“MontaVista, Inc., developer of the Hard Hat Linux operating
system for embedded applications, today announced the appointment
of Kent McMullen as vice president of marketing. McMullen comes
to MontaVista with over 15 years’ experience in high tech
marketing, business development and product and executive
management at Hewlett-Packard.”
“Kent combines expertise in strategic planning and OS business
development with hands-on knowledge of software and hardware
engineering,” remarks Jim Ready, embedded industry pioneer and
MontaVista CEO/Founder. “His background will prove invaluable in
bringing mainstream Linux technology from the enterprise into the
embedded/pervasive computing space.”
“I look forward to building a world-class marketing organization
that puts MontaVista front and center in the embedded systems
arena,” comments McMullen. “Linux represents the next wave for
embedded and pervasive computing. MontaVista is leading the way
with Hard Hat Linux — 100% pure Linux, open source and
royalty-free.”