MontaVista Software Appoints Patrice Commune as Vice President of International Sales

MontaVista Software, Inc., a developer of the Hard HatTM Linux® operating system for embedded applications, has announced that Patrice Commune has joined the company as vice president of International Sales. Commune brings over 15 years of embedded and real-time sales and marketing experience to MontaVista, and will be responsible for Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and ROW regions. He will lead the company's entries into Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Nordic countries. Commune's addition to the team is expected to grow the company's European organization and support infrastructure to over twenty in coming months. MontaVista Software, Inc. is a developer of open-source software solutions for the worldwide embedded software market. The company's principal offering is the Linux® operating system tailored for embedded software applications.