NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 29, 2001 - Global Communication Devices (GCD), a fabless supplier of highly integrated semiconductor devices for wireless networking applications, today announced the addition of Dr. Stan Reible, twenty-five year veteran of the telecommunications industry, as vice president of systems and architecture. Reible's experience complements GCD's broadly experienced executive and product teams, which collectively have seen over 150 successful devices to market. GCD develops advanced wireless CMOS semiconductor technologies, based on IEEE 802.11 standards.
Co-founder and vice president of MICRILOR from 1984 till its acquisition by Proxim in 2000, Reible jointly led the commercial development of Wireless Local Area Networks technologies, which resulted in the first commercially available high-rate, 10 Mbps, wireless Ethernet product and today's high-rate DSSS standard. His time at MICRILOR and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory led to the development of wide-band, analog signal processing components and technologies. He also has advised both government and industry on their application to emerging communications and radar systems. He is the author of over thirty technical papers and numerous government and industry reports, and holds several patents.
"With the addition of Stan to our already-strong team, GCD is well-poised to achieve our vision of being the leading supplier of integrated semiconductor solutions to enable the wireless world," said Geoffrey C. Dawe, president and CEO of GCD. "Stan's proven capabilities, coupled with his extensive knowledge of wireless systems technology, is exactly what GCD needs to broaden its position as we develop new solutions."
Reible is responsible for system level architectures and specifications for all new GCD products. He will work closely with both the design and development side and the sales and marketing groups to bring differentiated products to market. He also represents GCD on various worldwide standards committees, such as the IEEE 802.11 and 802.16. He has participated in the development of IEEE 802.11 standards since the activity was initiated, and is known at GCD as "the grandfather of 802.11."
GCD recently announced the close of $15.6 million in Series B funding to finance a significant expansion, including a move to new headquarters in North Andover, Massachusetts. The funds will also be used to conclude development and initiate production of the company's general-purpose, highly-integrated transceiver chips for local area, wide area, and personal area networks.
About
Global Communications Devices
Global Communications Design (GCD), headquartered in
North Andover, Massachusetts develops and supplies integrated semiconductor
devices for wireless networking applications including Wireless Local Area
Networks, and wireless broadband access for both fixed and portable users. GCD
specializes in radio frequency, mixed signal and data conversion technologies
and enables the affordable, versatile network access demanded by a multi-media,
multi-protocol, multi-spectral world networking environment. The company was
founded in 1996 to provide integrated semiconductor design services and in 1999
began the transition to "fabless" semiconductor manufacturing. GCD has
successfully developed over forty-three products to date. For more information,
please visit www.gcdchips.com or call
978-685-6100.
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