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SemiSouth Management Team

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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