Rudi Schmidleithner named President of Acer Pan American Operations

SAN JOSE, Calif., (November 24, 2003) /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Acer America Corporation, one of the leading worldwide suppliers of PC solutions, today announced the appointment of Rudi Schmidleithner as president of Acer Pan America operations. Mr. Schmidleithner, who will be responsible for operations with both Acer America and Acer Latin America, was previously the Business Unit manager of Region 2 for Acer notebook products in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
Acer Europe?s Region 2 includes Germany, Benelux, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. Acer EMEA has been extremely successful over the past several years and will finish 2003 with over $2 billion in sales and a #2 position in notebook market share. Mr. Schmidleithner will report directly to Gianfranco Lanci, president of Acer International Operations Business Group.

Mr. Schmidleithner takes over for Patrick Lin who, after three years and a dramatic turnaround in the company, including returning Acer America to profitability, has decided to assume a senior management position with the Acer IT Products Business Group. Mr. Lin will now report directly into Acer headquarters in Taiwan.

Although I?m disappointed that Patrick has moved on to a new challenge, I?m excited that someone with the experience and successful background of Rudi has decided to take over Acer America,? said Lanci. ?Rudi has been instrumental in the phenomenal growth of Acer in EMEA and will be responsible for the continuing the growth path of Acer?s business in the Americas. He will be focused on duplicating his successful record of fast track growth while maintaining profitability in this challenging marketplace.

About Acer America Corporation
Established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Acer, Inc., Acer America Corporation designs and markets client and server solutions for professionals who require reliability, enhanced productivity and greater value of ownership. As one of the largest global suppliers of PC?s, more than 50 million Acer systems have been purchased throughout the world, solutions for living, learning and working. Acer America's award-winning products include tablet PCs, desktop PCs, notebook computers, servers, displays and peripheral solutions for business, government, education and home users. The Acer Group employs 39,000 people supporting dealers and distributors in over 100 countries.
For more information about Acer America, please visit http://www.acer.com/us.