Quadros Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of configurable and scaleable real-time operating systems (RTOS), is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Pope as Quadros general manager for both the UK and Ireland. This hiring completes the sales and support structure for Quadros Systems across all of Europe, complementing a direct sales and support office in Germany and specialized distributors in Scandinavia, France, and Italy.

No stranger to the embedded systems market, Pope comes to Quadros with extensive RTOS and protocol stack experience with OSE Systems (Enea) and Interpeak. Pope has spent thirteen years in the embedded market, recently serving in positions such as managing director of OSE Systems UK and sales manager at Interpeak in the US before returning to the UK.

“The RTXC brand holds a long-established reputation and boasts many innovative features that position Quadros Systems as a major solution provider to this market,” observed Kevin Pope. “Quadros is a step ahead of many in its detailed understanding of the silicon. I look forward to extending this RTXC RTOS forte into new silicon partnerships and solutions.”

One of Pope’s primary roles involves meeting the needs of convergent application developers building convergent processing applications. As applications have evolved, the need for systems that combine both control and DSP capabilities has mushroomed—a trend accelerated by available hardware platforms such as the Blackfin, StarCore, and iMX processor families that combine MCU and DSP functionality on one processor. The Quadros RTXC Quadros dual-mode RTOS is the only operating system that is optimized for control and datastream in a unified kernel architecture. This integrated approach streamlines the development process and improves the efficiency of the system.

Tom Barrett, CEO of Quadros Systems, Inc. welcomed this appointment: “Kevin’s experience directly complements the unique strength of the RTXC Quadros operating system to operate in a convergent environment. Having provided solutions to many of the UK’s leading DSP and microcontroller customers in the past few years, Kevin knows the developers and understands the complex needs of this new era in embedded system design.”

In total, Kevin Pope brings nineteen years of experience to the Quadros team. After studying Computer Science in university, Kevin begain his career as a software engineer in the UK Defense Communications industry. He went on to hold positions with leading companies in the embedded systems market, such as Reflex Technology, Pacific Softworks, OSE, Interpeak, Unicoi and DHS Tools.

During his time managing OSE Systems UK, Pope secured major accounts with key players in the communications industry, including Nokia, Lucent, Ericsson, NEC and several major startups. With Pope at the healm, in three years, the UK office grew from channel distribution to a direct sales team offering a full range of services such as training, technical support, on-site consultancy as well as the standard product offering.

About the RTXC Quadros Family of Real-time Operating Systems

The RTXC Quadros RTOS family features four highly scalable real-time operating systems, offering distinct performance advantages for each of the major processing models. RTXC/ss (single stack) utilizes a lightweight specialized executive to support high data rate and signal processing applications. RTXC/ms (multi-stack) is optimized for control processing using an event-driven, prioritized, preemptive scheduler. RTXC/dm (dual mode) marries RTXC/ms and RTXC/ss and is ideal for convergent processing applications which combine DSP/dataflow and RISC/control processing in a single-core architecture. Both RTXC/ms and RTXC/dm are brought together under RTXC/mp (multiprocessing) in various combinations to support multicore and multiprocessor implementations.

About Quadros, Systems, Inc.

Quadros Systems, Inc. develops and markets RTXC technology, bringing together RTOS, hardware and software professionals into one development team to provide innovative technology that maximizes real-time responsiveness and eases the development process for customers. In addition to the RTXC RTOS family, Quadros Systems offers a wide range of communications stacks and middleware including RTXC Quadnet (a suite of integrated communications protocols) and RTXCflashfile (a high performance file system for resident flash devices). RTXC products have been deployed worldwide in thousands of embedded systems, serving markets such as communications, medical, and industrial automation. For more information, contact Quadros Systems, Inc. at 832-351-2830 or visit www.quadros.com.

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