Ethertronics Names Rick Johnson as Chief Financial Officer
Certified Management Accountant Brings More Than 15 Years’ Senior Financial Leadership Experience to Leading Global Antenna Provider
Ethertronics Inc., a leading provider of standard and customized embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices, today announced that it has appointed Rick Johnson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), a role in which he will be responsible for all elements of accounting, finance and reporting.
An accomplished executive and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Johnson is an experienced entrepreneurial financial executive with more than 15 years' financial leadership experience within global public and start-up organizations ranging in size from $5 million to $27 billion in annual revenues. Johnson is a co-founder of Tarari, Inc., which was the first management-initiated spinout from Intel. Johnson most recently served as Tarari's Vice President and CFO and was part of an executive management team that led the sale of Tarari to LSI for $85 million.
Prior to Tarari, Johnson spent five years at Intel, Inc., most recently serving as Controller for the company's Network Equipment Division, a position in which he was responsible for managing approximately $130 million in revenue with 650 employees in six locations spanning the U.S., Canada and Denmark. While at Intel, Johnson also served as the Wireless Communication and Computing Group Business Analysis and Reporting Manager as well as a Strategic Financial Analyst for the company, supporting several of Intel's product development teams.
We are in the midst of an exciting growth phase, and Rick's diverse finance management background and depth of operational and technical experience will be a tremendous asset to Ethertronics said Jeffrey Crosby, president and chief executive officer of Ethertronics. We believe that Rick shares the same level of commitment that our existing management team has in further establishing Ethertronics as a leader in the global antenna space
Ethertronics designs and manufactures high-performance embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices. Ethertronics' leading-edge product lines, including Prestta™ stamped metal and Savvi™ ceramic antennas support a wide range of applications including cellular, UMTS, WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, GPS, MediaFLO and DVB-H among others. The company's patented Isolated Magnetic Dipole™(IMD) technology enables smaller size, flexibility in design implementation, shortened design cycle and higher overall performance, while simultaneously meeting and improving upon standard safety emission requirements. Ethertronics' antennas have been selected by major customers worldwide garnering an installed base of nearly 100 million units. The U.S.-headquartered company maintains a global network of design centers and low-cost, high-volume manufacturing operations. Ethertronics ranks #1 in Deloitte & Touche USA's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for San Diego; #9 on Deloitte's Wireless Fast 50; and #52 on the 2007 Inc. 500 Annual List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. For more information about Ethertronics, visit the company&rsquo's Website at: www.ethertronics.com.
© 2008 Ethertronics. All rights reserved. Ethertronics, the Ethertronics logo, shaping antenna technology, Prestta, Savvi, Isolated Magnetic Dipole and IMD are trademarks of Ethertronics. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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