[June 27, 2006] AGEIA Taps Chris Engel for Vice President of Sales and Michael Steele for Vice President of Marketing; Industry Veterans Will Play Pivotal Roles in Expanding Markets for AGEIA PhysX Technology Tweet MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- June 27, 2006 -- AGEIA(TM) Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for games, today announced the appointment of Chris Engel and Michael Steele to head AGEIA's sales and marketing teams, respectively. The addition of two industry veterans with solid track records will help AGEIA continue expanding the impact of AGEIA PhysX technology in the electronic game industry. "Michael Steele and Chris Engel provide the high-powered marketing and sales talent we need to continue broadening the worldwide market for AGEIA PhysX technology," said Manju Hegde, co-founder, chairman and CEO of AGEIA. "Their exceptional marketing and sales leadership skills will be pivotal to maintaining and extending our industry guiding position of in-game physics." "In addition to their extensive experience in the technology industry, both of these industry veterans have proven track records in helping companies expand and grow their customer base," said Curtis Davis, president and COO of AGEIA. "The versatile talents and expertise that Michael Steele and Chris Engel bring to AGEIA are precisely suited to our exciting and steep company growth curve." As Vice President of Sales, Chris Engel is responsible for all AGEIA sales efforts, both strategic and tactical. Engel brings to AGEIA over 25 successful years of industry experience working with Fortune 500 companies and startups. Prior to joining AGEIA, Engel co-founded The CME Group, a high-technology sales and marketing communications consultancy with clients such as AMD, Ubicom, Averatec, Agere, and Transmeta. Previous to CME, Engel held lead sales positions with AMD and NexGen. As Vice President of Marketing, Michael Steele is responsible for all aspects of strategic and tactical marketing for AGEIA. With almost twenty years of high technology product marketing experience, Steele brings to AGEIA a wealth of experience and veteran understanding of PC hardware and semiconductor marketing. Before joining AGEIA, Steele held lead marketing positions with Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI), Raza Foundries and AMD. About AGEIA AGEIA(TM) Technologies, Inc., is the pioneer of hardware-accelerated physics for PC games and has developed the world's first dedicated physics processor, the AGEIA PhysX processor. The AGEIA PhysX processor powers massive and pervasive real-time interactive worlds that for the first time obey the laws of classical physics. AGEIA provides a world-class cross platform software development kit to simplify advanced physics programming for the PhysX processor, as well next-generation gaming consoles. AGEIA is changing the face of gaming by working with more than sixty leading developers and publishers to deliver the next generation of physically immersive entertainment. The company, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is privately-held. For more information visit www.ageia.com. * AGEIA and PhysX are trademarks of AGEIA Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]