Electronics Workbench Announces New Vice President of Sales and Marketing; Industry Veteran To...

Business Editors/Technology Writers

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2002

Electronics Workbench, the electronic design automation tool provider of choice to over 150,000 users worldwide, today announces the appointment of Mr. Dan Winters to the position of vice president of sales

and marketing. Winters is an electronic design automation (EDA) veteran with experience in a number of senior roles for Mentor Graphics, Intergraph and Xynetix. He will assume responsibility for worldwide sales, and all corporate marketing activities. Winters will be based at the Electronics Workbench headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and will report directly to company president and CEO, Bill Wignall.

Wignall comments on the appointment, "I am thrilled we attracted an executive of Dan's caliber. He possesses solid, first-hand industry knowledge that I know will significantly benefit our customers and will make a substantial impact on the future success of Electronics Workbench, its products, and technology."

Says Winters, "Electronics Workbench has been hugely successful in the mainstream EDA sector, thanks to its unique ability to deliver high value, innovative and powerful products to the mass market. It's this combination of powerful technology and mainstream appeal that drew me to the company. I look forward to further extending Electronics Workbench's position into the professional space and making it the preferred vendor of choice by today's professional electronics engineer."

About Electronics Workbench

Founded in 1982, Electronics Workbench is a privately-held corporation that develops and markets the industry's best-selling Windows-based electronic design automation (EDA) tools for circuit design engineers, educators and students around the globe. The Electronics Workbench product line includes programs for schematic capture, Spice/VHDL/Verilog simulation, PCB layout and autorouting/autoplacement. More than 150,000 copies of Electronics Workbench products have been sold worldwide. Electronics Workbench has its headquarters at 111 Peter Street, Suite 801, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1 Canada. The phone number is (416) 977-5550, and the fax is (416) 977-5818. Or, visit the company's Web site at www.electronicsworkbench.com