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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based President operating in the Electronics space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sang Ahn
Vice President and General Manager, Samsung Pay of Samsung Electronics
Sang Ahn is the VP & General Manager of Samsung Pay, Inc., responsible for driving the business and operations of Samsung’s mobile wallet in the U.S. Sang Ahn has been involved in Samsung Pay from day one by leading the investment and then strategic acquisition of a proprietary technology that became the basis for Samsung Pay’s Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST). Today he leads teams in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York City working closely with Samsung divisions in the U.S. and Korea. Sang Ahn also leads the commercialization of select Samsung services in the identity management, artificial intelligence, mobile commerce, and mobile browser spaces for the U.S. market. He reports to the Global SVP of Services at Samsung Electronics. Previously Sang Ahn was the Managing Director and Head of East Coast Investments for Samsung’s Global Innovation Center (GIC). GIC builds, buys, invests, and partners with innovative startups that can make a strategic impact for Samsung. At Samsung he invested in LoopPay (payments, acquired by Samsung), Automated Insights (language processing, acquired by Vista Equity) and Wevr (software and content for virtual reality). Prior to Samsung, Sang Ahn was a Principal at Dawntreader Ventures (a $300mm venture fund based in New York) where he served as a lead investor and Board Director of companies that have been acquired by leading technology companies such as Google, EMC, VeriSign, and IAC. As an entrepreneur, Sang Ahn was the founder and President of Glenkirk Advisors (technology advisory) and Founder & CEO of AhnWalker Therapeutics (novel drug development). Sang Ahn is a current Board Director of MarketFactory, an emerging financial technology company. Sang Ahn is a husband and father of two daughters and resides in Palo Alto, CA.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Alan Robles
Vice President Retail Design & Development of Samsung Electronics
Over 24 years exploring the relationship between users and their surroundings, Alan’s been creating experience environments for clients and projects of every scale around the world. In his role at Gensler he explores the opportunities found at the fringes of the design practice, searching for the edges of the play space of each design opportunity. As Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and digital media have become a more significant part of the engagement and development of “place”, he’s focused his work on exploring the interplay between content and context. Developing the tools for creating stories in places with special attention to the value those stories help communicate within the experience environment.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Stefan Heuser
Vice President, Operations and Innovation – Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) of Samsung Electronics
CEO at Siemens Technology-to-Business
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jack Ahn
Vice President of Samsung Electronics
Samsung DeX is another notable accomplishment of the dedicated technical minds at Samsung. They’ve tirelessly pursued creating new possibilities for technologies to help users break preconceived notions of what they can and cannot do or how they are “supposed” to use their devices. Jack truly appreciates being part of Samsung DeX. Prior to joining Samsung, Jack focused on delivering mobile and mobility solutions to enterprise customers. At Samsung, Jack is responsible for Knox and Knox related services along with Samsung DeX, Email, Samsung Focus, and Smart Key services. Jack enjoys problem solving with engineers from all walks of life.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Shiro Kambe
Executive Vice President of Sony
Sachi Kambe is the Senior VP at Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Manu Gulati
Senior Vice-President of Silicon Engineering of Nuvia
Manu Gulati is the SVP of Silicon Engineering at NUVIA. Prior to co-founding NUVIA, Manu was the lead SoC Architect for consumer hardware at Google, playing a key role in defining the company’s silicon and product roadmaps. Before joining Google, Manu spent eight years at Apple as the lead SoC architect responsible for numerous Apple leading-edge mobile SoCs across a range of devices. Before joining Apple, nearly a decade at Broadcom holding a range of senior SoC engineering roles. Manu started his career at AMD and 8×8 and has over 58 issued patents to date. Manu holds a BSEE from I.I.T. Dehli and an MCSE from UC Irvine.
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About Nuvia: Nuvia develops processors intended to create high-performance silicon design for a compute-intensive world.
John Bruno
Senior Vice-President of System Engineering of Nuvia
John Bruno is the SVP of System Engineering at NUVIA and has over 23 years of industry experience. Prior to co-founding NUVIA, he was a System Architect at Google, driving such areas as SoC definition and competitive performance and power analysis. Before joining Google, John spent five years at Apple in a similar role in the company’s platform architecture group where he founded Apple’s silicon competitive analysis team. John started his career in 1996 as an ASIC designer at ATI Technologies Inc. where he climbed the ranks to become the ASIC team leader responsible for multiple mobile GPUs and integrated chipsets. After AMD’s acquisition of ATI, John became the Chief Engineer for the Trinity Fusion APU. John has a BaSC in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
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About Nuvia: Nuvia develops processors intended to create high-performance silicon design for a compute-intensive world.
Steve Rizzone
Chairman, President & CEO of Energous Corporation
Stephen R. Rizzone serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Energous Corporation.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Neeraj Sahejpal
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategy of Energous Corporation
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Tab Ratan
Vice President, Business Development & Head of Marketplace of Hollar
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About Hollar: Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials.
John Taylor
Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications of LG Electronics
John I. Taylor is Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications for LG Electronics USA, Inc. Active in ATSC activities for decades, Taylor currently serves as ATSC Communications Chairman in addition to his role as a member of the ATSC Board of Directors. He represents LG Electronics on the Video Division Board of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). He is Chairman of the CEA Communications Committee and co-Chair of the CEA 4K Ultra HD Working Group, and he serves on the CEA Foundation Board of Trustees. Taylor also is a member of the boards of directors of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, The Media Institute and the Library of American Broadcasting. His industry experience included serving as Chairman of the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance public affairs group, past Chairman of the CEA Video Division and former Chairman of the CEA HDTV Promotion Committee.He co-founded the Digital TV Transition Coalition and Plasma Display Coalition and previously served on the boards of the ATSC Forum and the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Active in digital television since 1988, Taylor is a charter member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers, and recipient of its highest honor, the Industry Leadership Award. Among other industry honors, Taylor received the 2014 AHAM Distinguished Service Award and was inducted into the Dealerscope Hall of Fame in 2015, largely for his work related to digital television.Since 2000, he has served as LG’s senior U.S. industry relations and government affairs executive. Taylor represents the company before the U.S. government and in industry organizations. He also is chief media spokesman and public relations strategist for LG Electronics in the United States. Taylor joined Zenith in 1981 and was named the company’s senior public affairs executive in 1987 and a corporate officer in 1993. (Zenith merged with LG Electronics in 1999.)A former newspaper reporter, he earned an M.S. degree from the Medill Graduate School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., and a B.A. from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Samuel Chang
SVP LG electronics US / Corporate Vice President LG HQ of LG Electronics
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Henry Chung
Vice President and Corporate Venture Capital of LG Electronics
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
George Hotz
President of comma.ai
George Hotz is the President at comma.ai.
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Paramesh Gopi
President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Micro Circuits
Dr. Paramesh Gopi joined us as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2008 and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2009. On April 29, 2009, Dr. Gopi became a member of our Board of Directors. From September 2002 to June 2008, he was with Marvell Semiconductor, a provider of mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits to broadband digital data networking markets, where he most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded and Emerging Business Unit. At Marvell, Dr. Gopi held several executive-level positions including Chief Technology Officer of Embedded and Emerging Business Unit and Director of Technology Strategy. From June 2001 to August 2002, Dr. Gopi was Executive Director of Strategic Marketing and Applications at Conexant Systems, Inc., a mixed-signal processing company. He joined Conexant Systems, Inc. as part of its acquisition of Entridia Corporation in 2001. Dr. Gopi founded Entridia, a provider of Network Processing ASICs for Optical Networks, in 1999. Prior to Entridia, Dr. Gopi held principal engineering positions at Western Digital and Texas Instruments where he was responsible for the development of key mixed signal networking products. Dr. Gopi holds a PhD in Electrical and Computing Engineering and a Masters and Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Applied Micro Circuits, Starthub Nation: Applied Micro provides computing and connectivity solutions for cloud infrastructure and data centers.
William Caraccio
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Chief Legal Officer of Applied Micro Circuits
L. William Caraccio joined us in June 2010 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. In December 2002, he was a co-founder of RMI Corporation (formerly Raza Microelectronics, Inc.), a privately held fabless semiconductor company where he was most recently Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and, following RMI Corporation’s acquisition by Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. in October 2009, he served a transition role at Netlogic as Senior Counsel until January 2010. From March 2000 to January 2003, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Foundry Holdings, Inc., a privately held investment firm and incubator of high technology companies. From June 1992 to March 2000, he was at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP), an international law firm where he was most recently a Partner and co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Securities and Technologies Group. Mr. Caraccio earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Applied Micro Circuits: Applied Micro provides computing and connectivity solutions for cloud infrastructure and data centers.
Suzette Junier
Vice President of CBG Holdings
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About CBG Holdings, Cloud Lending, Q2ebanking: CBG Holdings develops electronic banking software for financial institutions.
Andrew Cowell
Senior Vice President of Power Management of Intersil
Andrew Cowell is Senior Vice President of Intersil’s Mobile Power Products. Mr. Cowell joined Intersil from Micrel Semiconductor in 2011, where he served for four years as Vice President of Analog Marketing. Prior to this, Mr. Cowell served as the head of Micrel’s Strategic Applications division with responsibility for new product definition for power products. He also served in the role of Marketing and Applications Manager for the power product line. Prior to joining Micrel, Mr. Cowell worked for Siliconix Semiconductor where he held a variety of technical positions throughout the world. Mr. Cowell began his career as a design engineer at Advanced Power Supplies. Mr. Cowell holds a First Class Honors degree in Electronics from Middlesex University in the UK.
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About Intersil, Renesas Electronics Corporation: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Vern Kelley
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Intersil
Vern Kelley is Intersil’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Kelley joined Intersil in February 2003 from National Semiconductor where he was Vice President of Human Resources for the product divisions. In his 19-year tenure at National, Mr. Kelley held a variety of leadership positions within human resources and oversaw HR activities associated with National’s acquisition, divestiture, and joint venture activities. His HR management experience includes development and implementation of performance management, success sharing, productivity improvement, and training and development programs. Before joining National in 1983, Mr. Kelley was a division employee relations manager for Allstate Insurance Company. Mr. Kelley earned a Master of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific. He is a recipient of the 2007 HR Symposium “HR Excellence” Award. He also served on the Board of Directors of the United Way Silicon Valley from 2005 to 2008.
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About Intersil: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
David Wahl
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Jabil Digital Office of Jabil
David Wahl is a VP Operations & General Manager at Jabil.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Daniel Gamota
Vice President, Engineering & Technology Services of Jabil
Daniel Gamota is a Sr. Director Process Innovation, Engineering & Technology Services at Jabil.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Rick Loughery
Vice President Global Product Communications of GoPro
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About GoPro, GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Michael Shabun
Vice President, Business Development & Marketing of Insta360
Michael Shabun is Marketing Director of Insta360 and leads North American marketing strategy, partnership and communication efforts. Michael joined the team from DJI where he was instrumental in moving the company into the public spotlight through a series of strategic alliances within emerging consumer and industrial verticals. Prior to his work at DJI, Michael held business development positions at various global marketing agencies where he helped large scale technology manufacturers expand their North American partner portfolios. Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Rhetoric and Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Insta360: Insta360 is a professional intelligent technology company that offers cameras that empowers people to freely share experiences.
Mike Zilis
Executive Vice President and Group President of Asia Pacific of Ingram Micro
Michael Zilis serves as Ingram Micro Inc. executive vice president and group president of Asia Pacific. In this role he’s responsible for driving the strategy and execution of Ingram Micro’s operations in the Asia Pacific market. He was named to this position in August 2016 and is based in Irvine, Calif. Prior to this role, Zilis served from July 2015 through July 2016 as executive vice president and group president with oversight for the company’s operations in Latin American, Eastern European, ASEAN and Hong Kong markets. Zilis served as executive vice president and president of Ingram Micro’s Latin America Technology Solutions business from January 2014 through June 2015, where he presided over all aspects of the company’s core distribution business for the region. Before this, Zilis was executive vice president of Asia Pacific, where he was accountable for the region’s operations while also heading special projects, including the company’s recovery program in Australia and assisting with the integration of the company’s Middle East acquisition of Aptec. Zilis joined Ingram Micro in 2006 as senior vice president and corporate controller. In this capacity, he led the company’s financial planning and analysis, external and internal financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance efforts, long-term strategic planning, financial due diligence and merger and acquisition work. Prior to joining Ingram Micro, Zilis was vice president and corporate controller for Avnet, Inc., where he was instrumental in leading the company’s cost-saving initiatives and efforts to streamline and add efficiency to ongoing processes. Zilis began his career with 10 years in the commercial audit practice of Arthur Andersen LLP. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College.
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Augusto Aragone
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Ingram Micro
Augusto Aragone serves as executive vice president, secretary and general counsel for Ingram Micro Inc., a leader in delivering the full spectrum of global technology and supply-chain solutions to businesses around the world. Aragone is a multicultural business attorney with more than 15 years of experience in international corporate law practice as in-house counsel with multinational companies. He joined Ingram Micro in 2008 as regional counsel for Latin America and has successfully worked through a variety of increasingly complex legal leadership roles with the company, especially in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and finance transactions. He rose to the level of vice president and associate general counsel prior to earning the promotion to his current position in December 2016. Before joining Ingram Micro, Aragone worked as legal director for Latin America in the law department of DHL in Plantation, Fla. A native of Uruguay, Aragone worked in several business roles in the international logistics industry in Latin America prior to embarking on his legal career. Aragone holds a juris doctor degree from Uruguay State University, a master’s degree from Bologna University in Italy and a master of laws degree from the University of Miami. He is admitted to the New York bar and is Registered In-House Counsel in California.
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Mark Snider
EVP & President, Europe, Middle East, & Africa of Ingram Micro
Mark Snider serves as executive vice president and group president EMEA, with responsibility for overall operational performance in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to this role, Snider was the vice president and general manager of Ingram Micro Canada, where he oversaw the company’s Canadian operations. While leading the Canadian operations, Snider increased customer and vendor efficiencies through the implementation of best practices across Canada and the U.S. Snider was also instrumental in establishing Ingram Micro’s as the largest value-add IT distributor and leading business enabler in Canada. Snider joined the organization in 1995 as director of Inside Sales. Over the years he has held senior leadership roles as senior director, Major Accounts Division; vice president of Sales for Canada; and general manager of Partner Development. Snider has more than 20 years of IT sales management, distribution and marketing experience. He began his career with Xerox Canada before going on to serve as vice president at Corporate Express and Micro Warehouse Canada before joining Dell Canada to manage their Canadian Emerging Businesses Division. Snider holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto. He is a native of Toronto where he resides with his wife and two daughters.
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Jana Vondran
Senior Vice President Global Business Services of Ingram Micro
Jana Vondran serves as senior vice president of Global Business Services for Ingram Micro Inc., and is responsible for leading and overseeing the company’s worldwide shared services organization, including operations in Manila, Philippines and Sofia, Bulgaria. She also provides functional expertise for the company’s shared services centers in San José, Costa Rica and Egypt. In this role, Vondran is focused on developing and deploying strategies, best practices and lean programs to drive continual improvement, and optimization and standardization across Ingram Micro’s geographic and shared services operations. She works in close partnership with all lines of business, countries and group functions, with a focus on building on the company’s existing capabilities and streamlining the geographic and shared services commercial operations. Vondran’s efforts are instrumental in ensuring process improvements align with the company’s overall strategic objectives, while also delivering a compelling value proposition both internally and for external partners. Vondran joined Ingram Micro in November 2017, following 17 years at Siemens Corp., the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe and one of the biggest globally. Most recently, Vondran served as vice president, Supply Chain Management and Business Shared Services, where she oversaw multiple shared services locations across the Americas and was instrumental in driving process simplification and automation throughout all Siemens businesses. Her efforts led to a 45 percent operating cost reduction and a 20 percent spike in operational quality and client satisfaction across the company’s shared services function. Over the course of her tenure at Siemens, Vondran worked in both Germany and the U.S., holding several senior leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including senior director, Global Procurement Services, and director, Supply Chain Management Consulting. Vondran holds a dual degree in Business and Finance from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Berlin School of Economics, Germany, as well as a Master’s degree in Business Administration from New York Institute of Technology.
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Scott Sherman
Executive Vice President and Human Resources of Ingram Micro
Scott Sherman is executive vice president of Human Resources for Ingram Micro Inc., with responsibilities including the identification, development and implementation of the company’s human resources strategies in support of the organization’s global objectives. Sherman oversees all aspects of human resources worldwide, including organization development and talent management, compensation and benefits, payroll, learning and development and the Human Resources Information Systems. He also oversees Corporate Communications and Brand for the company and has oversight for Business Intelligence. He joined Ingram Micro in May 2015. Sherman is a global human resources and business leader with deep compensation, benefits and HR Operations leadership experience. He has a successful track record of leading complex business initiatives, driving functional and operational excellence and building strong collaborative relationships. Prior to joining Ingram Micro, Sherman served as executive vice president of Human Resources and a member of the Executive Committee at Allergan from September 2010 to March 2015. While in that role, he oversaw the global rewards programs, succession and talent development and planning, and significantly supported the organization’s global expansion. Before Allergan, Sherman worked at Medtronic, Inc., which he joined as Human Resources Manager, U.S. Cardiovascular Sales and Marketing in 1995. During his 15-year tenure, he held positions of increasing scope and responsibility, the last as vice president of Global Total Rewards and HR Operations, Corporate Staff. Earlier in his career, Sherman worked for Exxon Company U.S.A., Fuel Products Marketing, in various HR roles, and as a territory manager. He holds a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs with concentrations in International Economics and Labor Studies from the George Washington University School of Public and International Affairs. Sherman was recognized with the 2014 National Human Resources Association Executive of the Year award in Orange County, Calif.
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Shailaja Shankar
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Core, EPP, EDR & Data Center Security of McAfee
Shailaja K. Shankar is the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Core, EPP, EDR & Data Center Security at McAfee.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Vincent Weafer
Vice President of Engineering, McAfee Labs of McAfee
Vincent Weafer is the Senior Vice President & Cyber Engineering at Capital One.
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About Capital One, McAfee, TriagingX: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Robert McCulley
Vice President of Sales of EcoSense Lighting
Robert McCulley is the Vice President of Sales at Ecosense Lighting.
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About EcoSense Lighting: EcoSense Lighting designs and develops lighting solutions for commercial and residential applications.
Patrick O’Malley
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Seagate Technology
Patrick O’Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company’s activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004. O’Malley joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance – Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O’Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).
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About Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
B.S. Teh
Senior Vice President of Sales & Sales Operations of Seagate Technology
B.S. Teh is senior vice president of global sales and sales operations. He is responsible for Seagate’s worldwide sales and field marketing, with a focus on driving scale and breadth in customer and market coverage. Teh joined Seagate in 1989 as a field customer engineer. He has served in a variety of leadership roles with the company across multiple functions in California, Singapore and Shanghai, including sales, marketing, business operations and field technical support. Most recently, he was senior vice president of Asia-Pacific sales and marketing, based in Singapore. Teh holds an MBA from the University of South Australia and an EE degree from the National University of Singapore.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Joy Nyberg
Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Internal Communications of Seagate Technology
Joy Nyberg is responsible for leading Seagate’s global human resources efforts, including: compensation and benefits, leadership and learning, staffing and on-boarding, HR central transaction centers, HR compliance, internal communications and community engagement. Prior to joining Seagate in 2007, Nyberg was vice president of Compensation and Benefits at Maxtor Corporation. She has also held senior HR positions at KLA-Tencor and ESL/TRW. Nyberg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Ali Salehpour
Senior Vice President, General Manager New Markets and Service Group of Applied Materials
Ali Salehpour is senior vice president and general manager of the New Markets and Service Group at Applied Materials where he is extending the company’s materials engineering leadership into significant growth opportunities. He leads the services business supporting customers in all market segments, and is also responsible for the Display and Flexible Technology group. Under his direction, Applied is driving the flat panel display industry roadmap to enable enhanced touch panels, flexible substrates and OLED displays. Mr. Salehpour joined Applied in 2012 with more than 28 years of industry experience and a successful track record of developing products, delivering customer satisfaction, growing market share and new businesses, building high-performance teams, and developing a competitive supply chain. Prior to Applied, he was a senior vice president and general manager at KLA-Tencor, and spent ten years with Schlumberger Test Systems (formerly Fairchild Test Systems). Mr. Salehpour received his bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from California State University at Long Beach.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Omkaram Nalamasu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Applied Materials
Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu is senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) of Applied Materials, Inc. He brings extensive experience and passion to the role of CTO, where he leads the development of disruptive products to address new markets and businesses and secures government funds for strategic projects. Omkaram Nalamasu has built a world-class leadership team that maintains Applied’s technology leadership in the industries it serves and enables its entry into new markets and businesses while achieving profitable growth. As president of Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital fund of Applied Materials, he also oversees the financial and strategic investments in early and growth-stage privately held companies. A world-renowned expert in materials science and technology and one of our industry’s respected forward-thinkers, Omkaram Nalamasu has championed a renewed focus on the company’s innovation culture through various internal development programs and open innovation methods. He has strengthened Applied’s strategic relationships with universities and research institutes around the world. Omkaram Nalamasu joined Applied in 2006 after serving as vice president of research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He has held key research and development leadership positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, and Agere Systems, Inc., and was director of Bell Laboratories’ Nanofabrication Research Laboratory, MEMS and Waveguides Research, and Condensed Matter Physics organizations. His research interests include nanomanufacturing, nanopatterning, electronic and photonic materials, and lithography, with special emphasis on applying patterning and materials expertise for device fabrication for electronics, photonics and energy applications. Omkaram Nalamasu has made seminal contributions to the fields of optical lithography and polymeric materials science and technology. He has received numerous awards, authored more than 180 papers, review articles and books, and holds more than 150 world-wide issued or pending patent applications. Omkaram Nalamasu is a member of the board of directors of Semiconductor Research Corporation and The Tech Museum, and serves on the National Academies Panel on Materials Science and Engineering. He also sits on several technical advisory boards and university advisory committees. Omkaram Nalamasu received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Prabu G. Raja
Vice President of Applied Materials
Vice President at Applied Materials.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Gino Addiego
Senior Vice President, Engineering Operations and Quality of Applied Materials
Gino Addiego is senior vice president of Engineering at Applied Materials, Inc. He works closely with all of the company’s business units to drive effective and efficient innovation, product creation, and engineering development critical to creating a pipeline of winning products for sustained and long-term profitable growth. Gino Addiego brings a unique perspective to Applied having successfully developed winning products and leading cross-functional groups that remain focused on the customer. Previously he was president and chief operating officer at Ultra Clean Technology (UCTT:NASDAQ), a supplier of critical subsystems for the semiconductor capital equipment, medical device, energy, research, and flat panel industries with several factories in China, Singapore and the U.S. Before joining Ultra Clean Technology, he was executive vice president at Novellus Systems for six years responsible for HR, Information Technology, Operations, Facilities, and Central Engineering, as well as executing on the company’s growth strategy and managing several European companies in the surface science area. Gino Addiego spent more than nine years at Applied Materials, from 1996 to 2005, leading various successful product groups such as CMP and PDC, as well as key global organizations including Global Operations, Manufacturing, Foundation Engineering, and Information Technology. Gino Addiego received his bachelor of science and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He holds several patents and was nominated for the National Inventor of the Year Award in 1993.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Thomas F .Larkins
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Applied Materials
Thomas Larkins was named senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Applied Materials, Inc. in November 2012. He is responsible for all legal affairs, worldwide intellectual property and global security, and brings to Applied a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, global commercial transactions and operations, corporate finance, securities, and corporate governance. Prior to joining Applied, Thomas Larkins served as vice president, corporate secretary and deputy general counsel of Honeywell International Inc., a diversified global technology and manufacturing leader, from September 2002 to November 2012. His areas of responsibility included corporate governance, public reporting, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, real estate and procurement. He joined Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal) in 1997 and served in various positions, including vice president and general counsel of its Automation and Control Solutions business segment. Prior to joining Honeywell, Thomas Larkins served as senior vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of L.A. Gear from 1994 to 1997. Before that, he was in private practice (mergers and acquisitions, securities and general corporate) in Los Angeles for seven years, most recently at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Thomas Larkins received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his J.D. from the University of Southern California.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Paul Humphries
President of High Reliability Solutions of Flex
Paul Humphries is the president of High Reliability Solutions, a business group at Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) that serves the energy, medical, automotive and aerospace and defense markets. Flextronics is a $24B, industry-leading, Fortune Global 500 end-to-end supply chain solutions company with a global workforce of 200,000 and operations in over 30 countries. Most recently, Mr. Humphries served as executive vice president of Human Resources (HR). In that capacity, he led Flextronics’ global human resources organization, programs and related functions including global loss prevention, environmental compliance and management systems. Mr. Humphries joined Flextronics with the acquisition of Chatham Technologies Incorporated in April 2000. While at Chatham Technologies, he served as senior vice president of Global Operations for the mechanicals business. Prior to being appointed to that role, Mr. Humphries held several senior management positions at Allied Signal, Honeywell and Borg Warner Corporation. Mr. Humphries holds a bachelor’s degree (Hons) in applied social studies from Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) and post-graduate certification in human resource management from West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education. In addition Mr. Humphries serves as Chairman of the Board for the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, a not for profit organization focused on delivering innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiatives and programs for Silicon Valley students to prepare them for college and careers.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Malachy Moynihan
Senior Vice President, Global Design & Engineering of Flex
Malachy Moynihan is the Senior Vice President for Global Design and Engineering at Flex, the global leader in Sketch-to-Scale development to distribution company managing several thousand engineers developing products for medical, automotive, consumer and industrial customers worldwide. He has worked on products as diverse as the worlds first connected cold-press juicer (Juicero, where he was the Chief Product Officer managing all engineering, manufacturing, product management and design), the most successful voice assistant, Echo and the leading streaming platform, FireTV (Amazon – Vice President for Lab126) and drove the amazing growth of the connected home with the Linksys WiFi products (Cisco). He began his career in high-tech at Apple, where he worked for many years on their consumer product lines. He has been a significant contributor to the popularization of consumer technologies through his frequent interviews, presentations and tradeshows. He is currently an advisor to several start-up companies focused on wireless technology, medical devices and engineering services. Malachy holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Ireland and has studied business and finance at the National University of Ireland and INSEAD, France. He lives in San Jose with his wife and son.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Doug Britt
President, Industrial and Emerging Industries and Integrated Solutions of Flex
Doug Britt is president, Industrial and Emerging Industries business group at Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX). Flextronics is a $24B, industry-leading, Fortune Global 500 end-to-end supply chain solutions company with a global workforce of 200,000 and operations in over 30 countries. Prior to joining Flextronics, Mr. Britt served as corporate vice president of America Sales and Engineering for Future Electronics, a $5B company that distributes electronics. Before that, he served for two years as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, for Silicon Graphics, where he grew company revenues in excess of 25 percent in 2008 and helped position the company for acquisition by Rackable Systems in 2009. Previously, he spent seven years in positions of increasing responsibility at Solectron, culminating his career there as executive vice president of Sales and Account Management. He led a 30 percent increase in revenue during his three-year tenure in that role. Mr. Britt earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Chico State and attended executive education programs throughout Europe, most notably at the University of London.
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About Boyd Corporation, Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Scott Offer
Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Flex
Scott Offer leads the global Law Department of Motorola Mobility. His team plays a key role – setting overall legal strategy; partnering with business leads; negotiating all strategic deals with customers, suppliers and partners; managing the global Motorola Mobility trademark and litigation portfolio; and maintaining legal compliance. Most recently, he served as a key leader and contributor in the planning and structuring of Motorola’s businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies following the separation of the company in 2011. This included the combination of the Law teams, and development of the Law Department structure for Motorola Mobility. Scott also led the formation of the combined Intellectual Property (IP) business and Legal teams, which consistently generated significant licensing revenues. The organization delivered a significant impact to both cash flow and operating earnings for Motorola. Scott played a lead role in the 2010 RIM patent cross-license and litigation settlement and is currently leading patent litigations with both Apple and Microsoft. Since joining Motorola in 1990, Scott has served in leadership roles both in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and the U.S. Offer received his LLB law degree from The London School of Economics. Prior to joining Motorola, he worked for the law firm Boodle Hatfield and Royal Dutch Shell plc.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Christopher Cook
President of Power Solutions of Flex
Christopher Cook is the president of Power Solutions at Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), a $24B, industry-leading, Fortune Global 500 end-to-end supply chain solutions company with a global workforce of 200,000 and operations in over 30 countries. In this role, he leads an international team focused on delivering high-value power solutions and technical manufacturing expertise to increase customer competitiveness. Mr. Cook joined Flextronics from Infineon Technologies AG where he was vice president and general manager of the radio frequency and protection devices business based in Munich, Germany. During his tenure with Infineon, he also served as managing director of Infineon Technologies North America, chairman of Industrial Power and regional vice president and general manager of the Automotive, Industrial and Multimarket business group. Mr. Cook also held various sales and management positions at Renesas Technology, Hitachi Semiconductor and National Semiconductor. Mr. Cook earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and technology from Purdue University and completed the Program for Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Francois Barbier
President, Global Operations and Components of Flex
François Barbier is President of Global Operations and Components at Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX). Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With approximately 200,000 professionals across 30 countries, Flex provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets. Mr. Barbier has held other leadership positions at Flex, including President of the Mobile and Consumer Division and Senior Vice President of European Operations. Prior to joining Flex, he was Vice President of Operations for Alcatel’s Mobile Phone Division, where he launched industrial facilities in France, Eastern Europe and China.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Bruce Klafter
Vice-President, Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility of Flex
Bruce Klafter is a respected leader in environmental, health and safety (EH&S) and sustainability circles. In 2013 he joined Flex, a socially-responsible, global leader in design, manufacturing, distribution and aftermarket services, to provide strategic direction to the Company’s social and environmental responsibility initiatives. His role includes regular consultation with senior management on sustainability and EH&S matters, including participation in the Compliance Council and facilitation of the Corporate Sustainability Leadership Committee (CLSC). Flex was a founding member of the Electronics Industry Citizen Coalition (EICC) and Bruce recently served as an EICC Board member and as Vice-Chair for the organization.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Douglas Young
Executive Vice President of Lennox International
Douglas L. Young became a Director in October 2014. Mr. Young is Executive Vice President of Lennox International, Inc. (NYSE: LII), a global leader in the climate control industry. Mr. Young joined Lennox in 1999 and since 2006 has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Lennox’s Residential Heating and Cooling Segment. Mr. Young had previously served as Vice President & General Manager of North American Residential Products since 2003 and as Vice President & General Manager of Lennox North American Residential Sales, Marketing, & Distribution from 1999-2003. Prior to his career with LII, Mr. Young was employed in the Appliances division of GE, where he held various management positions before serving as General Manager of Marketing for GE Appliance division’s retail group from 1997-1999 & as General Manager of Strategic Initiatives in 1999. He holds a BSBA from Creighton University and an MS in Management from Purdue University.
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About Lennox International: Lennox International is a provider of climate control solutions for the heating, air conditioning and refrigeration markets.
Gaurav Hardikar
Vice President of Product of Brilliant
Product Management Leader with experience at multiple stages of company growth – early stage (Brilliant), mid-size (Shopkick), large (Trulia, Zillow Group). Values full-stack product management – taking the product from strategic planning all the way to the actual Go-To-Market, through effective collaboration and emotional intelligence when working with teams. Having worked across a variety of different software and hardware products, he has significant experience in product analytics, UX design and research, and team management. Gaurav is always looking for a challenge and finding solutions to problems that have a tangible impact on people’s daily lives.
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About Brilliant: We make the Brilliant Control, a smart home control system that replaces an existing light switch.
Yusuf Jamal
Senior Vice President, Industrial, Healthcare, Consumer, IoT Solutions and Security of Analog Devices
As Senior Vice President of the Industrial, Healthcare, Consumer, and IoT Solutions and Security Group, Mr. Jamal is responsible for growing ADI’s leadership position in those markets. Mr. Jamal ensures that ADI’s technology strategy is tightly aligned to our markets’ and customers’ most pressing engineering and business challenges. He oversees the ongoing development of ADI’s technology capabilities including emergent applications of high performance sensing and Industrial IoT technologies. Prior to his current role, Mr. Jamal served as vice president of ADI’s Consumer and Healthcare business units where he built a differentiated, sustainable business for ADI that more than doubled in size under his leadership. Mr. Jamal has nearly two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry. He joined ADI as a Field Applications Engineer in 2002 and has held multiple technology, business, and leadership positions at the company. Prior to joining ADI, Mr. Jamal worked on creating a flexible design methodology for developing scalable DSP architectures for a startup in Stockholm, Sweden. Mr. Jamal earned a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering (with Honors) from AMU, India and his master’s degree in Digital Signal Processing from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur).
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About Analog Devices: Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. ADI’s analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal
Steve Pietkiewicz
Senior Vice President of Analog Devices
Steve Pietkiewicz was appointed Senior Vice President of the Power Products Group in 2017. Prior to this role, Mr. Pietkiewicz served as Vice President and General Manager of Power Products at Linear Technology Corporation since July 2007 and as General Manager of Power Products since April 2005. From March 1995 until April 2005 he was a Design Engineering Manager responsible for switching regulator and linear regulator integrated circuits. Mr. Pietkiewicz began his employment at the Company as a design engineer in December 1987 after serving as a design engineer at Precision Monolithics, Inc. from May 1981 until July 1985, and Analog Devices Inc. from July 1985 until December 1987. Mr. Pietkiewicz earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981.
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About Analog Devices: Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. ADI’s analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal
Marc Greenspoon
President of Muzik
Prior to joining Muzik in 2013, Marc Greenspoon was a Partner and a Director at Kingstree Trading LLC, a next generation proprietary trading firm located primarily in Chicago, Illinois. Kingstree was one of the earliest and most successful pioneer firms in electronic futures trading. Besides trading one of the largest proprietary equity books at the firm, Mr. Greenspoon’s responsibilities included developing proprietary strategies and software trading tools, and creating risk management protocols. His obsessive and passionate approach to life, coupled with a conservative eye and “gut” to trading was highlighted often as an example of why the merger between the Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) was important, and why centralized liquidity was good for the industry. His trading skills and acumen have been compared to professional sports athletes who all measure success with a scoreboard after hours studying data, film, and trends. His performance has been chronicled in several publications, including the book, Enhancing Trader Performance (2006) by Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. During his tenure at Kingstree, Marc Greenspoon was one of the most successful equity traders on the CME’s electronic platform responsible for trading 2-3% of the daily volume, a notional amount in excess of several billion dollars. Mr. Greenspoon, Muzik’s President has been an integral part of the Muzik executive team since joining the Company in 2013. Marc has been leading Muzik’s legal, accounting, financing, and Human Resources teams with a focus on compliance, security, investor relations, and increased shareholder value. Marc, along with Muzik Founder & CEO Jason Hardi, successfully led and raised over $80M dollars in a Series B funding round which included some of the top strategics, tech moguls, artists, athletes, and family offices in the world. In 1998, Mr. Greenspoon graduated with honors from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Textile Technology.
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About Muzik: Creators of The Worlds First Smart headphones designed to connect artists, fans, and brands like never before.
Celina Mikolajczak
Vice President, Battery Technology, Panasonic Energy of North America of Panasonic
Celina Mikolajczak is the vice president of battery technology for Panasonic Energy of North America. In this role, Celina leads a team of more than 200 passionate engineers, analysts and other technical staff who work to continuously improve lithium-ion cell manufacturing and to bring the latest cell technologies to mass production for Tesla Motors, Inc. at the Gigafactory facility in Sparks, Nevada. Prior to joining Panasonic in 2019, she served as director of engineering focused on battery development for rideshare vehicles at Uber Technologies. There, she worked to develop battery packs for bicycles, scooters and aircraft. Before that, Celina worked at Tesla Motors as the senior manager for cell quality and materials engineering, helping to develop the battery cells and packs for Tesla’s Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Roadster Refresh. From 1999 to 2012 Celina developed a technical consulting practice at Exponent focusing on lithium-ion cell and battery safety and quality. She helped develop many safety and quality concepts that were initially applicable to consumer electronics battery packs but are now standard considerations for electric vehicle battery packs. Celina continues to be an active participant in development of fire codes and standards related to EVs, ESS, and battery production facilities. With more than 20 years of experience, Celina is a recognized leader in the lithium-ion industry. Her technological expertise, engineering background and leadership skills have been instrumental in ushering in milestones in battery technology production and efficiency. Celina is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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About Panasonic, Panasonic, Uber: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Darren Hudgins
Vice President, Software Engineering of Breathometer
Darren Hudgins is the Vice President, Research & Development of Hillrom.
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About Breathometer, Hill-Rom: Breathometer develops a breath analysis technology that helps people make smarter decisions and improve their lives.
Peter Su
Vice President and Chief IP Officer of Moley Robotics
Peter Su is patent strategy and legal director . He is also a partner at Dentons US LLP. Peter is an IP strategist. He advised numerous Silicon Valley companies.
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About FIBREE, Moley Robotics: Moley Robotics develops robotic kitchen with oven, hob, sink, and two dexterous robotic arms that allow it to cook.
Catherine Lesjak
Executive Vice President & CFO of HP
Catherine Lesjak has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hewlett Packard Company (“HP”) since January 1, 2007 and was interim chief executive officer of HP from August 2010 through October 2010. As a 27-year veteran of the company, Lesjak has held a broad range of financial leadership roles across HP. Before being named CFO, she held the position of senior vice president and treasurer, responsible for managing HP’s worldwide cash, debt, foreign exchange, capital structure, risk management and benefits plan administration. Earlier in her career at HP, Lesjak managed financial operations for Enterprise Marketing and Solutions and the Software Global Business Unit. Prior to that, she was group controller for HP’s Software Solutions Organization and managed HP’s global channel credit risk as controller and credit manager for the Commercial Customer Organization. Lesjak earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a master of business degree in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Enrique Lores
President, Imaging & Printing Business of HP
Enrique Lores is the President of HP Inc.’s Imaging & Printing business, an over $20 billion business engineering ink and laser-based solutions that provide a faster, more affordable, exciting way to print, manage, and realize content. Within this business is the Solutions group. With a scalable, software-rich foundation, HP provides end-to-end solutions that tie products, services and software together. Throughout his 26 year tenure with HP, Enrique has held leadership positions across the organization. Most recently leading the Separation Management Office for HP Inc., he executed one of the largest and most complex corporate separations in history. Previously, Enrique was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Business Personal Systems, where he was responsible for the overall business, including defining product, marketing and sales strategies, end-to-end product development, and business execution worldwide. Before his Business Personal Systems role, Enrique was Senior Vice President of Customer Support & Services (CSS), providing industry-leading customer care to more than 150 million HP customers, and helping HP develop, build and provide industry-leading service offerings. Prior to his CSS role, Enrique was Senior Vice President of the Worldwide Customer Services & Sales organization where he defined the sales strategy across multiple sales channels for HP’s Personal Systems business. Enrique also served as Vice President and General Manager of HP’s Large Format Printer business. In this role, he was responsible for leading several mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition of Scitex, a manufacturer of wide-format industrial printers. He has also held leadership positions internationally, including Vice President and General Manager of HP’s commercial products category for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Enrique holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University in Valencia and an MBA from ESADE in Barcelona. Enrique is based in Palo Alto, California.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Ron Coughlin
President, Personal Systems Business of HP
Ron Coughlin is the President of HP Inc.’s Personal Systems Business. This group focuses on PCs, tablets, accessories and other related services for all customer segments and represents a $35 billion annual revenue business for HP. Ron joined HP in June 2007 as the Senior Vice President of the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) Worldwide Strategy and Marketing team. In this role, he was responsible for driving global strategy, marketing and planning across all customer segments and global business units. In 2010, Ron transitioned to lead the LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions global business unit – an organization that spanned consumer to enterprise. In this role, he was responsible for customer offerings that included HP LaserJet printers, supplies, managed print services and enterprise software solutions. Under his leadership, the business gained 4 points of HP share and expanded its Managed Services offering to the channel. Most recently, Ron ran Consumer Personal Systems where he was instrumental in turning the business around by redefining the strategy, re-engineering the cost structure, and re-invigorating innovation including creating the Immersive Computing category. Prior to joining HP, Ron spent 13 years with PepsiCo as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, he led the marketing function for PepsiCo’s International Beverage business with more than $10 billion in system sales – including the Pepsi, 7-up, Tropicana, Gatorade, Aquafina and Sobe brands. Ron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Marketing from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Ron is based in San Diego, California.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Dipti Vachani
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Automotive and Embedded Line of Business of Arm Holdings
Dipti Vachani is vice president in the Internet of Things Group and general manager of the Strategy and Solutions Engineering Division at Intel Corporation. Vachani’s organization is responsible for driving the overall strategy, technology direction, industry standards and IoT Edge product portfolio for IOTG.Prior to joining Intel, Vachani served as vice president and general manager of Power, Lighting and Display at Skyworks, maker of analog semiconductors. In that role, she managed product development, applications and operations.Before that, Vachani worked at Texas Instruments for 17 years, where her most recent position was vice president and general manager of the Single Core Processors group , a multinational business unit consisting of ARM MPU, video security and DSP. Also, while at Texas Instruments, Vachani led the creation of the company’s Sitara brand of ARM MPUs.Vachani holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Texas A&M University and an executive MBA degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a graduate of the executive education program at both the Harvard and Cambridge business schools.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Surajit Datta
Vice President of Arm Holdings
Surajit Datta is the Vice President of Corporate Development at Arm since 2017. His role includes leading merger and acquisitions transactions and investments across multiple sub-sectors in technology, including emerging memory, IoT and security. Prior to joining Arm, Surajit was Managing Director at Evercore Partners in New York. He has over 15 years of investment banking experience on Wall Street, leading origination and execution of advisory and capital raising transactions in technology, media and telecom sectors at JPMorgan and Evercore. He has closed over $100 billion of M&A and over $20 billion of financing transactions. Surajit has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a Bachelors of Technology (Honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Rene Haas
President Intellectual Property Group of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
William Andregg
CEO, Co-Founder & President of Fathom Computing
William Andregg is the Co-Founder at Fathom Radiant.
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About Fathom Computing: Fathom Computing is building optics-based hardware to run artificial intelligence with unprecedented performance.
Doug Woo
President, Smart Displays of Fuhu
Doug Woo joins Fuhu as President of the newly formed Smart Display Division, and is responsible for developing and bringing to market unique and compelling large format displays that leverage the company’s software and content platforms, expand the company’s media relationships and reflect and carry forward the company’s core values and strategic direction. He has over 20 years experience in the electronics industry. In 2002, Woo conceived and spearheaded the return of Westinghouse televisions to the market, serving as President of Westinghouse Digital Electronics at the forefront of the launch and expansion of flat panel television industry – LCD, 1080p, LED – and the eventual merger of information technology and consumer electronics supply chains. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Executive Vice President of Princeton Graphic Systems, Inc. and MAG Innovision, Inc., leading suppliers of computer monitors and high definition televisions under the Princeton, Sylvania and MAG brands. He most recently led the incubation and market development for LED flat panel lighting under the PIXI brand. Woo is a former partner at the international law firm Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, where his practice focused on intellectual property, commercial law, product distribution and merchandising for companies engaged in the distribution of products and services, including consumer electronics, semiconductors, toys, automobiles and home appliances. He holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, served as law clerk to the Honorable Herbert Y.C. Choy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and has been a member of the boards of directors of AdtekMedia, Inc. and Outcast Media Holdings, Inc., leading out-of-home short form content and advertising networks through gas stations, as well as civic and community organizations, including The Great Leap, Inc., a long-established multi-cultural performing arts company in the Los Angeles area, and the UCLA Alumni Association.
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About Fuhu: Fuhu is a designer and seller of cloud-served software, apps and products and services for children.
Avi Katz
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gigpeak
Founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of GigOptix, Inc. Dr. Avi Katz has served as the Chairman of the board of directors, Chief Executive Officer & President of GigOptix LLC since inception in May 2007 and through its public offering in December 2007. Previously, Dr. Katz served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of iTerra Communications LLC, Intransa Inc., from 2003 to 2005, and Equator Technologies Inc., from 2000 to 2003. Earlier he served in various sales, marketing and operational executive positions following his tenure service as a Member of the Technical Staff in AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, between 1988 and 1995. Dr. Katz is active in philanthropy and among others serves as a board member for the Israeli Venture Network (IVN), a NFP social philanthropy network. He holds more than 70 U.S. and international patents, has published approximately 300 technical papers and is the editor of a number of technical books. Dr. Katz received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Technion-IIT, Israel, and is a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy.
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About Gigpeak: GigOptix provides semiconductor and optical components that enable high-speed information streaming.
Alan Reid
Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources of Sanmina Corporation
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About Sanmina Corporation: Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest-growing segments of the
Neeraj Bhardwaj
President and Founder of Loto Labs
Neeraj Bhardwaj is the CEO and co-founder of Loto Labs. Loto Labs was created with the simple goal of creating the best vaporizer possible. We formed our company in Redwood City, CA, where all of us met through our love of recreational ice hockey. From there, we discovered that none of us were happy with the vaporizers we used. We soon realized that all four of us had lots of experience in different fields that when put together would create an ideal company to make the best possible product out there. He received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and and MBA from Santa Clara University. Neeraj has worked in sales and business development for 10 years in ultrasonics and medical worldwide. Wanting a change in life, he decided to attend Santa Clara University and get on the startup track. After graduate school, he and some of his cohort decided to start a bank to bank instant payment platform. Searching for investment, they latched on to the concept of crowdfunding. After working with his legal team, he worked to change the current crowdfunding laws and pass reforms. During that time he came up with the idea for the Evoke Vaporizer, and started Loto Labs (www.lotolabs.com). He and his team raised over $225,000 crowdfunding via Indiegogo (igg.me/at/evoke). Now Neeraj and his team are working diligently to get their product, the Evoke, up and running. He is married to a marketing manager at Ebay Inc. His parents started and run a high tech manufacturing company in State College, PA where Neeraj was born.
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About Loto Labs: The makers of the world’s first induction vaporizer
Joy Weiss
President & CEO of Tempo Automation
Joy Weiss, currently President of Dust Networks at Analog Devices, has held executive leadership positions over the past 35 years at a variety of private and public technology companies. Joy was CEO of Dust Networks, a pioneer in industrial wireless sensor networking, when it was acquired by Linear Technology in 2011, and she has served on the boards of several private companies in Silicon Valley. She is currently on the board of Vigilent and Tempo Automation. Joy is also the Chair of the board of Playworks, a national non-profit based in Oakland, CA. Joy holds a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Analog Devices, InkSpace Imaging, Tempo Automation: Tempo Automation is transforming the way companies innovate and bring new electronic products to market.
Robert Johnson
Senior Vice President of Operations of Superconductor Technologies
Robert Johnson brings over 15 years of manufacturing and industrial engineering experience to STI. As Senior Vice President of Operations, Bob oversees all manufacturing activities as the company ramps up production to meet the growing demand for SuperLink® Solutions. Robert joined STI in April 2000 as Vice President of Wireless Manufacturing. Since then, STI has increased production of SuperLink® units by nearly 2,000 percent while more than doubling the product’s mean time between failure (MTBF) to over 500,000 hours. Prior to joining STI, Robert was the Director and General Manager of Schlumberger ATE from 1996 to April 2000. Before that, he served as the Vice President and General Manager of Harman International Industries from 1990 to 1996. Additional executive level experience includes serving as Vice President of Opcon and Carver Corporation. Robert majored in industrial engineering at Arizona State University.
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About Lockton, Superconductor Technologies: STI has pioneered the development of superconducting materials and manufacturing processes, developing numerous patents.
Ganesh Pattabiraman
President and Chief Executive Officer of NextNav
Ganesh Pattabiraman is a Co-Founder, President and CEO NextNav and serves on the board of directors. With over 20 years of experience in technology development and management, Ganesh currently holds 10 patents. Prior to NextNav, Ganesh worked as the Product Manager of Qualcomm’s LBS Products. Ganesh also served as Director of Product Management at Mobio where he was responsible for deployment and commercialization of LBS & other applications to major BREW Operators. Ganesh holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University.
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About NextNav: NextNav operates a platform intended to offer indoor location services and applications.
Tom Wrappe
Vice-President of Ecosystem Development of NextNav
Tom Wrappe is VP, Ecosystem Development at NextNav. Tom is a seasoned wireless and location executive with over 30 years experience in the field, and has held diverse management and executive roles focused on converting breakthrough technologies to the mass-market products. He was the lead product executive at SnapTrack, the inventor of Assisted GPS for cellphones, which was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm. Tom continued to serve as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Product Management for Qualcomm, where the A-GPS technology was embedded in mass market cellular chipsets that have since shipped more than 1 billion units to service providers worldwide. In addition Tom has served as a key executive for MCI’s Personal Communications Group, the Texas Instruments Wireless Communications Business Unit, and Quantance, a leader in 4G power supplies. Tom holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame.
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About NextNav: NextNav operates a platform intended to offer indoor location services and applications.
Phil Edge
Vice President, Growth Strategy of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
John Whelan
Vice President of Customer Experience of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Josephine Chan
Vice President of People of SquareTrade
Josephine is responsible for all things related to people at SquareTrade. That includes building and motivating a team of top talent, as well as nurturing the company’s unique culture. Prior to SquareTrade, she served as director of human resources at Nextag.com, the leading online comparison-shopping site with nearly half a billion visitors per year. In that role, she was responsible for driving global initiatives such as talent acquisition, employee engagement, and talent development. Josephine earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Davis.
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Michael Costanza
Vice President of Business Development of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Jason Siciliano
Vice President & Creative Director of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Peter Stone
Vice President of Process Engineering of Cellink
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About Cellink: CelLink is an early-stage hardware startup that is developing a flexible conductive backplane for power electronics.
Sabrina Kemeny
President, Co-Founder of Tap Systems
Sabrina Kemeny is a cofounder of TAP, a high tech start-up that is changing the way people interact with the electronic world. Dr. Kemeny co-invented the camera-on-a-chip technology which revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera, while working for Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Subsequently, she was cofounder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the company that successfully commercialized the fledgling CMOS sensor technology. After managing several rounds of equity financing and negotiating many strategic alliances with players such as Kodak, Intel and Hitachi, she oversaw the acquisition of Photobit to Micron Technology, Inc. • BS, MS and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University o Received the Helena Rubinstein “Outstanding Women in Science” award • Member of the technical Staff at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory o Co-Inventor of the CMOS active pixel image sensor technology: the Camera-on-a-Chip that revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera today o The United States Space Foundation inducted her into the Space Technology Hall of Fame • Co-Founder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the industry-leading supplier of CMOS image sensors that was acquired by Micron Technology, Inc o Negotiated exclusive license for the JPL patent portfolio o Negotiated strategic alliances with companies such as Intel, Kodak and Hitachi o Managed equity financing and oversaw the Micron exit. • Business advisor to several high tech start-ups in the Los Angeles area and an angel investor with Tech Coast Angels.
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About Tap Systems: Tap Systems is a developer of a wearable Bluetooth keyboard designed to help users type by tapping fingers on any surface.
Behrooz Abdi
President & Chief Executive Office of InvenSense
Abdi, a member of InvenSense’s board of directors since June 2011, was appointed President and CEO in October 2012. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a leader in intelligent semiconductor solutions for the Internet. Before this, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of RMI Corporation (also known as Raza Microelectronics Inc.), a fabless semiconductor company, from November 2007 to October 2009. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of CDMA Technologies (QCT) at Qualcomm, Inc., a provider of wireless technology and services, from March 2004 to November 2007. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he held leadership and engineering positions at Motorola, Inc. where he served as Vice President and General Manager for Motorola’s radio products division, in charge of RF and mixed-signal ICs for the wireless mobile market. He currently is a director at Tabula, Inc. and Exar Corporation. Abdi holds a BSEE from Montana State University and an MSEE from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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About InvenSense: InvenSense provides motion-tracking devices for consumer electronic products such as smartphones, tablets, game controllers, and others.
Mark Dentinger
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of InvenSense
Mark Dentinger joined us in 2014 as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Dentinger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of KLA-Tencor Corporation from September 2008 to August 2013. Prior to joining KLA-Tencor, from February 2005 to April 2008, Mr. Dentinger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for BEA Systems, Inc., until the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation. Mr. Dentinger was with BEA Systems for a total of nine years, during which he held various senior financial and managerial roles within the company. Prior to joining BEA Systems, Mr. Dentinger served in various financial management positions at Compaq Computer Corporation (now Hewlett-Packard) for six years, culminating in his appointment as Director of Finance, High Performance Systems Manufacturing in 1996. Mr. Dentinger received his bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Mary’s College of California and his M.B.A. in finance from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About InvenSense, Veritas Technologies: InvenSense provides motion-tracking devices for consumer electronic products such as smartphones, tablets, game controllers, and others.
Al Heshmati
Vice President of Systems & Software of InvenSense
Al Heshmati joined InvenSense in Dec 2012 and serves as Vice President of Systems & Software. Al has extensive commercial experience in development of location technology, motion sensing solutions, wireless, and SOC design. Prior to InvenSense, he was Vice President of Software at CSR (previously SIRF), and before that he held several engineering leadership roles at Qualcomm, SnapTrack, and Trimble Navigation. Al received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Cal State University, Fullerton. He has 20 US patents issued or pending.
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About InvenSense: InvenSense provides motion-tracking devices for consumer electronic products such as smartphones, tablets, game controllers, and others.
Michael Corrigan
President, Financial Officer of eSurface
Mike is a current advisor to Jim Kaplan at CHASELLA, as well as to Dr. Seuss Enterprises and groundbreaking virtual-reality company, Magic Leap. Corrigan has enjoyed a prolific career in media & telecom, serving as a C-level officer to MGM Studios and various Private Equity firms.
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About eSurface: EarthOne Circuit Technologies Corporation “dba eSurface ” was established in August, 2010.
Jim Ryan
Vice President, Business Development of eSurface
PCB industry veteran with more than 30 years in technology and electronics. At Sanmina Corp., in addition to serving as Director, Jim was V.P. of Business Dev. and VP/General Manager of PCB facilities in the U.S. and Asia. Recently, Jim served as V.P. of Business Dev. At Integrated Technology/Insulectro.
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About eSurface, Sanmina Corporation: EarthOne Circuit Technologies Corporation “dba eSurface ” was established in August, 2010.
Jim Ryan
Vice President, Business Development of eSurface
PCB industry veteran with more than 30 years in technology and electronics. At Sanmina Corp., in addition to serving as Director, Jim was V.P. of Business Dev. and VP/General Manager of PCB facilities in the U.S. and Asia. Recently, Jim served as V.P. of Business Dev. At Integrated Technology/Insulectro.
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About eSurface, Sanmina Corporation: EarthOne Circuit Technologies Corporation “dba eSurface ” was established in August, 2010.
Arthur Zafiropoulo
Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Ultratech
Arthur W. Zafiropoulo is Board of Trustees at Northeastern University.
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About Ultratech: Ultratech develops, manufactures, and markets photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment.
Julia Slocombe
Vice President of Operations, West Region of SmartCity Networks
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About SmartCity Networks: Smart City is a provider of utilities, technology and telecommunications services in the convention industry.
Mircea Irimie Buzgar-Nazare
Senior Vice President of Automotive Lamps of Philips Lumileds
Mr. Buzgar-Nazare is Sr. VP of Automotive Lamps at Lumileds. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the Automotive and Lighting Industries. Prior to his current role, Mr. Buzgar-Nazare served as General Manager of Automotive Lamps within Philips Automotive Lighting – a business group of Royal Philips dedicated to providing best in-class lighting solutions in the Automotive Aftermarket and Original Equipment Manufacturer and Supplier markets (OEM, OES). Previously, Mr. Buzgar-Nazare was the Head of Operations for HID, a global business unit of Philips Lighting. He was located in Shanghai, China. He joined Royal Philips in 1995. In earlier roles, Mr. Buzgar-Nazare served as General Manager of Philips Automotive Playback Modules Europe, a Philips company that designed and manufactured Navigation systems for the Car Industry. He also held the position of General Manager Tubular Lighting, a Philips company that designs and manufactures fluorescent lighting solutions. Throughout his career, Mr. Buzgar-Nazare worked and lived in South Africa, Asia, Europe, and in the USA. His professional career covered the areas of Product Development, Head of Large Global Operations and General Management. A South African and Romanian citizen, Mr. Buzgar-Nazare holds a MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara Romania.
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About Philips Lumileds: Lumileds Lighting was formed in November 1999 as a joint venture between Philips Lighting and Agilent Technologies.
Thar Casey
Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder of Amber Solutions
Mr. Casey is Founder, President and CEO of Amber Solutions, Inc. Prior to Amber, he was President of IDEX America Inc. Mr. Casey also served as Co-Fournder, President and Chief Executive Officer of PicoField Technologies, Inc., which was acquired by IDEX. He is a veteran entrepreneur with a strong background in operations, finance and extensive experience in developing leading technology based companies from product concept to high volume manufacturing. He co-founded Insound Medical and served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations. Insound was acquired by Sonova-Phonak in 2011 for a total of $169 million. In addition, he co-founded Prenateck, a fetal heart rate monitor, serving as Chief Executive Officer. Founded Phantom IT Solutions serving as Chief Executive Officer and also served as Vice President of Finance at the Monterey Bay Bank. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Intelesol, PicoField Technologies, and STR. Mr. Casey holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Hayward.
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About Amber Solutions: Amber Solutions is a developer of patented solid-state technologies for the digital control of electricity.
Wally Johnson
Vice President, Finance, Supply & IT of Firstronic
Wally Johnson joined Firstronic in 2013. Previously, he ran a supply chain consultancy. In that capacity, he led a project to implement greater use of Lean philosophy in Firstronics’ supply chain. He was earlier associated with Spectrum Assembly, Inc. as vice president sales and marketing. He also served nine years as vice president of supply chain and IT at EPIC Technologies and held a variety of senior supply chain management positions at both Visteon and Ford Motor Company. Wally holds an MBA degree in Finance from The University of Michigan, an M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University.
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About Firstronic: Firstronic is a specialty provider of electronics manufacturing services.
Sean Leonard
Executive Vice President of SUBPAC
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About SUBPAC: SUBPAC is a patented tactile audio technology that transfers low frequencies directly to a users body and more.
Robert Lee
President and CEO of Pioneer Circuits
Robert “Bobby” Lee is the president and CEO of Pioneer Circuits, Inc. Prior to his current position, Bobby served as the vice president and COO of the company. He is also the co-founder of The Dignitas Project. Robert also served as a lead pastor at Convergence Church. Robert holds an MBA from the University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business, a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About Pioneer Circuits: Pioneer Circuits is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that develops flex and rigid-flex circuit board.
Dale Mckeeby
Vice President of Pioneer Circuits
Dale Mckeeby is the vice president at Pioneer Circuits, Inc. Prior to joining Pioneer Circuits, Dale served as a QA director at Citel Inc. and manufacturing plant manager at Bell Industries.
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About Pioneer Circuits: Pioneer Circuits is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that develops flex and rigid-flex circuit board.
Sanjay Jhawar
Co-Founder and President of RealWear
Sanjay Jhawar is Co-founder, President and Chief Product Officer at RealWear – makers of the world’s first head-mounted tablet computer – a wearable that completely frees the hands of industrial workers. Known as a strategist, innovator and leader for over 25 years, Sanjay has a deep product background in mobile devices including smartphones and wearables, mobile SaaS cloud services, client apps, accessories and core network infrastructure.
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About RealWear, St. Paul Venture Capital: RealWear develops a small screen tablet to be worn with an industrial helmet for workers in the field, factory, or warehouse.
Thomas Dollente
Vice President of Product Management of RealWear
Thomas Dollente is the Vice President of Product Management for RealWear, a manufacturer of wearable ruggedized computers. He has spent the majority of his career providing technology solutions to operations teams across multiple industries including construction, utilities, transportation, manufacturing, and energy. Thomas was a Product Manager with Trimble Navigation from the inception of their Utilities Division. There he managed both ruggedized hardware and enterprise software solutions for field services organizations. Part of his Trimble career involved deploying the hardware and software systems at customer work locations, integrating Trimble’s solutions with customers’ legacy systems and other new technologies. These two roles – product manager and systems implementer – were major parts of Thomas’s responsibilities at Spacient Technologies, a company he co-founded and which was subsequently acquired by Trimble.
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About RealWear: RealWear develops a small screen tablet to be worn with an industrial helmet for workers in the field, factory, or warehouse.
Alex Driskill-Smith
President, North America of Ultraleap
Alex joined Ultrahaptics as Vice President of Business Development (North America) in 2016. He heads the sales, marketing, engineering and research teams based in Ultrahaptics’ Silicon Valley office which opened in April 2017. Previously, he was Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development at Samsung, where he led a team supporting innovations and investments in semiconductors, displays, datacenter architecture, digital health, internet of things, human-computer interaction, augmented and virtual reality, and autonomous machines and robotics. He joined Samsung in 2011 through Samsung’s acquisition of Grandis, a semiconductor memory start-up, where he served as Vice President of Business Development. Earlier in his career, he held engineering positions at IBM and Hitachi. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Cambridge, U.K., an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and 8 issued and pending patents.
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About Ultraleap: Ultraleap is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Jim Kaldem
President of Nelson-Miller
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About Nelson-Miller: Nelson-Miller designs, manufactures and sources customized membrane switches, nameplates, touch screens, keypads.
David Ledbetter
Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer of Geisinger Health System
David Ledbetter is executive vice president and chief scientific officer at Geisinger Health System. Previously he was the Robert W. Woodruff professor and director of the Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University School of Medicine. He held academic and leadership positions at the University of Chicago, the National Center for Human Genome Research (now NHGRI) and Baylor College of Medicine. He is a graduate of Tulane University and earned his doctorate at the University of Texas-Austin. He has focused his research efforts on discovering the underlying etiology of childhood developmental disabilities.
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About Geisinger Health System: Geisinger is an integrated health services organization widely recognized for its innovative use of the electronic health record.
Shimona Chadha
Associate Vice President Marketing of HCL Technologies
Shimona Chadha serves as am associate VP of marketing at HCL Technologies.
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About HCL Technologies: HCL Technologies is a global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses.
Shimona Chadha
Associate Vice President Marketing of HCL Technologies
Shimona Chadha serves as am associate VP of marketing at HCL Technologies.
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About HCL Technologies: HCL Technologies is a global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses.
Anthony Stratakos
Senior Vice President of Advanced R&D & Chief Technology Officer of Maxim Integrated
Tony Stratakos became Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2015. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Advanced R&D. Tony is responsible for Technology Development, Advanced Packaging, Platform IP Creation, and new product line incubation. Tony joined Maxim in 2013 as part of the acquisition of Volterra Semiconductor where he served as CTO and Senior Vice President. Tony cofounded Volterra in 1996. SeTony holds a BSEE and MSEE from The Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He has 28 issued patents.
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About Maxim Integrated: Maxim Integrated designs, manufactures, and sells analog and mixed-signal products and technologies.
Vivek Jain
Senior Vice President, Technology & Manufacturing Group of Maxim Integrated
Vivek Jain is Senior Vice President of the Technology and Manufacturing Group. The Technology and Manufacturing Group includes Process Development and all Manufacturing Operations. Vivek joined Maxim in April 2007 as Vice President of Fab Operations and became Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Operations in 2009. Prior to joining Maxim, Vivek was a Plant Manager at Intel’s Technology Development and Manufacturing facility in Santa Clara. Vivek has published more than 30 papers on process technology, semiconductor device reliability and performance. He holds over 10 patents in the field of semiconductor technology. Vivek holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at New Delhi, an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University, and an MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He is also a 2014 graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program.
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About Maxim Integrated: Maxim Integrated designs, manufactures, and sells analog and mixed-signal products and technologies.
Tunc Doluca
President & Chief Executive Officer of Maxim Integrated
Tunç Doluca joined Maxim in 1984 as a Member of Technical Staff. Tunç has personally designed over 40 products and holds 11 patents. In 1993, he was named the company’s Vice President of R&D. In 1994, he became the founding General Manager of the Portable Power Business Unit. By 2005, Tunç’s responsibilities had expanded to managing seven business units and he was promoted to Group President. In 2007, Tunç became the second Chief Executive Officer in the company’s history. During his tenure as CEO, Maxim reorganized product development around end markets and completed six strategic acquisitions. Tunç oversaw the transition of Maxim’s manufacturing to a more flexible hybrid production model and improved overall manufacturing execution. In 2010, Maxim was one of the first analog companies to transition to 300mm wafer technology. In 2015, Tunç reorganized the company, creating a single organization combining all Business Units along with Sales & Marketing, as well as a focused effort on New Ventures. This new structure will allow the company to better align its current business with the needs of customers, while freeing resources to explore new business opportunities outside of our core business. Tunç was born in Ankara, Turkey, and he holds a BSEE degree from Iowa State University and an MSEE degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He serves on the board of directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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About Maxim Integrated: Maxim Integrated designs, manufactures, and sells analog and mixed-signal products and technologies.
Christopher Neil
Senior Vice President, New Ventures of Maxim Integrated
Chris Neil is the Senior Vice President of New Ventures, a new organization tasked with investigating, seeding, and building new businesses that leverage Maxim’s core semiconductor business and know-how. Prior to this position, Chris managed the Industrial and Medical Solutions Group (IMSG) focused on Energy, Healthcare, Factory Automation, Financial Terminals, and Security solutions. These solutions included development of reference platforms for smart meters, ultrasonic water flow meters, wearable medical and fitness devices, mobile point-of-sale terminals, micro-PLC industrial control systems, wireless sensor networks, and other IoT devices. During his tenure in IMSG, Chris was responsible for the incubation funding of Bedrock Automation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Maxim Integrated focused on the development of secure industrial control platforms. Chris Neil joined Maxim in 1990 and became a Vice President in 2006. Chris holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Maxim Integrated: Maxim Integrated designs, manufactures, and sells analog and mixed-signal products and technologies.
