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Daniel P. Burnham, Former Raytheon Company Chairman and CEO, Elected to Green Hills Software Board of Directors
Prominent Executive Brings Experience from Raytheon, AlliedSignal and Numerous Professional OrganizationsSANTA BARBARA, CA-February 10, 2004— Green Hills Software, Inc., the market leader in embedded software development tools and royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), announced today the election of Daniel P. Burnham to its Board of Directors.
"Dan Burnham brings a wealth of diversified industry experience and a deep knowledge of the aerospace and defense business," said Dan O'Dowd, Green Hills Software's chief executive officer and founder. "Dan's knowledge will help Green Hills build on its leadership position and we are pleased to have a corporate leader of Dan's caliber join our Board."
Dan Burnham commented, "I am thrilled to be on the Green Hills board and a member of this exceptional team. I'm impressed with Dan O'Dowd's strategic vision and the company's technological leadership and history of growth and profitability in key industries including aerospace and defense."
Most recently, Mr. Burnham was Chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Company, a leader in the defense, government and commercial electronics markets with approximately $17 billion in annual sales. Prior to joining Raytheon, Mr. Burnham was vice chairman of AlliedSignal, Inc. and president of AlliedSignal Aerospace.
In 2000 Mr. Burnham received a Presidential appointment as Chairman of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He also served as Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association from 2001 to 2003. He is a Director of FleetBoston Financial, First Data Corporation and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. In 2002, Mr. Burnham was named Six Sigma Executive-of-the-Year by the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals.
About Green Hills
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader for real-time operating systems (RTOS) and software development tools for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. The company's royalty-free INTEGRITY RTOS, compilers, MULTI and AdaMULTI Integrated Development Environments and TimeMachine Debugger offer a complete development solution that addresses embedded systems from the lowest cost consumer products to the most safety-critical aircraft flight systems. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. For more information on Green Hills Software products call 805-965-6044, email sales@ghs.com or visit us on the web at www.ghs.com.
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