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5-08-2002
NewTek, Inc., Promotes Dr. Andrew Cross to Senior
Vice President of Engineering
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NewTek, Inc., Promotes Dr.
Andrew Cross to Senior Vice President of Engineering
Promotion recognizes
Cross for outstanding leadership, innovation, and
responsiveness to user
needs
San Antonio,
Texas -- August 5, 2002 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer
of industry-leading 3D animation and video products,
today announced the promotion of Dr. Andrew Cross,
PH.D, to Senior Vice President of Engineering.
"Andrew’s
contributions to the development of Video Toaster
[2] have proven both
his leadership and his technical management ability,"
said Jim Plant, CEO
and President of NewTek. "Andrew exemplifies
NewTek’s care and concern for
our customers’ needs, which is the cornerstone
of our product development
and marketing. As Senior Vice President of Engineering,
he will be able to
apply these qualities in an oversight role for all
of NewTek’s development
efforts."
In his new
position, Cross will oversee the day-to-day activities
of the development
of the entire line of NewTek products including Video
Toaster, LightWave
3D and Aura Video Paint. In his new role, Cross will
be the driving force
behind the ongoing development and expansion of NewTek's
video and graphics
software line.
"Andrew
helped Video Toaster [2] set a new standard for a
powerful, comprehensive,
integrated and easy-to-use video and graphics production
environment,"
said Tim Jenison, NewTek Founder and CTO. "Andrew’s
extraordinary background
and capability in video and in 2D and 3D graphics
software programming
have always had implications for each of our products,
and now we’ll
be taking better advantage of his proven skills across
our entire product
line."
"NewTek’s
products represent a broad range of innovative technology,
produced by talented
and creative development teams," noted Cross.
"Working with these teams and carrying out development
while fully engaged
with our incredible user community is both a privilege
and a challenge, and
something truly unique in this industry."
Cross joined
NewTek in 1998 as a senior software engineer. Since
that time Cross was
promoted first to lead engineer on the Video Toaster
[2] project, and then
to Vice President of Video Software development. Prior
to joining NewTek,
Cross was a freelance programmer of graphics software
including GenesisVfX,
a special effects program for use with NewTek's LightWave
3D animation system.
Cross has a Bachelor of Science degree from The Victoria
University of Manchester
and Doctorate of Philosophy from The University of
York.
About NewTek
With
headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading
provider of full-featured
video editing, animation and special effects tools
including Video Toaster®,
LightWave 3D® and Aura Video Paint™. NewTek
launched the desktop
video revolution in 1990 with the release of the legendary
Video Toaster. The
company’s products are used worldwide on projects
ranging from home
video to feature film. Recent film and television
projects using NewTek
software include We Were Soldiers, Panic Room, Hart’s
War, Driven, A.I.,
Oscar®-nominated Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Final
Fantasy, Blackhawk Down,
The Time Machine, Black Knight, How The Grinch Stole
Christmas, The 6th
Day, Jurassic Park III, Behind Enemy Lines, X-Men
The Movie, Star Trek: The
Motion Picture, Director’s Edition DVD, Pitch
Black, Dracula 2000, Star Trek:
Enterprise, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers, Star Trek:
Voyager, Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, The Family Guy, Ally
McBeal, Dune: The Miniseries,
Dawson’s Creek and Family Law. Recent game titles
include Deus Ex, Serious
Sam I and II, Twisted Metal: Black, Civilization III,
Unreal, Quake 3 Arena,
Moto Racer World Tour, Giants for PS2, Baldur’s
Gate II, EverQuest,
Planescape: Torment, Dead To Rights, and Escape From
Monkey Island.
Contact NewTek
Europe at 17 avenue Leonard de Vinci, Europarc, 33600
Pessac, France.
Phone: +33 (0) 557 262 262, fax: +33 (0) 557 262 261,
website: http://www.newtek-europe.com
