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Trebia Taps Stroh as CEO: Page 2 of 2

Prior to joining Systemonic in April 2001, he was senior VP of the Computer and Network Peripherals Group at Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE/Frankfurt: IFX), another German chip company. He also served as VP and general manager of Siemens AG's (NYSE: SI; Frankfurt: SIE) computer peripherals division.

Trebia makes chips that accelerate storage network traffic, including iSCSI. The market for storage-acceleration silicon is extremely competitive. Players in this space include Adaptec Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT), Alacritech Inc., Astute Networks Inc., Emulex Corp. (NYSE: ELX), Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq: QLGC), and Silverback Systems Inc. (see Silverback Makes iSCSI Howl, Vendors Chip Into IP Storage, and Intel Wiggles Its TOE).

Incorporated in July 2000, Trebia has raised $40 million from investors including Raza, Allianz of America Inc., Atlas Venture, BancBoston Ventures, Deutsche Banc Alex Brown LLC, Kodiak Venture Partners, and VantagePoint Venture Partners (see Trebia's $40M Secret).

Todd Spangler, US Editor, Byte and Switch