Mohan Maheswaran joined Semtech as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in April 2006. Prior to joining Semtech, Mohan held the position of Executive Vice President, General Manager at Intersil Corporation. He joined Intersil Corporation by way of its acquisition of Elantec Semiconductor Inc. in 2002. In addition to having worked for Intersil and Elantec, he has been employed by Allayer Communications, IBM Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard and Nortel Communications.
Mohan holds a BSEE from Surrey University and a MBA from Henley Executive Management College, both of which are located in the United Kingdom.
Emeka Chukwu
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Emeka Chukwu joined the company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in November 2006 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in August 2011. Emeka has been employed in various financial positions at Intersil, Inc, a manufacturer of analog semiconductors, since 2002. His most recent position was Vice President, Finance, in which capacity he served since February 2006. From July 1999 through April 2002, he was the Corporate Controller of Elantec Semiconductor, Inc, a manufacturer of analog integrated circuits that was acquired by Intersil in 2002. He has also held accounting positions at other high-technology companies during the past eighteen years and holds a Bachelors Degree and MBA in Accounting from Woodbury University.
Jean-Paul Bardyn
Chief Technical Officer and Vice President R&D, Wireless & Sensing Product Group
Jean-Paul Bardyn was appointed Chief Technical Officer (CTO) in November 2011 and Vice President R&D of the Advanced Communications and Sensing Business Unit in June 2007. He joined Semtech as the result of the 2005 acquisition of XEMICS S.A., a spin-off of the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He co-founded XEMICS in 1997 and served as its Vice President R&D, leading developments in ultra-low power analog, radio frequency (RF) and digital integrated circuits (IC). From 1994 to 1997, he served as R&D Director of CSEM's IC Design Unit research group. Prior to joining CSEM, he served as Technical Director of Mixed Silicon Structures S.A., which he co-founded in 1990 in Roubaix, France.
Jean-Paul graduated in 1983 as an Engineer in Microelectronics from Institut Supérieur d'Electronique du Nord, Lille, France and holds a PhD from University of Lille, France.
Ken Barry
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Ken Barry joined the company in December 2006 as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to Semtech, he was the Senior Vice President of HR at Move.com. Ken has more than 30 years of experience working in a broad range of industries, including positions with SuperConductor Technologies, Nortel, Harman International and Exel Logistics.
Ken has a Masters Degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine University.
Alain Dantec
Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Wireless & Sensing Product Group
Alain Dantec became the Sr. Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless & Sensing Product Group, as a result of the 2005 acquisition of XEMICS S.A. Located in Neuchậtel, Switzerland, the Company is a developer of ultra-low power analog, radio frequency (RF) and digital integrated circuits (IC). He was Chief Executive Officer there from 2001 to June 2005. Prior to joining Xemics, Alain was CEO of Atmel Nantes a subsidiary of Atmel in France from 1996 to 2001. He has more than 30 years experience in the semiconductor industry in a broad range of technical and management positions within such leading companies as ATMEL, the Temic Group, Harris, and Alcatel.
Alain graduated as an Engineer in Physics from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) and as an Engineer in Microelectronics from Ecole Supérieure d' Electricité in Rennes, France.
Charles E. Harper
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Systems Innovation Group
Mr. Harper serves as Semtech's Sr. Vice President, Strategy and Systems Innovation Group. This group was formed following the acquisition of Sierra Monolithics, Inc. by Semtech Corporation on December 9, 2009. Most recently, Mr. Harper was Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Sierra Monolithics since 1988. Prior to founding Sierra Monolithics, he worked for several high technology companies in the Southern California area. He served as Manager of Advanced Technology Development at Magnavox, Director of Business Planning at Mattel, Assistant Director of Management Services at Lear Sieger, and several engineering and executive management positions at the Garrett/Allied Signal Corporation.
Mr. Harper serves on a number of boards and councils including the California Council on Science and Technology, University of Southern California EE Advisory Council, Council of the University of Southern California Integrated Media Systems Center, and the MIT Sloan School Dean Advisory Council.
Mr. Harper received a BSEE degree from Tennessee State University, an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and was a doctoral candidate in marketing and economics at the UCLA Graduate School of Management.
Jonathan Hahn
Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology
Jonathan Hahn joined the company in May 2010. Mr. Hahn joins Semtech from Telmar Network Technology where he served as CIO since 2001. Prior to his time at Telmar Network Technology, Mr. Hahn worked with such companies as Nexgenix, Inc., EDS, E. Solutions Consulting, Cerplex Inc. and TRW Inc. He holds a BS degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine and an MS in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Randall H. Holliday
Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary
Randall Holliday joined the Company in October 2008 as Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to Semtech, he served as General Counsel and Secretary at Power-One, Inc. from 2001 through 2008, where he had responsibility for worldwide legal affairs. From 1994 through 2000, he held the position of Secretary and General Counsel with Xircom, Inc. His 20 years experience in the legal field also includes service as a Staff Judge Advocate with the U.S. Air Force.
Randall holds both a B.A. and a J.D. degree from Florida State University.
James Kim
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
James Kim, was appointed as the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing on January 26, 2007. James has been employed by the Company since 1986. He served as Vice President of Global Handset Sales since March 2004 and was previously Director of Sales and Marketing for Korea and Japan.
James earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UCLA.
Jeffrey Pohlman
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Protection Product Group
Jeff Pohlman is the Senior VP and GM of the Protection Product Group. Jeff has worked Semtech in various engineering roles since 1988. He was previously employed by Supertex Inc., Fairchild Camera and Instrument, Inc., and National Semiconductor in various technical and managerial roles.
Jeff earned a BSEE and MSEE from the Univeristy of Illinois-Urbana.
David Schie
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Power Management & High Reliability Product Group
David Schie joined Semtech in 2011 as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Power Management and High Reliability Product Group. His group focuses on advanced power management and high-reliability semiconductors that power the latest communications, industrial and military/aerospace applications. Before joining Semtech, David served as Vice President of Micrel's Analog Business Unit. Prior to his tenure with Micrel, David held executive positions with Maxim Integrated Products and Supertex, Inc. and was a founder of several technology companies, including the ESG group of companies and Linear Dimensions Semiconductor.
Mr. Schie holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science (Electrical Option) from the University of Toronto.
Asaf Silberstein
Vice President of Worldwide Operations
Mr. Silberstein joined the Company and was appointed as Vice President, Operations in December 2010. In March 2011, Mr. Silberstein became Vice President, Worldwide Operations. Prior to joining the Company, he was employed from 2007 to 2010 at Microsemi Corporation as Vice President Global Operations in its Analog Mixed Signal Division. Prior to Microsemi, he was Vice President Operations from 2000 to 2005 and Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2007 at Powerdsine, Israel, when Powerdsine was acquired by Microsemi. He has also previously served in various positions at 3Com and ECI Telecom.
Asaf holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Ben Gurion University and an MBA from Bar Ilan University, both located in Israel.
Sameer Vuyyuru
Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Communications Product Group
Sameer Vuyyuru was appointed Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Communications Product Group in 2011. His group focuses on advanced technologies that enable core and access networking infrastructure to accommodate the ongoing expansion in bandwidth demand. From 2006 to 2011, he served as Vice President of Marketing. Before joining Semtech, Sameer held multiple product line director positions at Intersil. Prior to that, he spent eight years in product line and design positions at Texas Instruments. His nearly 20-year career has focused primarily on analog and DSP.
Sameer holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
Mike Wilson
Senior Vice President Quality and Reliability
Mike Wilson was appointed Senior Vice President, Quality and Reliability in May 2008. He also held the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from May 2008 until November 2011. Prior to this appointment, he held the position of Vice President, General Manager of the Power Management Product Group. He joined Semtech as a result of the 1995 acquisition of ECI Semiconductor where he was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mike has more than 25 years experience in the semiconductor industry in a broad range of technical and management positions.
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