One of the things you can almost always count on in the high-tech field is personal resurrection.
Specifically, I ran into Steve Lynch recently, an industry associate I hadn't seen in more than two years.When I first met Lynch several years ago, he was the president of Gazelle Systems. In its day, Gazelle was a hot, up-and-coming software company with products that let you squeeze more out of your PC's hard drive and made it extremely easy to backup your computer data.
But that was back before Microsoft included backup software in its Windows operating environment and prior to the onslaught of market consolidation led by industry foe Symantec.
Unfortunately, Gazelle was caught in the middle and Lynch with it, which led to his departure from the former Provo company.
But that was then. Today, Lynch is back in the saddle just beginning to open a Salt Lake office for LSI Logic.
LSI, based in Sililcone Valley, is a billion-dollar ASIC designer and manufacturer.
Application Specific Integrated Circuits are small computer chips that allow programmers to create processors to address one specialized task.
After several months of discussions and planning (both internally and with Lynch), LSI has given Lynch the responsibility and opportunity to create an entirely new design team here in Utah.
His objective, Lynch explained, will be to forge a quick-strike design force that will enable LSI to design made-to-order ASICs extremely quickly for its customers.
Additionally, Lynch is also investigating the possibility of creating a set of "off-the-shelf" ASICs that customers from around the world could use over and over again in different products.
Lynch figures that he needs to hire as many as a dozen programmers in the next few months, code-bangers with skills ranging from C and C++ to assembly and compiler jocks.
Anyone interested in contacting Lynch can do so over the Net at
stevelynch@aol.com or via the phone at 801-350-9494.
- In columns during the past 12 months or so, I've written about the current Convergence Decade, a time highlighted by the co-mingling of technologies from the computer, telecommunications and entertainment industries. Such convergence creates an entire new set of issues when it comes to the U.S. Constitution, as well as a recasting of traditional Bill of Rights issues.
That's why the BYU Law School Alumni Association and the J. Reuben Clark Law School has decided to focus its upcoming annual meeting on "The Bill of Rights in the Information Age."
Scheduled for Friday, Oct. 11, the daylong meeting will address a variety of legal issues created by the Convergence Decade, including such topics as "Free Speech and the Internet," "Legal Issues in Cyberspace" and "The New Telecommunications Law Landscape."
The cost to attend the conference is $95. Interested parties can RSVP or request more information by contacting Robin Shumway at 801-378-7540.
- In another vein, the Utah Information Technologies Association has scheduled an all-day workshop on strategic management.
Topics covered in the Oct. 14 workshop will include "Strategic Management Practice," Service is an Attitude" and Performance for Profit," among others.
The cost to attend the conference begins at $125 per person. Interested parties should contact UITA at 801-568-3500 or visit its home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.uita.org