TechAmerica Orange County Announces 2009-2010 Leadership Team

Under the executive direction of new regional director Kevin Carroll, new
committee leadership sets ambitious agenda as Orange County's go-to
organization for the high-tech community

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TechAmerica today announced
the appointment of the local executive committee that will steward the
strategic growth of the association's Orange County office during the 2009
fiscal year, which began Sept. 1 and will conclude Sept. 30, 2010. In
addition, the Council welcomed Kevin Carroll as the regional director
overseeing operations for Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles counties.

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Peter Craig, chairman of Valicore Technologies Inc. in Irvine, will serve as
chairman of the 14-member executive committee. Craig succeeds Charlie
Sundling, co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Pipeline Group
in Irvine, who will remain on the committee as past chairman and national
small business policy chair. Craig also will serve on the TechAmerica national
board of directors during this fiscal year.

The balance of the executive committee represent companies that comprise the
rich landscape of Orange County technology and innovation. The committee
comprises chairs of standing committees and roundtables, as well as members at
large who are leaders of the long-term development of Orange County's tech
economy.

-- Ken Burke, president, CMS Products, Inc.
-- Kimberley Chen Nobles, partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
-- Sigmund Fidyke, president, Custom Software
-- Gregg Gallagher, group vice president, Quantum Leaders
-- Geoffrey Garland, controller, Staco Systems
-- Horace Hertz, partner, Squar Milner, Peterson, Miranda, and
Williamson,
LLP
-- Ting (TK) Hui, CEO, FDB Media
-- Kevin Judd, senior staff product manager, QLogic Corp.
-- Bruce May, partner, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
-- Marc Schneider, partner, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
-- Mike Siersema, technical director, CSC
-- Frank M. Singer, director, Hixson Metal Finishing
-- Cara Stewart, CEO, WunderMarx|PR

-- Mitchell L. Wexler, partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

"Orange County has a robust technology community, and TechAmerica is the
leading voice to help high-tech companies grow and improve their businesses,"
Craig said. "As a committee, we are charged with driving the strategic
direction of the organization and providing value to member companies. Our
priorities include providing local high-tech leaders with access to capital
and resources to increase revenue, facilitating strategic networking exchanges
and uniting technology companies politically."

As part of its mission to provide greater value to member companies in Orange
County, the committee establishes strategic initiatives to chart annual
growth. For 2009-10, the key initiatives that TechAmerica Orange County will
pursue include:

1. Providing valuable local program content -- TechAmerica Orange County
produces more than 25 programs a year, providing valuable peer-to-peer
information, benchmarking and strategic networking for the high-tech
industry.
2. Producing the 17th annual High-Tech Innovation Awards -- Nearly 400
attended the sold-out 2009 awards ceremony, making it the premier
high-tech event in the region. Attendees included executives from local
high-tech companies, financial and government institutions, academic
leaders, educators, investors and media affiliates.
3. Creating a forum for executive education -- TechAmerica Orange County
will extend strategic partnerships with Orange County's top
higher-education academic institutions to aid tech executives in
continuing their business education to improve skills and
decision-making.

4. Substantially increasing the high-tech voice in local political
decisions
-- TechAmerica serves as the powerful and nonpartisan voice of the
Orange
County tech community, protecting the needs of high-tech companies
through local advocacy and public education.

"TechAmerica Orange County has made tremendous progress in better serving its
membership and showcasing Orange County as an important center of innovation
for the best and brightest," said Carroll, regional executive director,
TechAmerica, who also serves on the Orange County executive committee. "Our
office is bursting with energy and is an agent of change and advocacy for the
high-tech community. Our new members are deeply committed to this community
and will steward the board to new opportunities that will drive innovation in
Orange County for years to come. They have inherited a strong and dynamic
organization, thanks to the outstanding leadership of outgoing Chair Charlie
Sundling, who provided the local high-tech community a greater opportunity to
unite and work together to strengthen the economy and community."

Prior to his regional role, Carroll was the executive director for the San
Diego council of TechAmerica where he worked with tech giants, including
Cymer, Qualcomm and Websense. While in San Diego, Carroll had the opportunity
to pilot several successful programs that were subsequently duplicated
throughout the country.

For more information about TechAmerica Orange County, visit
www.TechAmerica.org/OrangeCounty.

About TechAmerica
TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, which is
the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United
States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing
approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and
commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest advocacy
organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom lines. It is
also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network,
with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C.,
Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing). TechAmerica was formed by the merger of
TechAmerica (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber
Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of
America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology
Association (GEIA). Learn more at www.techamerica.org.

Contact:
Anne Caliguiri at 703.284.5305 or anne.caliguiri@techamerica.org
Theresa Dreike, WunderMarx|PR for TechAmerica Orange County at 714.862.1112 or
theresa.dreike@wundermarx.com

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Anne Caliguiri at +1-703-284-5305 or anne.caliguiri@techamerica.org, or
Theresa Dreike, WunderMarx|PR for TechAmerica Orange County at +1-714-862-1112
or theresa.dreike@wundermarx.com