SkyStream Appoints Dan Riordan Vice President of Sales; Former
Networking and Semiconductor Veteran Joins Broadcasting Start-Up
11/12/98
Business Wire
(Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1998--SkyStream Corporation today announced that Dan Riordan has joined the company as vice president of sales.
In joining the SkyStream executive management team, Riordan will apply 14 years of sales management experience in the analog, digital video, and networking markets to lead SkyStream's sales efforts as the company begins its next stage of growth.
"SkyStream is pleased to have Dan join our executive management team," said James Olson, President and CEO of SkyStream. "His wealth of experience in managing large OEM relationships will help us tremendously as we begin to expand our sales presence worldwide."
"Every now and then, a company comes along and develops a unique product strategy to lead an industry into a new phase of explosive growth," said Riordan. "I am looking forward to helping SkyStream fulfill its vision to create an open networking strategy in the broadcast market."
Prior to joining SkyStream, Riordan was vice president of sales and marketing at Telcom Semiconductor, a manufacturer of analog communications integrated circuits. While at Telcom, Riordan built a worldwide sales team by bringing on sales directors in North America, Asia Pacific, and France. He also solidified key relationships with the company's most strategic customers, which resulted in several key design wins.
Prior to joining Telcom, Riordan was the director of North American sales with C-Cube Microsystems, where he managed strategic relationships with key digital video customers General Instrument, EchoStar, Matrox, Pinnacle, Tiernan, Alphastar, and Hyundai.
Previous to his post at C-Cube , Riordan held various sales and sales management positions at PMC-Sierra Semiconductor and Burr-Brown Corporation, where he spent several years managing sales efforts in Asia and Europe.
Riordan earned an MBA from the University of Phoenix and B.S. in Electronic Engineering from the Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo.
About SkyStream Corporation
SkyStream Corporation is a data and video broadcast networking company based in Mountain View. The Company's line of Integrator products seamlessly blend digital video, Internet or IP data, and conditional access information into a single, industry-compliant digital broadcast stream. Through a combination of patented application technologies with open, industry-standard platforms, SkyStream delivers open broadcast networking solutions unmatched in scalability, flexibility, reliability and price/performance in the market today. SkyStream partners include Tektronix, Scientific-Atlanta, and Philips. The Company's website address is skystream.com. SkyStream has offices in Mountain View, California, Atlanta, Georgia, and London, England. SkyStream can be reached at 650/390-8800.
Visit SkyStream at the Western Cable Show on December 1-4 in Anaheim, CA at booth number 766.
CONTACT: Wilson McHenry Company Annie Longsworth, 650/356-5205 fax: 650/638-3434 alongsworth@wmc.com
13:01 EST NOVEMBER 12, 1998
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