Pacific Telesis Executive Named to Xircom Board

Michael Ashby, vice president and chief financial officer of Pacific Telesis Enterprises, has been named to the board of directors for Xircom in Thousand Oaks.

“Michael’s leadership role at Pacific Telesis, combined with his years of experience in finance and operations at other technology companies, will be very valuable to Xircom,” said Dirk Gates, Xircom chairman, president and chief executive officer.

In his position at the San Francisco-based Pacific Telesis, Ashby is responsible for monitoring the performance of the seven companies that make up the enterprise group, planning and analysis for all business units and arranging funding of major projects.

Xircom also announced the resignation of board member Bruce Edwards, who recently founded Power Wave Technologies in Irvine. He had served on the board since 1988.

Xircom manufactures PC Card communications products for connecting mobile and remote portable-computer users to corporate networks, the Internet and other on-line services from a wide variety of locations.