Artimi Appoints CEO

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, U.K. -- Artimi Inc., the single chip Ultra Wideband systems semiconductor company, announced Colin Macnab has joined as chief executive officer. The former vice president of marketing and business development for Atheros, Macnab brings a broad range of management and market experience to lead Artimi in the next phase of growth.

"Colin is an experienced executive with extensive knowledge and track record in the wireless communications semiconductor and systems industry," said Kaj-Erik Relander, general partner of Accel Partners and director of Artimi. "Colin has the breadth of start-up to IPO experience necessary to lead Artimi forward in becoming the market leader in UWB systems semiconductor products. Colin's strong relationships with target OEM and ODM customers in Asia will be instrumental in further developing Artimi's growing customer base."

"Artimi's exceptional engineering and management teams have made major achievements in developing their single chip UWB technology," stated Macnab. "Artimi's low cost, high performance complete UWB system solutions will enable consumer electronics companies to rapidly develop UWB enabled wireless products - whether it be digital media adapters, high definition digital televisions, laptop computers or mobile phones. I am looking forward to working with the Artimi team and using my business development experience to strengthen Artimi's position in the global UWB markets."

Artimi Ltd.