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Tehuti Networks Names Arie Brish President and CEO
AUSTIN , Texas – October 11, 2004 – Tehuti Networks today announced that Arie Brish has been appointed president and chief executive officer.
In his new role, Mr. Brish will leverage his 25-plus years of experience in the high-technology industry to lead Tehuti Networks in launching its Network Traffic Accelerator chips and expanding into new regional markets.
Tehuti Networks, a fabless semiconductor company with almost $3 million in seed funding, has developed the world's first TCP/IP acceleration technology designed for servers and motherboards that network through 1- and 10-gigabit Ethernet.
Its Network Traffic Accelerator chips integrate seamlessly into any server environment or network appliance, significantly boosting network performance with very minimal impact on cost or footprint.
Arie Brish is a senior executive and entrepreneur with broad experience leading technology organizations. His business acumen includes profit and loss operations management, fund raising, marketing, and research and development in a wide variety of technologies and domains. He has helped found several technology start-up organizations, including National Semiconductor Israel, Motorola Semiconductor Israel, Motorola's DSP Core Technology Center , Conformative Systems, VENewNet and cxo360. While at Motorola, Mr. Brish drove microcontroller sales up 146 percent in four years, while advancing market share from the number four to the number one position. As co-founder of Conformative Systems, Mr. Brish was a key contributor to its securing $6.5 million in series A funding.
“Arie has more than 25 years of experience in the electronics, semiconductors and IT industries and a proven track record for building strong employee teams and revenue streams for both public and private companies,” said Miki Granski, chairman of the board for Tehuti Networks and CEO of investment firm Alice Lab, a partner in Alice Ventures. “His domain expertise will prove instrumental in helping to propel Tehuti Networks to its next stage of growth.
The company's unique value proposition combined with Arie's proven operational experience and leadership will help Tehuti Networks capitalize on an enormous market opportunity.”
“Demand will rise exponentially over the next five years for chips that can deliver cost- and space-efficient Ethernet processing for one gigabit and higher network applications.
Tehuti Networks has an extremely attractive option that fills a market gap in TCP/IP offload engines,” said Mr. Brish. “I'm excited to join and lead Tehuti Networks as we position the company for the next stage of growth. Tehuti Networks' technology, partners, experienced staff, seasoned founding team and strong board of directors are the right building blocks needed for us to emerge as the leading provider of chips for network acceleration.”
About Tehuti Networks
Tehuti Networks is a fabless semiconductor company that develops innovative solutions-on-a-chip (SoC) and unique TCP/IP technology for high-volume servers. The solutions improve server processing power and provide significant cost benefits to original equipment manufacturers. The company is funded by Alice Lab, Technion R&D Fund, ProSeed Venture Capital Fund, and Lachman Goldman Ventures. Tehuti Networks has offices in Herzelia , Israel and Austin , Texas .
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