Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Awarepoint Names Zander To Board

San Diego-based Awarepoint, a developer of real-time location systems for the healthcare market, reported Monday that former Motorola CEO and Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander has joined its board. Zander was most recently chairman and CEO of Motorola, and also served for many years as President and COO of Sun Microsystems. Awarepoint is developing RTLS systems based on the Zigbee wireless standard. Zander also sits on the boards of Netezza and NetSuite. Awarepoint is venture backed by Cardinal Partners, Venrock, and Avalon Ventures.