Metrowerks Announces Corporate Reorganization
AUSTIN, Texas — August 6, 1996 — Metrowerks(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:MTWKF)(TSE/MSE:MWK) Tuesday announced a new corporate organization.
Since January, 1994, Metrowerks has become the leading vendor of Mac(TM)OS-hosted programming tools in the world, and in the past 12 months, the company has announced new products for the embedded systems and Windows(R)95/NT markets. In order to capitalize on these new market opportunities, Metrowerks will open two new offices, in Tokyo and Silicon Valley, and expand and realign its senior management team.
Given the role of the major Japanese consumer electronics companies in the embedded systems market and the fact that over 10 percent of the company's current registered user base is in Japan, Metrowerks will be opening a subsidiary, Metrowerks Co. Ltd., in Tokyo in October 1996.
Metrowerks will also open a new office in Cupertino, Calif. in September 1996. "Metrowerks West" will be headed up by Greg Galanos, who will relocate from Austin to the Bay Area.
Galanos will continue to oversee the company's R&D efforts as well as manage Metrowerks' major vendors relationships in California, including Apple(R) Computer, Microsoft(R) Internet Platform Groups, Sun Microsystems(R), Be(TM) Inc., General Magic(R) and U.S. Robotics(R).
Galanos will assume the new title of president and chief technical officer. Jean Belanger, located in Austin, will become chairman and chief executive officer, and will continue to oversee the company's sales, marketing and finance operations.
The following additions and changes to the executive team are also made, effective today:
David Perkins, VP Finance and chief financial officer, becomes SVP, Strategic Products. Perkins is located in Austin and will run the company's new embedded business systems unit. He will report to the chairman and CEO.
Jim Welch, Controller, becomes VP Finance and CFO. Welch is located in Austin and will report to the chairman and CEO. Welch joined the company in June and previously, he was a Senior Manager at Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P. He holds a CPA and a BBA from University of Texas at Austin.
Berardino Baratta, Engineering Manager, becomes VP R&D. Baratta is located in Austin and will report to the president and CTO. Baratta joined the company in 1992, and played an essential role in the early stages of development of the CodeWarrior IDE and CFM68K compilers. Baratta's technical management of the CodeWarrior teams has contributed significantly to CodeWarrior's success. Baratta holds a B.Eng.(Honors) from McGill University in Montreal.
About Metrowerks Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports a complete line of Macintosh(R)-hosted computer language products for building Mac OS, Windows 95, Windows NT(TM), Magic Cap(TM), Be(TM) OS and Palm OS(TM) applications.
Metrowerks CodeWarrior(R) products have become the industry standard for professional Mac-hosted software development with more than 50,000 registered users in 70 countries. Additional [email protected], by calling 512/873-4700 or via the Internet at http://www.metrowerks.com.
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CONTACT:
Metrowerks Inc., Austin
Cynthia Fray, 512/873-4758
E-mail: [email protected]