Basil Zimmo Joins Finesse Solutions as Vice-President of Software
07/05/2008 02:23
PR Newswire
SANTA CLARA, California, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --
Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement
and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announced the
appointment of Basil Zimmo as its Vice-President of Software. Basil brings
over 19 years of international program and senior management experience, with
a focus on implementing high efficiency engineering, resource optimization,
and global performance metrics. Basil was most recently a Senior Program
Manager for handheld products at Research in Motion (RIM). Prior to joining
RIM, Basil held senior management roles at Picarro Canada, Inc. and
telecommunications companies such as Nortel Networks and JDS Uniphase, and
has held positions at semiconductor chip companies such as AMD, Mitel
Semiconductor, Phillips Semiconductor, GEC Plessey and Hughes Aircraft
Company.
At Finesse Solutions, Mr. Zimmo will lead the new, Santa Clara-based
software team in developing the TruBio bioreactor control platform. Mr. Zimmo
said, "I am delighted to join Finesse, and work closely with both sensor and
hardware teams to develop the next generation TruBio software. Finesse has a
unique opportunity to innovate and address the evolving needs of
bio-processing applications."
According to Finesse Solutions CEO Dr. Barbara Paldus, "We are delighted
to embark on developing future versions of TruBio software based on
state-of-the art programming platforms, that will future-proof our
offering and add new capabilities for end users. We look forward to offering
end users significantly improved code and novel, advanced features in the
near future."
About Finesse Solutions, LLC
California-based Finesse Solutions, LLC, leads the way in developing new
measurement and control technologies, in order to enable the transition to
single-use systems, bring new capabilities to existing bioreactor platforms,
and harmonize global bio-process information transfer. Our current product
family provides comprehensive measurement and control solutions for upstream
processes in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. For more information,
please visit us at http://www.finesse.com.
Web site: http://www.finesse.com
Kimberly Lozada of Finesse Solutions, LLC, +1-408-327-6613