Bill Sezate Appointed Orban's Vice President of Tempe Operations
Tempe, Arizona, August 7th, 2007 — Orban, a worldwide leader in audio processing for AM, FM, TV, and Internet broadcasting, announces that Bill Sezate has been promoted to Vice President of Tempe Operations. He will oversee all production and manufacturing operations.
Having worked in the electronics industry for over 15 years, Bill came to Orban last year from San Jose-based Sanmina-SCI. He was originally hired as Materials Manager, and was later promoted to Director of Manufacturing at the Orban Tempe Corporate Headquarters prior to his most recent appointment to VP of Tempe Operations. Bill has brought talented and experienced personnel from the Phoenix electronics industry to the staff of Orban to assist him in heightening the efficiency of the operation. In a relatively short period of time, the positive results of his efforts have been felt throughout the company.
“I appreciate the opportunity to work in this capacity at Orban,” Sezate stated. “Our company has a tremendous reputation for producing the highest quality audio processing equipment. We have excellent potential for growth and are committed to doing the work it takes to increase sales and market share for Orban.”
C. Jayson “Jay” Brentlinger President, CEO, and Chairman commented, “Bill has been very instrumental in building our new team inside the Tempe operation and will take our company to the next level of manufacturing while maintaining our products as leaders in reliability. Again, we are very fortunate to promote someone with Bill's talents and abilities into officers of our company.”
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About Orban
Orban is a manufacturer of high-quality digital and analog audio processing, transmission encoding, and noise reduction equipment. Orban is in the market for radio, TV and Internet audio processing. As technology evolves, Orban continues to innovate with state-of-the-art audio processing products for DAB, DTV and streaming media. The Company purchased Orban® in May of 2000. Orban was founded in 1970 by Bob Orban, who is the world's foremost expert in transmission audio processing for broadcast. Orban leads the industry in the design and manufacture of audio processors for radio, television and Internet broadcasting. Recognized for its standard-setting Optimod® digital audio processors and the Opticodec® codecs, the Orban name has become synonymous with reliable, high performance products. Today, its versatile audio processing equipment and codecs are the products of choice in fast-paced production environments worldwide.
For more information contact David Rusch at phone +1 (480) 403-8300, fax +1 (480) 403-8301 or e-mail: drusch@orban.com. Information is also available at www.orban.com and www.orban-europe.com.