Press Release

AVISTA Promotes Christenson to Business Development Manager

Experienced Software Engineer to Support AVISTA's Growing Business Opportunities in Avionics, Government and Medical Device Software Engineering Services

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – June 21, 2007 – AVISTA Incorporated®, a leader in critical systems software engineering services, has promoted John Christenson, senior software engineer, to business development manager. Increasing demand by its client for its software engineering expertise led AVISTA to expand its business development team. Christenson brings more than 20 years of experience in software engineering and customer-facing technical sales roles, giving him the right mix of skills and expertise to help AVISTA's avionics, government and medical device clients optimize their software development programs.
 
First joining AVISTA in 2001, Christenson most recently worked as a software engineer to support the DO-178B certification projects for aircraft and avionics clients. Prior to AVISTA, he spent more than ten years with Rockwell Automation, managing vendor evaluation projects, as well as in technical sales support roles. His background also includes software design and project management roles with Clear With Computers (now Firepond) and Lands' End. Christenson holds a Bachelor's Degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
 
“With AVISTA's 20 years of experience in project management, large avionics and medical device manufacturers, as well as governmental organizations, call on us to help plan their projects as well as to utilize our software and systems engineering services," says Tom Bragg, vice president, operations at AVISTA Incorporated. "John understands the challenges our clients face in software project planning, resource management, vendor evaluation and analysis, and procurement—he's been there too. With his recent technical account work at AVISTA, John is also an expert on AVISTA's industry-leading quality processes and software expertise. This combination of skills and knowledge makes him especially well suited for this consultative role."

About AVISTA
AVISTA Incorporated®, a subsidiary of Esterline Technologies Corporation, is a full-lifecycle software engineering services company, specializing in critical systems development projects for avionics and medical device applications. With nearly 2.5 million project hours completed, AVISTA fields the strongest, most stable, and most capable DO-178B experienced software development team in the industry. The company has completed more than 800 client projects in systems design, requirements capture and analysis, software design and implementation, and software verification and validation. AVISTA, headquartered in Platteville, Wisconsin, is a SEI CMMI Maturity Level 3 rated company, and an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. www.avistainc.com