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Joe Pavlat, Editorial Director
Joe Pavlat has more than 30 years’ experience in the embedded computer industry. He has held senior executive positions in both engineering and marketing. He is currently president and chairman of the PCI Industrial Manufacturers Group (PICMG), an industry consortium that develops open computer standards for the industrial control,instrumentation, and communications markets. Joe received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin.

Anne Fisher, Associate Editor
Anne Fisher is the Associate Editor of CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems and Embedded Computing Design. She has more than 20 years’ experience writing and editing. Topics she has written about include CAE/CAD/CAM, IC design, military avionics, graphics accelerators, nuclear power systems, industrial automation, and backplanes,for companies including GE, Cadence, Measurex, Valero, and Hewlett-Packard. Anne received her Bachelor’s degree from Santa ClaraUniversity.

Curtis Schwaderer, Columnist – Software Corner
Curtis Schwaderer has been immersed in the world of networking and software for more than 17 years. Curtis has held technical leadership and management positions with RadiSys, Microware Systems, E-Systems/Raytheon, and is currently a principal software engineer and cofounder of IP Fabrics, Inc. Curtis is a patent holder with two others pending in the area of embedded software and network processing. Curtis received his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University.

Terri Thorson, Senior Editor
Terri Thorson is the Senior Editor for CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems and VMEbus Systems magazines. Her technical knowledge includes telecommunications, embedded and real-time systems,industrial automation and IT training as well as medical imaging, and defense and aerospace applications. Terri received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Public Relations and a Master of Mass Communication from Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

About OpenSystems Publishing
OpenSystems Publishing has been a leading publisher of electronic magazines, e-mail newsletters, websites, and product catalogs for more than 20 years. We publish six different magazines, each of which is focused on a particular standard or technology. These include: CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, DSP-FPGA.com, Embedded Computing Design, PC/104 Embedded Solutions, PXI Technology Review, and VMEbus Systems. OpenSystems Publishing has systematically collected new product information since 1996 and has an up-to-date, extensive database of detailed product information from companies worldwide. This valuable resource of over 12,000 products is available online. Our product selection guides, a regular feature in each issue, provide readers and online visitors an easy way to search for and compare similar products. If the user requires moreinformation, our automated Reader Service Card (RSC) system notifies vendors immediately. OSP actively participates with trade associations and consortiums. These include the Embedded Linux Consortium, PC/104 Embedded Consortium, PCI Industrial Computer Manufac-turers Group (PICMG), PXI Systems Alliance (PXISA), and the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA).