Digital Communication Technologies (DCT)'s new CEO

DCT's new CEO

DCT's new CEO
By David Larner, Embedded Systems
September 14, 2001 (9:16 a.m. EST)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010914S0013

Tony Webster, from Infineon's cores group, takes the helm at Java microcontroller house.

Digital Communication Technologies (DCT) has appointed Tony Webster as its CEO. He heads up the senior management team at the Java microcontroller specialist, which is introducing a radical new generation of devices and cores for the emergent networked embedded system marketplace.

Webster joins from Infineon Technologies, where he was Senior VP and General Manager of Cores & Modules - the division responsible for microcontroller, processor and DSP cores. He brings extensive experience of managing and developing successful microprocessor business lines, gained during a 16-year semiconductor career with Infineon, Motorola, and STMicroelectronics. During his time with Infineon, he was responsible for initiating the company's IP licensing strategy, and returning the microcontroller business unit to profitability.