Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces the appointment of Chuck Kostalnick as senior vice president of the Avnet Embedded division.
The new division incorporates the acquired embedded business in North America of Bell Microproducts Inc., announced earlier today, with Avnet's existing embedded solutions offering and focuses on providing a full suite of embedded solutions – from storage, computing, software and networking products, to disk drives, flat panels and embedded boards – made by industry-leading suppliers. The new Avnet Embedded division will also integrate Avnet Technology Solutions Americas Embedded Solutions' sales organization.
"Bringing together the best our two companies have to offer means the best embedded solutions for the customer," said Kostalnick. "I look forward to taking Avnet Embedded to even greater heights, as the prospects for the embedded market continue to look strong."
Kostalnick will report directly to Ed Smith, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "Our OEM and embedded customers now get the benefit of a broader line card, additional technical resources and a highly skilled team – it's a great enhancement of our commitment to the embedded space," said Smith. "With more than 20 years of experience, including the last five at Bell Micro, Chuck has the right level of leadership and expertise to guide our embedded business into the future."
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Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's website is located at www.em.avnet.com. Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 27, 2009, Avnet generated revenue of $16.23 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
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