CMP Media's Electronics Group Hires Industry Experts Bill Schweber and Clive Maxfield

CMP Media's Electronics Group today announced two important editorial appointments -- Bill Schweber as EE Times' analog editor and Clive Maxfield as site editor of Programmable Logic DesignLine (www.pldesignline.com). The two come from EDN Magazine, where Schweber was most recently executive editor, responsible for editorial content, strategy and direction, and Maxfield an award-winning columnist. These hires illustrate CMP Media Electronics Group's continued success with and investment in its Heads-Down content offerings, to deliver the content that electronics engineers need to do their job every day.

Combined, the pair brings more than 50 years of electronic engineering industry and editorial expertise to CMP Media, the parent company of the premier technology and business brands serving the information needs of the creators of technology worldwide. In addition to providing editorial insight into analog and mixed-signal technology, Schweber is the site editor of PlanetAnalog.com, editor of EE Times' Planet Analog publication and chairman of the analog track at the Embedded Systems Conferences. Maxfield will provide editorial content and industry expertise to Programmable Logic DesignLine, an online resource dedicated to helping engineers accelerate the development of programmable logic technology and equipment. The site achieves that by delivering a broad array of information ranging from technical insights into structured ASIC approaches to articles on new industry standards and their potential repercussions.

"Bill and Clive are among the best and the brightest editors in the business," said Richard Wallace, CMP Media Electronics Group's editorial director. "Their addition to EE Times will greatly strengthen our editorial depth across the board and specifically in the important subject areas of analog and programmable logic. With them on board, we're even better prepared to provide our audience with the most comprehensive resources available anywhere to assist engineers in their daily tasks."

Schweber has spent the last 11 years at Reed Business' EDN Magazine, first as the analog beat editor, and then as executive editor with overall responsibility for the publication's content and direction. Prior to that, he spent 14 years in applications engineering, product marketing and marketing communications roles at Analog Devices, Inc. and Instron Corp. Schweber has written hundreds of opinion pieces, some of which have won industry awards, as well as in-depth design and application articles, and is the author of three engineering textbooks. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering.

"I'm very excited to be joining EE Times and contributing to its growing content core," said Schweber. "EE Times continues to enhance its offerings and establish new resources for the EE community. This elite group of electronics- technology resources provides engineers with the information they need to succeed, by offering them updates and insight on news, trends, product reviews and practical how-to information."

Maxfield also comes from EDN Magazine, where he was a regular columnist. He has spent over a quarter of a century focused on the electronics, computing and EDA arenas. Throughout his career, after starting at International Computers Limited (ICL), he's created CPUs for mainframe computers; designed ASICs and circuit boards; written numerous test programs for functional and in-circuit testers; and, in digital logic simulation, created models of everything from ASIC cell libraries to microprocessors. He's also authored and co-authored a number of books.

About CMP Media's Electronics Group

The CMP Media Electronics Group is the premier technology and business media brand serving the information needs of the creators of technology worldwide through print, online and conferences.

As the most comprehensive and integrated source of electronics technology information, the CMP Media Electronics Group offers a full suite of products and services to reach electronics systems design professionals throughout the world. With its combination of media properties, the CMP Media Electronics Group focuses on delivering a targeted audience and actionable information to marketers in the electronics technology community.

Each month, CMP Media's Electronics Group delivers more than 1 million copies of its publications in five languages to subscribers in 55 countries. Online visitors from more than 100 countries view more than 7.5 million pages on its Web sites in six languages and in a year, more than 35,000 decision makers from 48 countries attend its conferences in North America, China, Taiwan and Europe.

  CMP Media's Electronics Group properties include:

   --   Print -- EE Times, Embedded Systems Design, Electronics Supply &
        Manufacturing
   --   Online -- EE Times Online, DesignLines, PlanetAnalog.com,
        Embedded.com, my-esm.com, CommsDesign.com, and SupplyLines
   --   Conferences -- Embedded Systems Conferences, Embedded Connect and
        Design Seminars

  About CMP Media

CMP Media (www.cmp.com) is the leading integrated media solutions company providing "broad and deep" access to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and buyers of technology worldwide. The company's comprehensive database of technology decision makers enables marketers to reach targeted audiences throughout the purchase process with publications, Web offerings, face-to-face events, consulting and other marketing services that deliver actionable results.

Contact: Michelle Sabolich of Atomic Public Relations, +1-415-402-0230, or michelle@atomicpr.com, for CMP Media.

SOURCE: CMP Media Electronics Group

CONTACT: Michelle Sabolich of Atomic Public Relations, +1-415-402-0230,
or michelle@atomicpr.com, for CMP Media

Web site: http://www.cmp.com/