parvus CEO Troy Takach Reelected To Embedded PC/104 Consortium Board

parvus founder maintains leadership role at computer industry standards group

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - April 10, 2002 - parvus Corporation today announced that chief executive officer and founder Troy Takach has been reelected to the board of directors for the Embedded PC/104 Consortium.

The Consortium, supported by thousands of companies worldwide, is the governing trade association for PC/104 computer technology, an embedded PC-compatible circuit board standard commonly used in aviation, industrial, medical, and military electronics.

Takach has served as a member of the executive committee for the Consortium since 1995 - the same year parvus Corp. gained executive membership in the association. Through his tenure, Takach has lent his technical expertise to the Consortium furthering the worldwide adoption of PC/104, the only stackable, embedded computer architecture today.

"The Embedded PC/104 Consortium has been instrumental in guiding PC/104 into global recognition, and it has been my privilege to help the Consortium fulfill that mission," Takach said. "I fully expect PC/104 products to continue to experience steady growth for the foreseeable future. Whether for a robotic arm, factory line, cockpit computer, heart monitor, or electronic warfare device, PC/104 will play a significant role in embedded computer hardware."

Maintained by the Consortium, the PC/104 and PC/104-plus specifications are characterized by their small form-factor (3.550" x 3.775"), reduced power consumption, and stackable ISA and PCI bus connectors. Leveraging the same readily available development tools used with personal desktop computers, PC/104 and PC/104-plus technology dramatically improves time-to-market for embedded systems development.

Since 1983, Takach has been the founder and chief engineer of parvus, the longest running ISO-9001 certified company in Utah. He serves as the vice-chairman for the Utah Governor's State Advisory Council for Science and Technology and board member for the Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP).

More information about the Consortium is available at www.PC104.org.

ABOUT PARVUS
Formed in 1983, parvus Corporation is an ISO-9001 certified designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) PC/104 products for embedded control environments. Its rugged, compact circuit boards and chassis systems offer feature-rich, low-cost design solutions for military and commercial applications. For more information, visit www.parvus.com or call 801-483-1533.

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