new Northern Europe office follows:
California Micro Devices
Keilasatama 3
02150 Espoo
Finland
Contact: Kalle Katevuo
Phone: +358-9-2510-8515
Fax: +358-9-2510-7100
E-mail: kallek@cmd.com
About California Micro Devices Corporation
California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of application
specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for the mobile
handset, digital consumer electronics and personal computer markets. Key
products include protection devices for mobile handsets, digital consumer
electronics products such as digital TVs, and personal computers as well as
analog and mixed signal ICs for mobile handset displays. Detailed corporate
and product information may be accessed at http://www.cmd.com.
Web site: http://www.cmd.com
