Ed Coleman joined Gateway as CEO in September 2006 and successfully led the company through a very challenging period of intense competition, the preparations for and eventual sale of the company, and the subsequent launch of the post merger integration program with Acer.

Since then, Acer and Gateway have made tremendous progress in integrating the back-end processes, as well as developing a new multi-brand strategy. Acer would like to thank Ed Coleman for his leadership and professional contribution during this period and his continued support during the leadership transition between now and the end of Jan 2008.

With immediate effect, Rudi Schmidleithner who has been heading the Acer Pan America Organization since 2004 will also assume responsibility for Gateway. He will head both companies going forward, and be responsible for completing the post merger integration program within the Acer Group.