Jiou-Pahn Lee Named Director of R&D at Riedel

"With experience leading product development at well-known technology companies, Jiou-Pahn comes to Riedel with extensive knowledge of designing world-class products for the television broadcasting and production industry," said Thomas Riedel, president of Riedel Communications. "We expect that his guidance and contributions will be tremendously valuable as we continue to enhance and extend our product portfolio to provide innovative communications and media transport solutions."

Lee's global experience in product development includes 17 years in the United States and nine years in the United Kingdom, working in areas ranging from the exploration of technologies through product development to deployment. He most recently served as vice president of engineering and technical director at Clear-Com, where he was in charge of a culturally diverse product development organization with multiple sites located in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. A native Mandarin Chinese speaker, he personally oversaw key customer accounts in China and set up the company's sales office in Beijing.

He earlier was director of server engineering at Thomson Grass Valley and director of engineering at Videotele.com. Lee holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan, and a master's degree in computer science from Utah State University.

About Riedel Communications
Riedel Communications designs, manufactures, and distributes pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks for broadcast, pro audio, event, sports, theater, and security applications. The company also provides rental services for radio and intercom systems, event IT solutions, fiber backbones, and wireless signal transmission systems that scale easily for events of any size, anywhere in the world. Founded in 1987, the company now employs more than 400 people at 11 locations in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.