2009 TLA Winners

Best Overall Design

Tellabs, USA - Using Expedition® Enterprise
Design Team: Steven Everly, Stephen Mihal

Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds

Panasonic, Japan – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Takayuki Hinokidani, Shuhei Osako

  • Runner Up: Vestel Electronic, Turkey – Using Expedition Enterprise
    Designer: Aysen Sicimci Ozcan

Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical

CiBoard Electronic, Germany – Using PADS® and Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Michael Schwitzer

  • Runner Up: Oregano Systems, Austria – Using Expedition Enterprise
    Designer: Helmut Mayrhofer

Category: Military & Aerospace

GE Fanuc, UK – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Nigel Knighton, Dave Shield, Jim Rose, Stuart Connolly, Zeshan Hussein

  • Runners Up (tied)
    • General Dynamics, Canada – Using Board Station® XE
      Design Team: René Allard, Cristian Filip
    • DRS, Canada – Using Expedition Enterprise
      Design Team: Robert Turzo, Andre Demers

Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems

Kontron, Canada – Using Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Kontron Development Team

  • Runner Up: SiennaECAD, India – Using PADS
    Design Team: Savita Ganjigatti, Viveka MP, Dinesh GT

Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line cards

Alcatel-Lucent, US – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Susan Plul, Max Ko

  • Runners Up (tied):
    • RAD Data Comm, Israel – Using Expedition Enterprise
      Design Team: Dorit Leizer, Olga Goykhberg, Svetlana Zlotnik, Sharona Manasherov, Didier Halimi
    • Rancore Technologies, India – Using PADS
      Design team: Ruchi Johari, Anjan Roy, Ganesh Singh, Pramod Singh, Vishal Abrol

If you have questions Technology Leadership Award or design entry process, please contact Dave Wiens at pcb_tla@mentor.com or call +1 720.494.1086.