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Mimix Broadband Appoints Erik van der Kaay to Board of Directors
An Experienced Executive, Mr. van der Kaay Brings Extensive
Telecommunications Expertise
to the Mimix Team
November 4, 2003, Houston, Texas - Mimix Broadband, Inc., a leading
developer of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) for
wireless communications applications, announced today that its
shareholders have elected Erik van der Kaay to its Board of Directors.
Mr. van der Kaay is past President and CEO of Datum Inc., a leading
supplier of high performance time and frequency products used to
synchronize the flow of information in telecommunications networks. In
May 2002, Datum Inc. merged with Symmetricom, Inc., and Mr. van der Kaay
became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Symmetricom.
Prior to Datum, Mr. van der Kaay served as Executive Vice President of
Allen Telecom Inc., a leading supplier of telecommunications systems
equipment. He has also worked for several telecommunications and
equipment companies including Avantek Inc. in Fremont, California and
M/A-COM Inc. in Burlington, Massachusetts. Mr. van der Kaay currently
sits on the boards of RF Micro Devices, TranSwitch Corporation and
COMARCO Inc.
According to Rick Montgomery, CEO of Mimix Broadband, Inc., "Previously
Erik van der Kaay was an advisor to Mimix, so we consider his enhanced
involvement as a fundamental component to our corporate development
plans. Mimix will benefit immeasurably from the wealth of expertise and
breadth of contacts from more than 35 years in the telecommunications
and semiconductor industries that Erik brings to our board."
"Mimix is an exceptional company with innovative technology and an
experienced management team, and I am delighted to join its board,"
stated Erik van der Kaay. "I look forward to working with the management
team and other board members to help grow the company by leveraging its
unique capabilities of semiconductor device expertise and complete
communications systems experience."
Mr. van der Kaay has an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics
from Concordia University in Montreal and performed postgraduate studies
at Bucknell University and Northeastern University. He completed the
senior executive program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan Business School.
About Mimix Broadband
Mimix Broadband, Inc., an ISO 9001-registered company, designs, develops
and supplies high performance monolithic microwave integrated circuits
(MMICs) for microwave and millimeter-wave wireless communications
applications. Mimix has assembled a team of world-class scientists that
has focused on the development of state-of-the-art millimeter-wave MMICs
for the last decade. The Company also leverages strategic partnerships
for manufacturing, in order to expedite the time-to-market cycle and
meet market requirements. Mimix combines its design capabilities in
complete communications systems with semiconductor device expertise to
deliver innovative solutions for its customers' most challenging
applications.
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