/24-7PressRelease/ - WAKEFIELD, MA, January 19, 2006 -- In an electronic ballot held in December 2005, the existing PICMG officers were reelected unanimously by the executive membership. The PICMG officers are: Joe Pavlat, President; Dick Somes, Technical Officer; Rob Davidson, VP Marketing; and Michael Munroe, Treasurer. The officers report to the Board of Directors, which is comprised of PICMG's nearly 100 Executive Members. PICMG's membership also includes more than 225 Associate Members.
The officers had the following comments:
Joe Pavlat, President: "As PICMG enters its twelfth year of operation, it has become one of the most recognized organizations of its kind in the industry. Our group provides effective leadership in high speed switched fabric technologies, and the future is indeed bright. I want to thank our members for their continued hard work, skill, and the experience that makes our organization successful."
Dick Somes, Vice President and Technical Director: "I am pleased that PICMG continues to make decisions that are accepted by all its members, and therefore durable, in an atmosphere of consensus. It is an open environment where companies with differing interests and viewpoints can balance the drive towards closure with a desire for due diligence and due process.
Rob Davidson, VP Marketing: "PICMG has emerged as the leading specification development organization in its space. It has a reputation for developing solid specifications in an open and timely manner that users are confident in applying to their products".
Michael Munroe, Treasurer: "PICMG's broad base of members has provided great financial resilience throughout our twelve years. Last year was our strongest revenue year to date, which helps to make possible PICMG's important work that is already underway for 2006."
All the officers wish to recognize Ellen Ricciardelli of Virtual, Inc., administrator for PICMG, for her cheerful and unflagging support throughout the year.
Details of PICMG activities and information on its specifications can be found at the PICMG web site at http://www.picmg.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, PICMG is a consortium of over 400 companies that collaboratively develops open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading edge products for these industries.
For information about PICMG membership, or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG website at http://www.picmg.org or call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group. AdvancedMC is a trademark of PICMG. PCI Express is a trademark of the PCI SIG. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
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