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Kenney
R. Roberts, Chief Executive Officer
Mr.
Roberts has over 30
years of experience in the
semiconductor industry, spanning both large
public-traded corporations as well as
venture-backed start-ups. Mr.
Roberts began his career at Mostek Corporation where he held
various engineering and management positions.
In 1983, he joined AMD to lead their CMOS technology
development efforts
and transition that technology to high volume production. In 1988, Mr. Roberts
assumed responsibility
of AMD’s
embedded processor development
organizations and introduced the industry’s first
EEPROM-based microcontroller. In
1993, he joined the executive team of Crystal
Semiconductor and led its manufacturing efforts in becoming the
world’s highest
volume producer of mixed-signal products.
Four years later, Mr. Roberts assumed to role of Sr.
VP of Worldwide
Operations of its parent company, Cirrus Logic, and enabled it to achieve
industry recognition as being
the fastest growing fabless semiconductor company to achieve $1B of
annualized
revenue.
Since his work at Cirrus Logic, Mr. Roberts has guided several
venture-backed
high-tech startup companies. Mr.
Roberts
was the President and COO of Colorado Microdisplay and led the company
to be
the leader in the near-to-the-eye display sector, he was the COO of
Layer N
Networks and transitioned the company to a board-level systems
solutions
company, and Mr. Roberts was the President and CEO of TeraVicta
Technologies, establishing
it as the industry leader in the high performance RF MEMS switching
market. Mr. Roberts
holds a BSEE from
the University
of Texas
at Arlington.
Dr. Jeffrey B. Casady, Chief Technology Officer
&
Vice President Business Development
Dr. Casady is a co-founder of SemiSouth, has over 20 years
of semiconductor
experience, and is a leader in the design and development of SiC power
switches. After co-founding SemiSouth in 2000, Dr. Casady
served as President and CEO from 2002-2007, growing total revenue from
less than $1M to $9M over that time period. Since 2007, he has
served as CTO and VP of Business Development for SemiSouth, and has
served as a member of the Board from its inception until present.
From 1999 to
2003,
he was a Mississippi State University faculty member working in SiC
power transistor development.
Prior to MSU, Dr. Casady worked
for Northrop Grumman on a number of key projects, including the
development of high-frequency S-band and L-band SiC RF and power
transistors for pulsed, narrow-band, high-power radar applications
(both ground-based and airborne). He also worked on various
SiC power devices such as thyristors, MOS field effect transistors, and
diodes. Dr. Casady has published more than 75 papers and
been awarded six patents, reached Senior Member status in IEEE in 2002,
and was given a Leadership Award in 2008 by the Mississippi Technology
Alliance. He has co-authored three book chapters, numerous
magazine articles, and has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from
Auburn University and a BS & MS in Electrical Engineering from the
University of
Missouri.
Robert
D. Maddox, Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining the Company in 2005, Mr. Maddox served as Vice
President of Finance and Global Controller for Thermadyne Holdings
Corporation, a $525 million multinational public manufacturing company
headquartered in St. Louis, MO.
During his 13 years there, he gained significant experience in merger,
acquisition, and divestiture activities having worked on numerous
transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $500
million. Mr. Maddox has experience in a variety of financing
activities including public debt offerings, senior credit facilities,
and leasing. Prior to joining Thermadyne, Mr. Maddox served
for seven years with the international accounting firm of Ernst
& Young. Mr. Maddox, a CPA, earned a BA in Accounting
from Oklahoma
State.
Daniel A. Schwob, Vice President Sales and Marketing
Mr. Schwob has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor
industry and is a veteran of the power management industry. Mr. Schwob
previously served at Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of
IXYS a $300M power semiconductor company focused in higher power and a
leader in silicon based devices for the Solar inverter and IT/Telecom
power supply markets. Prior to IXYS, Mr. Schwob was founder and CEO of
Semipower Systems, a power integrations company developing high power
integrated modules for EV, Industrial Drives and HVAC applications.
Semipower was sold to MTS which later was acquired by Parker Hannifan.
Prior to joining IXYS as an early founder, Mr. Schwob was a marketing
director at AMD and spent his initial 10 years at General
Electric’s Power Semiconductor Division. Mr. Schwob holds a
BSEE from Ohio
University.
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