Brea, CA - Nov 21, 2008 - Altinex has appointed Tamer Elsawah to the position of chief technology officer. In this executive-level position, Elsawah will oversee technical developments relating to the improvements, design, testing and manufacturing of Altinex products and services. These responsibilities include overseeing the company's engineering and R&D divisions, along with all aspects of technical support to customers, sales, marketing, and production.

Prior to joining Altinex, ElSawah was the senior electrical engineer for Cardinal Health where he managed multiple teams of electrical, mechanical, firmware and system designers. Elsawah also worked at On Command Corporation as director of hardware engineering and, prior to this, held design engineer positions with Cadence Design Systems and Safetran Systems.