January 23, 2006

ENCIRQ Appoints Dylan Kennedy Vice President and General Manager, Americas

Proven leader to expand ENCIRQ’s field operations within the Americas

BURLINGAME, CA – January 23, 2006 - ENCIRQ Corporation, the leading provider of data-centric software development solutions for intelligent devices, today announced the appointment of Dylan Kennedy as Vice President and General Manager, Americas. Kennedy will be responsible for building out field operations to help ENCIRQ’s customers accelerate the delivery of innovative new products.

 

“Over the last year, we have had remarkable success in international markets, especially Japan,” said Mark Vogel, co-founder and CEO. “The time is right for us to expand here in America and Dylan’s proven leadership and in-depth knowledge of the intelligent device market will be instrumental in helping our customers reshape the economics of software development through data-centric design.”

 

From commercial operating systems to real-time emulation to advanced networking stacks to integrated development environments, Kennedy has been at the forefront of helping customers adopt and deploy innovative software technology throughout his career. He joins ENCIRQ from NextHop Technologies, where he was Vice President of North American Sales. He previously held senior management positions at a number of the industry’s leading software companies including Western Regional Sales Director for Wind River Systems (Nasdaq: WIND) and UK Country Manager for Integrated Systems, Inc.

 

“This is an exciting time to be joining ENCIRQ. Intelligent device OEMs now know that software is the critical path to growth and margins,” said Kennedy. “ENCIRQ’s incredible technology is uniquely positioned to reshape the economics of building software-driven products. Our flagship product, the ENCIRQ Data Foundation Framework, is already delivering breakthrough results to companies who are looking to build a sustainable competitive advantage. I look forward to building a world-class operation within the Americas that works closely with customers to help them use ENCIRQ’s technology to accelerate the deployment of innovative, award-winning products.”

About ENCIRQ
ENCIRQ Corporation, the pioneer in data-centric software development for intelligent devices, is enabling a new era of data-driven capabilities and services. ENCIRQ offers a unique, data-centric application framework that provides device manufacturers and related software providers with a simpler, more efficient approach to building the software that powers award-winning products. Customers worldwide in the wireless, digital consumer electronics, automotive and networking industries use the ENCIRQ^® Data Foundation™ Framework to accelerate innovation while reducing complexity, cost and time to market. Founded in 1998, ENCIRQ is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.