September 27, 2006 09:00 The TPL Group Names Nicholas A. Antonopoulos Senior Vice President of Business Development CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The TPL Group today announced that Nicholas A. Antonopoulos has been named senior vice president of business development. Reporting to chairman Dan Leckrone, he will be responsible for identifying, evaluating and negotiating the purchase of Intellectual Property and related technology assets that can be commercialized by TPL and its enterprise companies. With more than 20 years’ experience working with high-technology companies, Antonopoulos was the vice president of sales and marketing for OnSpec Electronics when The TPL Group acquired and merged OnSpec into its IntellaSys enterprise. “During our negotiations to acquire OnSpec, Nick demonstrated solid business development skills that we now look forward to leveraging in our future growth trajectory,” said Leckrone. During his five-year tenure at OnSpec, Antonopoulos played a key role in transforming the Santa Clara, California company into a key supplier of advanced system-on-chip solutions for memory control and management. Under his watch, OnSpec expanded its OEM customer base into new markets including HDTV, DVD, Printers, and cell phones. Antonopoulos’ high tech career experience includes executive management positions with Mediamatics (National Semiconductor), Headland Technology (LSI Logic), Zilog and Faraday Electronics (Western Digital). He holds a BS in Marketing from San Jose State University. About The TPL Group Founded in 1988, the Silicon Valley based TPL Group has emerged as a coalition of high technology enterprises involved in intellectual property development and management as well as the fabless development of system-on-chip solutions for distributed digital media processing applications. For more information, visit www.tplgroup.net.