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2008
Experienced Leadership Team
Experienced Leadership Team
Julie Tipton, VP Marketing:
More
than 20 years of semiconductor industry experience. Before
GigOptix held numerous management positions at NXP
Semiconductors/Philips Semiconductors including GM for
Mobile WLAN Product line, Head of Operations,
Connectivity products, VP/GM Digital Video Interactive
products.
Marc Correa, VP Operations:
More
than 25 years experience in developing global manufacturing
capabilities with a specialty in rapidly transitioning from low-
volume to high-volume production. Formerly Director of
Operations at Mistletoe Technologies, was responsible for
global
IC
operations
at
Airgo
Networks
(acquired
by
Qualcomm).
Vivek
Rajgarhia, VP Global Sales
:
Over15 years experience in the opto-electronics industry.
Vivek
has held VP positions in Sales and Marketing at
Dupont
Photonics and OpNext
Inc. Founded Trust Telecom
in India launching two mobile handset brands. He was
Director of Sales and Marketing for Lucent Technologies in
Asia-Pacific
Dr. Avi Katz, CEO/COB
:
More than 20 years experience leading public and private
electronics
manufacturers.
CEO
positions
at
Intransa
and
Equator Technologies. Held executive positions at Watkins-
Johnson, ASTeX, and Symphony Services. 7 years in research at
A&T Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J. BOD Member of several
companies. Holds numerous U.S. and international patents.
Andrea Betti-Berruto
CTO:
Founded iTerra
Communications in 2000. More than 16
years of experience in the design of RF and microwave ICs
and multi-chip modules. Before joining iTerra/ GigOptix, led
the product development team of Fujitsu Compound
Semiconductor for mm-wave high-power amplifiers. Author
of several publications in technical journals.
Peter Biere, CFO and GM GigOptix Bothell
:
Over 25 years of experience ranging from startups to high
growth to mature organizations. 4 years CFO/GM position
at Lumera Corporation; CEO/CFO of Entrées International;
CFO of Locate Networks and Zones.com. BBA and MA in
accounting from University of Iowa.
Dr. Raluca Dinu VP Advanced Engineering:
7
years
at
Lumera
rising
to
VP
Electro-Optics
Business
Unit.
4 years as Physics Engineer at National Institute (Physics) in
Bucharest, Romania. She holds over 15 patents and has
authored numerous technical papers. PhD in Physics from
University of Bucharest.
Dr. Jörg
Wieland, VP GM GigOptix-Helix
:
More than 20 years in opto-electronics, founder and CEO
of Helix AG, acquired by GigOptix LLC in January 2008
Also
a
founder
of
Albis
Optoelectronics
AG,
a
leading
photo-detector maker. Prior to starting Helix, he was a
research
scientist
at
ETH
Zürich.
Jorg
holds
Dip.EE.
and
Doctor of Technical Science degrees from ETH.
.
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