BOCA RATON, FL –Valor Computerized Systems has announced the appointment of Technical Resources Corporation (TRC) as representatives in the electronics assembly market in Florida, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.

The new partnership enables the electronics manufacturing industry in the region access to the company’s vPlan and vManage software manufacturing monitoring and control.

TRC provides manufacturing, inspection, and synergistic products for the PCB industry in Florida and the Caribbean, experience serving customers such as Jabil, Lockheed, Lear, Harris, Rockwell Collins and others.

“We feel that we partnered with a supplier that has solved countless problems for its customer base, and this is the right partner at the right time,” said Frank Mascetti, TRC president.

“We are happy to welcome TRC to our growing network of strategic sales channel partners,” said Dan Weitzman, Valor president. “I am confident that Valor, TRC, and the electronics manufacturers in Florida and the Caribbean [will] benefit from this partnership.”

WILSONVILLE, OR - Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced the promotion of Simon Bloch to VP and general manager of the Design and Synthesis Division.

Bloch is responsible for Mentor Graphics’ field programmable gate array (FPGA) and Electronic System Level (ESL) design and synthesis products. He is based in the company’s San Jose offices and reports to Gregory K. Hinckley and CEO Walden C. Rhines.

“Simon’s leadership in building worldwide product teams coupled with years of experience in design technologies makes him an ideal person for the position,” said Hinckley.

Bloch joined the company in 2002, and prior to that founded Aristo Technology.  He has also held senior positions at Compass Design, VLSI Technology and Daisy Systems. Bloch earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Tel Aviv University.