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Press Release
GuideTech Welcomes Tom Anthofer of Cipio Partners To
The Board of Directors
Sunnyvale, CA – February 20, 2007 – GuideTech, the leading provider of high-throughput precision test and measurement instruments for the semiconductor design and manufacturing industries, today announced that Tom S. Anthofer, a Managing Partner of Cipio Partners, has joined GuideTech Board of Directors.
"We are extremely excited to have Tom join the Board of Directors," say Frank McKiney GuideTech President and CEO. “His proven venture capital experience and his industry knowledge will prove invaluable in growing our business and expanding our markets."
Tom Anthofer says, "I am very happy to join the Board of a company that is de facto standard for timing analysis within the industry and is associated with worldwide industry leaders such as NXP, Qualcomm, nVidia, Intersil, ASE and Amkor."
Prior to founding Cipio, where Tom manages a number of later-stage investments and oversees the firm's realization and exit management function, he was a Partner and served as Managing Director of Broadview Holdings LP (nka Jefferies & Co.), New York/London, one of the largest investment banking and private equity firms dedicated to the technology, media and telecommunications industries. Before joining Broadview in 1992, Tom was with Nomura Group and Mitsubishi Corporation in Tokyo and New York with responsibility for both organizations' investments in medical and information technology companies.
About GuideTech
GuideTech is the leading supplier of production-scale high-performance CTIA-based timing measurement solutions, allowing semiconductor manufacturers to minimize timing-related failures and to dramatically reduce production test costs through test-time reduction and extending their ATE lifecycles. GuideTech customers indicate average savings of 30-50% in their cost-of-test as a result of deploying our products. GuideTech is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information, please contact Ron Lau at (408) 731-8894 or rlau@guidetech.com. Visit the company's Website and view the new corporate video at www.guidetech.com.
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