September 10, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Visual Numerics is on the Move in California
With a new headquarters and management team the industry-leading numerical analysis and visualization company seeks to accelerate its growth
SAN RAMON, Calif. - September 10, 2002 Visual Numerics Inc., a leading provider of visualization and numerical analysis software, today announced that it has moved its executive headquarters from Houston, Texas to San Ramon, California. By moving to technology-rich Northern California, Visual Numerics has been able to add a new infusion of experienced Bay Area management talent, including Phil Fraher, executive vice president of U.S. and Asia operations, Sean Fitzgerald, vice president of development and technical services, and Maura McGinnity, senior director of marketing and business development.
These aggressive changes are designed to accelerate Visual Numerics' growth, and put the market leader geographically closer to its key partners and customer base. "For over 30 years, Visual Numerics has been focused on many of the industries that are solidly entrenched in the Bay Area, such as aerospace, R&D, finance, and high tech," said Phil Fraher, executive vice president of U.S. and Asia operations. "Having our executive headquarters close to where the action is with a new, experienced team will help bring this already strong company to the next level of growth."
Visual Numerics is also supporting its growth strategy with an eye on new products as evidenced by its July 23, 2002 release of its Java Numerical library, JMSL 2.0, the only commercially available library that is based on the industry leading IMSL libraries with charting built for the Java Platform.
The company plans to build a strong base of operations in California while continuing to maintain key offices in Texas and Colorado in the United States, and Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, the U.K., France, and Germany overseas. "Mathematics is one of the truly 'universal languages' and Visual Numerics has been providing leading mathematical and statistical analysis and visualization tools worldwide for decades," said Sean Fitzgerald, vice president of development and technical services. "We are committed to supporting and building upon our best of breed solutions and providing them to our customers around the globe."
About Visual Numerics
Visual Numerics (www.vni.com) has provided technical software solutions for numerical analysis and visualization for over 30 years. The company's software products help users understand complex data from a variety of sources and build business-critical applications. Visual Numerics offers two product lines: the IMSL Numerical Libraries for powerful mathematical and statistical analysis and the PV-WAVE visual data analysis development environment. Major corporations, academic institutions, and research laboratories worldwide use Visual Numerics' software tools, including such high profile organizations as: Bear, Stearns & Company; Sandia National Laboratories; Dupont; NASA; and Coleman Research Corp. This large and diverse customer base is supported through a direct sales force, wholly owned international subsidiaries, and international distributors. For more information about Visual Numerics, please visit www.vni.com.
Editor's Notes:
PV-WAVE and IMSL are registered trademarks in the US and other countries. JMSL, JWAVE and TS-WAVE are trademarks of Visual Numerics. All other company, product or brand names are the property of their respective owners. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java and Write Once Run Anywhere are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
