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Goodwin returns to Aonix
Aonix has appointed Ben Goodwin as Chief Operations Officer and Vice-President of Sales for North America and the Pacific Rim.
Aonix has appointed Ben Goodwin as Chief Operations Officer and Vice-President of Sales for North America and the Pacific Rim Goodwin is directly tasked with strengthening Aonix's presence in the USA
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Goodwin brings Aonix an intimate knowledge of the mission- and safety-critical markets with over 25 years in the embedded software development market.
Goodwin's career began in the US Air Force as a software developer and systems analyst for a complex air defence system and then moved on to NORAD Headquarters where he was responsible for the upgrade of a data communications system.
Goodwin rounded out his Air Force career as a test director for live testing of Air Force command and control systems.
Goodwin launched his executive career with SofTech where he was part of the management team which grew the firm from $2 million to $50 million in five years and led SofTech into a successful IPO in 1981.
While there, SofTech won the first large-scale development contract for the development of Ada language compilers.
Goodwin completed his career with SofTech as CEO of SofTech Microsystems.
As CEO, he then joined Telesoft where he took the company from $6 million to $50 million, establishing it as a leading supplier of embedded software development tools.
Goodwin merged TeleSoft, a developer of Ada and UIMS products, with Alsys, the company who became Aonix in 1996.
Within Aonix, Goodwin occupied a variety of executive positions including Chief of Operations, Chief Executive Officer and President.
It was during Goodwin's tenure, that Aonix began investing in Java solutions, an initiative that led to Aonix's purchase of the PERC JVM in Q3 2003.
To return to Aonix, Goodwin left FinanCenter where he served as Vice President, responsible for sales, marketing, customer support, and professional services.
"We are very pleased to welcome Ben back into the Aonix leadership team", said Nicolas Hadjidakis, CEO and President of Aonix.
"North America is an important market for Aonix.
With Ben's strong relationships and extensive experience in the mission- and safety-critical space, we look forward to extending our US position not only in their military and aerospace industries, but also in transportation, avionics, telecom, industrial control where similarly complex, critical applications exist".
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