President, CEO and co-founder of Akros Silicon, J. Francois Crepin, now appointed to the Netopia's Board of Directors.
Netopia, Inc., a provider of
broadband gateways and service delivery software, announced today that
J. Francois Crepin has been appointed to serve on the Netopia Board of
Directors.
Mr. Crepin is President, CEO and co-founder of Akros Silicon Inc.
Founded in January 2005, Akros Silicon Inc. is a venture capital-backed
fabless semiconductor company located in California. From March 1999
through October 2004, Mr. Crepin served as President, COO and Director
of Metalink Ltd. Mr. Crepin previously held executive positions at
Level One Communications Inc., as well as LSI Logic and National
Semiconductor.
"I look forward to working with Netopia as it continues to provide
industry-leading products and services to telecommunications carriers
around the world." said Mr. Crepin.
"Francois Crepin is an industry leader with early VDSL technology at
Metalink. We are excited to have him share his experience and expertise
as Netopia moves into the evolving VDSL2 market for advanced 'triple
play' services," said Alan Lefkof, Netopia's President and CEO.