AWR Opens Dedicated Office in Japan, Appoints Michiyoshi Endo as Managing Director
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - October 23, 2006 - Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR®), a leading provider of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) tools, today announced that in order to better serve the company's rapidly expanding Japanese customer base, it has opened a dedicated sales, marketing, and support center in Japan, and has appointed Michiyoshi Endo as managing director. A graduate of the Tohoku Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Electronics Engineering and Telecommunications, Endo-san worked as an applications engineer at Kyocera Co., Ltd., before moving into sales and marketing, strategic planning, customer service, and business development for various high-technology software and hardware companies in Japan and Asia.
"Michiyoshi Endo joins us with over 20 years of industry experience as a representative with Seki Technotron selling high-frequency EDA software and components," said Ron Patston, AWR's vice president of Asia Pacific operations. "In his most recent positions Endo-san has successfully launched two sales and service organizations for U.S. parent companies, as well as three sales offices in Japan for high-tech products, and an IT division in Singapore. I am confident his leadership and experience will help AWR effectively provide closer support and service for our Japanese customer base, and drive AWR's next growth phase in Japan's market."
Commenting on his appointment, Endo-san said, "I am pleased to be joining the dynamic and highly focused AWR team and am looking forward to fulfilling the needs of our customers and further developing our customer base throughout Japan. Best-in-class products such as Microwave Office® design suite, Analog Office® design suite, Visual System Simulator(TM) software, and Signal Integrity Design Suite(TM) meet the critical design needs and market demands for this region's wireless communications and consumer electronics industries."
About Applied Wave Research, Inc.
Applied Wave Research is a leading supplier of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) products for the design of wireless telecommunications equipment, semiconductors, high-speed computers, networking systems, automotive mobility systems, and a variety of other electronics-based products. AWR is a privately-held company and has global development offices, sales offices, training centers, and distribution channels. In September 2005, AWR acquired APLAC® Solutions, an emerging leader in simulation and analysis software for analog and radio-frequency (RF) design. APLAC's RF design technology has been used in designing over 30 percent of all mobile phone RF integrated circuits (ICs) worldwide. AWR today has over 700 companies deploying its software worldwide, including virtually every major high-frequency electronic component and system supplier. The company is headquartered at 1960 East Grand Avenue, Suite 430, El Segundo, California 90245. For more information about AWR and the company's products, please visit www.appwave.com or call 310-726-3000.
