Varatouch Technology, which develops pointing systems for use in hand-held devices, has named a new board of directors.

The El Dorado Hills company will be headed by Chief Executive Officer Craig Vachon, an investor with expertise in startups.

Other board members include Chairman Robert Pepper, founder of Level One Communications; Naoki Kanamaru, an executive with Flextronics, an Asian technology manufacturer; former AT&T executive Dan Lankford, now of the investment group Capital Valley Ventures; and venture capitalist James Smith.