Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced the appointment of Jim Chiddix to the company's Board of Directors. A 30-year cable industry veteran, Chiddix was CEO and Chairman at OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) between 2004 and March 2007, and remains on its board following the recent sale of control of the company.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (BusinessWire EON) April 5, 2007 --
Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and
frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the
management of next generation networks, today announced the appointment
of Jim Chiddix to the company’s Board of
Directors. A 30-year cable industry veteran, Chiddix was CEO and
Chairman at OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) between 2004 and March 2007, and
remains on its board following the recent sale of control of the company.
“We are delighted to have Jim Chiddix join
Symmetricom’s Board of Directors,”
said Thomas Steipp, president and CEO of Symmetricom. “Jim’s
impressive career spans much of the history of the cable industry,
providing us with great technical and operational knowledge. Symmetricom
has already played a major role in defining the cable industry’s
synchronization standard for M-CMTS DOCSIS 3.0, and is now providing
Quality of Experience (QoE) solutions that will be essential to the
reliable delivery of video over IP networks. We believe both of these
represent exciting growth areas for the company.”
Prior to OpenTV, Chiddix served as president of Mystro TV, a division of
Time Warner Inc. that developed a pioneering server-based time-shifting
service for cable subscribers. For the 15 preceding years, he was SVP,
Engineering and CTO at Time Warner Cable, where he was responsible for
technology strategy, engineering and R&D for the nation's second largest
cable operator. Chiddix has been involved with major new technologies
embraced by the cable industry, including local ad insertion, fiber
optics, video-on-demand, cable modems and digital set-top boxes. Chiddix
recently joined the board of Vyyo, Inc., an innovative manufacturer of
enhanced bandwidth cable TV equipment.
“This is an exciting time to be joining
Symmetricom’s board,”
said Jim Chiddix. “The digital revolution is
driving new opportunities across many markets, and I believe Symmetricom’s
synchronization technologies and QoE capabilities will make an important
contribution to the successful implementation of next generation
networks and broadband video services. I see the company as a critical
player in enabling broadcast, cable and telecom operators to enhance
their multimedia service offerings.”
For an exclusive interview with Jim Chiddix, visit: http://www.symmetricom.com/podcast/Jim_Chiddix.mp3.
About Symmetricom, Inc.
As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and
services, Symmetricom provides “Perfect Timing”
to customers around the world. Since 1985, the company’s
solutions have helped define the world’s time
and frequency standards, delivering precision, reliability and
efficiency to wireline and wireless networks, instrumentation and
testing applications and network time management. Deployed in more than
90 countries, the company’s synchronization
solutions include primary reference sources, building integrated timing
supplies (BITS), GPS timing receivers, time and frequency distribution
systems, network time servers and ruggedized oscillators. Symmetricom
also incorporates technologies including Universal Timing Interface
(UTI), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588),
and others supporting the world’s migration
to Next Generation Networks (NGN). Symmetricom is based in San Jose,
Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com.
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