Leuven, Belgium, Wednesday, January 28, 2009 –AnSem NV, the analog and mixed-signal IC design house, has announced the appointment of Pierre Blondeau as Marketing & Sales Manager and Joan Ceuterick as Project Manager.
Pierre Blondeau will be responsible for business development, marketing & sales for AnSem’s OEM segment. Having previously worked for AMI Semiconductor, Alcatel, Barco and, more recently, as Sales & Marketing Manager for the Benelux at ON Semiconductor, Pierre has a strong background in large customer account management. This experience, together with his knowledge of the industrial and medical markets, will enable Pierre to grow AnSem’s OEM business and to better serve AnSem’s growing customer base.
Joan Ceuterick will be responsible for project management and business development in the wireless segment. Joan brings with him 18 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry, with particular emphasis on wireless product management, having previously held marketing and sales positions at National Semiconductor, InnoCOM Wireless, Austria Mikro Systeme and Thesys (now Melexis and XFAB) and, more recently, AsicAhead, where he was Managing Director.
“In order to drive AnSem’s continued growth and remain the design house that continually delivers next generation ASICs and IPs, we require a stronger management team,” said Stefan Gogaert, CEO of AnSem. “These two key appointments will strengthen our position in the wireless, medical and industrial markets—Pierre Blondeau, with his experience in the industrial and medical markets, and Joan Ceuterick, with his long experience of wireless product marketing.”
P. Blondeau and J. Ceuterick
About AnSem
AnSem is a fabless IC design company, founded in 1998. Specializing in the state-of-the-art design of high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits in the most advanced technologies, AnSem offers design services and products for wireless communication, high-speed data communication and data acquisition. AnSem provides cost-effective turnkey solutions using the latest technology with emphasis on best time to market. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium, home to Europe’s DSP Valley technology network organisation, and is a member of the DSP Valley and the Global Semiconductor Association (GSA). For more information, please visit www.ansem.com
Contact:
AnSem NV
Stefan Gogaert, CEO
Esperantolaan 9, 3001 Heverlee
Phone: +32 16 38 65 00 ,E-mail: business@ansem.com
www.ansem.com
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