SwitchCore Appoints Nitish Amin as Vice President of Business Development and Sales

Business Wire, Nov 1, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000

SwitchCore Corporation, a developer of wire-speed switches and routers, including the industry's highest density single-chip Gigabit Ethernet solution, today announced the appointment of Nitish Amin to the position of Vice President of Sales and Business Development for SwitchCore.

"Executing the team effort required to create partners, not just customers, is very rewarding, especially when I see the long-term success it creates for all involved," stated Nitish Amin. "When we listen to our customers and understand their market needs and vision, it is clear that our leading-edge design methodologies will provide them with both superior high-speed switching products as well as a total solution, both for today's products and the future generation."

"We have been very pleased with Nitish's success in executing our worldwide strategic relationships and establishing sales opportunities for SwitchCore," said Kurt Busch, president of SwitchCore Corporation. "His proven ability to initiate and maintain relationships in this global marketplace has been key to the positive reception of our products. These relationships are very important to SwitchCore, since we view each customer as a partner and strive to work with them closely to ensure both parties achieve success in the market."

Mr. Amin's responsibilities will expand as he continues to focus his sales force on established companies as well as cutting edge startups that need Gigabit switching solutions, and enabling these companies to shorten their time-to-market. In addition, he will enhance existing core alliance partnership relationships and expand the program to include a wider range of companies and customer applications.

Mr. Amin earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sardar Patel University of India, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology.

SwitchCore Corporation, a subsidiary of Switchcore AB (publ), designs, develops, and markets integrated switching devices for selling to network equipment manufacturers and suppliers, worldwide. SwitchCore's CXE technology, where full-custom design methodology and high-speed CMOS are used, significantly increases the performance of switches and routers.

The first product family was launched on the market in April 2000. The flagship product, the CXE-16 an integrated switching device, can switch up to 24 million packets per second. SwitchCore currently employs 80 people with offices in Lund, Stockholm, Gothenburg and San Jose, California. SwitchCore's stock is quoted on the OM Stockholm Exchange's O-list under the SCOR symbol.