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Mohan Maheswaran
President and Chief Executive Officer
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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.
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Emeka Chukwu
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Emeka Chukwu joined the company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in November 2006. 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.
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Ken Barry
Vice President, Human Resources
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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.
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Clay Beltran
Vice President of Worldwide Operations
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Clay Beltran joined the Company in July 2006 as Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Prior to Semtech, Clay was Director of Backend Operations and also Director of Worldwide Operation Planning for Intersil Corporation, having joined Intersil by way of its acquisition of Elantec Semiconductor Inc. in 2002. He was Elantec's Director of Operations and has also been employed by Integrated Device Technology. Prior to working in the semiconductor industry, Clay served as an Officer with the United States Army.
Clay holds a B.S. in Mathematics from UCLA and MBA from Pepperdine University.
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Alain Dantec
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Communications and Sensing Products
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Alain Dantec heads the Company's Advanced Communications and Sensing Products Division, a result of the 2005 acquisition of XEMICS S.A. in Neuchậtel, Switzerland, a developer of ultra-low power analog, radio frequency (RF) and digital integrated circuits (IC), where he was Chief Executive Officer 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.
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Charles E. Harper
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Systems Innovation Group
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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.
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Jonathan Hahn
Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology
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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.
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Randall H. Holliday
Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary
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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.
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James Kim
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
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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.
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Jeffrey Pohlman
Senior Vice President, Protection Products
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Jeff Pohlman was named Vice President of Protection Products in 1998. Jeff has worked for the Company 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.
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Simon Prutton
Vice President and General Manager, Power Management Products
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Simon Prutton joined the Company in May 2008 as Vice President and General Manager of Power Management Products. Prior to Semtech, Simon was the CEO of Akros Silicon, a power management company. Prior to Akros, he was employed as Vice President & General Manager of the Analog & Mixed Signal Business Unit at Intersil. His experience also includes employment by National Semiconductor and Micrel Semiconductor.
Simon has a BSc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Birmingham, England.
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Jose Vargas
Vice President and General Manager, Microwave and High Reliability Products
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Jose Vargas was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Power Discretes in August of 2008. He joined the Company in January 1996 as Distribution Sales Manager and went on to serve as Director of Worldwide Sales Operation and Distribution since 2000. Jose has 18 years experience working within distribution in various sales and marketing positions with prominent distributors of high technology electronic components.
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Mike Wilson
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Quality and Reliability
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Mike Wilson was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in May 2008. Prior to this appointment, he held the position of Vice President, General Manager of the Power Management Products Group. He joined Semtech as the 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.