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Further strengthens EMEA team to provide added focus on a key market

LynuxWorks™ Inc. today announced it had appointed Jürgen Fimpel as Sales Manager for Germany. In his new role, Fimpel will be responsible for business development, customer and distributor relations for all LynuxWorks products.

"Jürgen's experience and local market knowledge will be a great asset to the LynuxWorks team in Europe" said Hamid Mirab, Managing Director for LynuxWorks EMEA. "Germany is recognised as a centre for system design in Europe, so it is vital for us to provide our customers and partners there with locally based expertise to assist with the selection and on going support of the best operating system and development tools for their projects."

Fimpel brings to the role over twenty years experience of the embedded computing market gained in a variety of roles within Motorola Computer Systems (MCG). Most recently as MCG Account Manager for Siemens Europe and Alcatel in both Germany and Italy where he concentrated on major projects deploying ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) and cPCI (CompactPCI) based solutions.

Fimpel is a Certified Engineer.

About LynuxWorks

LynuxWorks is a world leader in the embedded software market, providing operating systems, software development products and consulting services for the world's most successful communications, aerospace/defence, and consumer products companies. Established in 1988, the company is a technology leader in the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry, and a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC). LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San José, California.

The company's products include the open-source BlueCat® Linux® and the scalable, Linux-compatible LynxOS® real-time operating system. World-class companies use LynuxWorks' products, including: 3Com, Alcatel, Boeing, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Marconi, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC USA, Raytheon, TRW and Xerox.

LynuxWorks is a trademark and LynxOS is registered trademarks of LynuxWorks, Inc. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders.

LynuxWorks press contacts

Kirsten Long Director, Marketing Communications LynuxWorks, Inc. USA +1 408-979-4404	Dave Reddy Weber Shandwick USA +1 650-868-4659	Peter van der Sluijs Neesham Public Relations Europe +44 1442-879222
Hamid Mirab Managing Director EMEA LynuxWorks Ltd. United Kingdom +44 208-906-9506	Elvia Soltero Weber Shandwick USA +1 408-685-0614