Esterel Technologies names Jim McElroy as new VP of Corporate Marketing and Business Development

New VP of Corporate Marketing and Business Development Strengthens Esterel's Global Position in Mission and Safety-Critical Software Development

Boston MA — 23 April 2008

Esterel Technologies, the embedded software industry leader in Mission and Safety-Critical application development today announced that Jim McElroy, formerly the Senior Director of Channels and Business Development for the Modeling Solutions Product Division of Telelogic, has been named Vice-President of Corporate Marketing and Business Development. McElroy, an industry veteran, joined Esterel after long-term employment with I-Logix Inc., and then Telelogic North America as a result of Telelogic's acquisition of I-Logix. For over 18 years McElroy has been engaged in the development of real-time embedded system and software applications with particular emphasis on the advancement of model-driven development for real-time embedded applications. In addition to his most recent Business Development position, McElroy also held the position of Director of Product Marketing for the highly successful Rhapsody® product line from Telelogic. McElroy will now strive to extend the acceptance of model-driven development for mission and safety-critical applications by concentrating on the Esterel SCADE Suite™ and SCADE Display™ product lines, the Esterel customer base, and the Esterel Partner Ecosystem.

Jim's experience in the industry combined with his knowledge of the embedded software market will greatly enhance our ability to deliver the products and services our customer's need in their mission and safety-critical application development under standards such as DO-178B, EN 50128, and IEC 60880, said Eric Bantegnie, CEO of Esterel Technologies.

Model-driven development has now moved to mainstream because of the benefits developers have realized such as faster time-to-market, better documentation, higher quality products, and overall increased developer productivity, McElroy describes. Now those same benefits can and will be applied to mission and safety-critical application development as more companies understand the value model-driven development can bring to those applications that either require certification or have low or no tolerance for defects. We firmly believe Esterel's momentum and strong reference base will help springboard the company and our products to new levels of success and acceptance, globally.

Visit: www.esterel-technologies.com to download more information on mission and safety-critical standards, SCADE success stories, latest Esterel news, as well as Esterel products and services.

About Esterel SCADE

The Esterel SCADE® family of products offers an integrated design and development environment for mission and safety-critical embedded software applications. The core products in the family, SCADE Suite™ and SCADE Display™ offer graphical design entry, verification through simulation and formal methods, and certified code generation. These products also include integrated requirements management, configuration management, and automatic documentation generation, shortening the time-to-certification.

SCADE Suite™ is the market leading, model-based development environment dedicated to mission and safety-critical embedded software :

DO-178B qualified up to level A for Military and Aerospace Industries
IEC 61508 certified at SIL 3 by TÜV for Heavy Equipment, and Energy
EN 50128 certified at SIL 3/4 by TÜV for Rail Transportation
IEC 60880 compliant for Nuclear Energy

SCADE Display™ is the leading edge embedded graphics design and development environment dedicated to mission and safety-critical display systems in aerospace and defense, industrial, energy, medical, and transportation applications. SCADE Display™ has been qualified under DO-178B qualified up to level A for Military and Aerospace Industries.

About Esterel Technologies

Esterel Technologies is the worldwide leader of model-based design, verification and code generation tools for mission and safety-critical embedded systems.

Esterel Technologies is a privately held company with European headquarters in Elancourt, France, U.S. headquarters in Boston Massachusetts, with direct sales offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, and China. Esterel is supported by channel and service partners worldwide.

For additional information, visit the Esterel Technologies websites at www.esterel-technologies.com.

Press Contact:

Gundel Hahn

Phone : +49 (0) 89 123 922 04

Email : Gundel.Hahn@esterel-technologies.com

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