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- COMMODORE (R) INTERNATIONAL NAMES DIRECTOR
- OF APPLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
-
- June 15, 1992 --- Commodore International today announced the
- appointment of John F. Campbell as director of Commodore Applications
- and Technical Support (CATS), effective immediately. The CATS group is
- responsible for supporting and establishing development and quality
- standards for the over 1500 developers who produce software and
- hardware products for the Amiga (R) and CDTV (R) Multimedia Player
- product lines.
-
- Campbell reports directly to Commodore International's Director of
- Worldwide Software Engineering, Ned McCook. "John is well prepared for
- his new role," said McCook. "His depth of product knowledge combined
- with his management skills and respect for our developers will help
- strengthen Commodore's relationship with our development community."
-
- A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in
- technology management and computer science, Campbell has held a number
- of key development positions within Commodore since joining the company
- in 1982. He assisted in the launch of the VIC-20 and Commodore 64
- computers and is one of the people responsible for the tremendous
- software support they received from developers, which led to the success
- of both products.
-
- Since 1985, Campbell has concentrated on bringing high quality,
- diverse products to market for the company's line of Amiga computers. A
- major highlight is AmigaVision, for which he headed the team that
- defined the need for an authoring system that would take more advantage
- of all the multimedia features of the Amiga. AmigaVision has won a
- number of industry awards and is broadly used by multimedia developers
- worldwide
-
- This position announcement coincides with moving the CATS group
- into Commodore's Engineering division. "This change will help strengthen
- ties between Commodore's development efforts and the work of our
- developers," noted Campbell. "We will now be in a better position to move
- our proprietary technology forward quickly so that Commodore can
- continue to provide leading edge hardware at affordable prices."
-
- Commodore International, through its worldwide operations, is one of
- the world's leading producers of computer-based consumer and business
- products.
-
- Commodore (R), CDTV (R), VIC-20 (R), Commodore 64 (R) and
- AmigaVision are trademarks of Commodore Electronics Limited. Amiga is a
- trademark of Commodore-Amiga Inc.
-