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TechInsights Honors Analog Devices Cofounder Ray Stata with Lifetime Award and Announces 2008 Student and Educator of the Year Recipients
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Ray Stata is Chairman and co-founder of Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI). ADI's analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits play a fundamental role in converting, conditioning, and processing real-world phenomena such as light, sound, temperature, motion, and pressure into electrical signals to be used in a wide array of electronic equipment. Since he co-founded the company in 1965, Stata's rare combination of business skills, leadership ability and technological vision have helped guide ADI to consistently providing innovative technology that gives customers a competitive advantage. Stata also co-founded and served as the first President of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, an advocacy group for shared funding between government and industry for engineering education and university research. At the federal level, Stata has served on the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness.
A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stata holds a BSEE and MSEE from MIT and is now Chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Throughout his career in the technology industry and because of his commitment to public service, Stata has been recognized with many awards, including the SIA Founders Award, the IEEE Founders Medal, and a 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange.
Student of the Year
Educator of the Year
The EE Times ACE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award and the Student and
Educator of the Year recipients were selected by the editors of EE Times based
on their individual accomplishments and impact on the electronics industry.
Past Lifetime Achievement honorees include Eric Lidow, chairman of the board
and founder of International Rectifier, Wilf Corrigan, chairman of the board
for LSI Logic and
The EE Times ACE Awards will be held on
Commentary:
"As the exclusive platinum sponsor of the 2008 EE Times ACE Awards, Avnet is thrilled to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to this year's honoree, Ray Stata, who is a founding innovator within our industry. From his childhood days on a farm, to the founding and ultimate rise of Analog Devices, Ray Stata is the embodiment of entrepreneurial spirit, and the perfect choice for this lifetime achievement award. The full impact of his legacy will continue to be felt for generations."
"The electronics industry takes much from it's legacy while continuously
celebrating our future. Our ability to honor industry innovators such as
About EE Times ACE Awards
The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the
creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global
industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and their
innovations, will be recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala on
To learn more and to purchase tickets for the EE Times ACE Awards Gala, please visit www.eetimes-ace.com.
About TechInsights (www.techinsights.com)
TechInsights is the daily source of essential business and technical
information for the electronics industry's decision makers -- the Creators of
Technology - that define, develop, and bring to market the electronic products
that improve our lives. With global market leading brands such as EE Times,
Semiconductor Insights, TechOnline, Embedded Systems Conferences and
Portelligent, TechInsights is the leading dedicated information and services
business serving the worldwide electronics market. For more information,
please visit www.techinsights.com. TechInsights is a division of United
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news distribution and specialist information services with a market
capitalization of more than
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