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SemiSouth Appoints Kenney Roberts as CEO
Austin, Texas, August 17, 2008 – SemiSouth
Laboratories, Inc., a clean energy enabler specializing in silicon carbide
(SiC) based power management, announced today the appointment of Kenney Roberts as President and Chief Executive
Officer. Mr. Roberts previously served
as SemiSouth’s Chief Operating Officer since joining the company in early 2008.
“Kenney brings a
unique combination of start-up experience and Fortune 500 executive management
experience to SemiSouth,” said Don Mundie, a SemiSouth board member. “Kenney has helped drive significant advances
in SemiSouth’s operational performance, and we’re confident that under Kenney’s
leadership the company is going to continue to grow and reach higher levels of
performance.”
Jeff Casady, CTO
and Founder of SemiSouth said “I believe there is no better person than Kenney
to lead SemiSouth at this time. He
possesses a wealth of knowledge with a strong mix of business, engineering and
operating skills. Kenney’s expertise of
commercializing new products has been proven over a vast array of technologies. As SemiSouth penetrates the Solar, SMPS and
HEV markets, Kenney’s leadership will be invaluable”.
Mr. Roberts has over 30 years of experience in the high-tech
industry, spanning both large public-traded
corporations as well as venture-backed start-ups. Mr. Roberts started his career at Mostek Corporation
in 1974 commercializing next-generation dynamic random access memory chips
(DRAMS). He joined Advanced Micro
Devices (AMD) in 1983 and led the technology transition from NMOS to CMOS. In
1988, he became the Director of Engineering for AMD’s Embedded Processor Division
and ramped numerous next-generation processors to high volume production. In 1993, he joined Crystal Semiconductor as
their VP of Operations and quickly established a manufacturing engine that
propelled Crystal
to become the largest mix-signal producer in the world. He later assumed the Sr. VP of Worldwide
Operations role for Crystal’s
parent company, Cirrus Logic, and led the operations effort in Cirrus becoming
the fastest fabless semiconductor company to achieve $1B in revenue. Since his work at Cirrus Logic, Mr. Roberts
has guided several venture-backed high-tech startup companies. Mr. Roberts was the President and CEO of Colorado MicroDisplay,
the COO of Layer N Networks, and the President and CEO of TeraVicta
Technologies. Mr. Roberts holds a
BSEE from the University of Texas at Arlington.
About SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc.
Founded in 2000, with
headquarters in Austin, Texas and manufacturing in Starkville, Mississippi,
SemiSouth is a privately held silicon carbide (SiC) based semiconductor
company. As an industry leader in the development and manufacture of SiC
electrical components and materials for high-power, high-efficiency,
harsh-environment power management applications, SemiSouth provides discrete
power devices, and SiC epiwafers.
SiC-based semiconductor devices offer significant advantages over
competing products based on silicon and other semiconductor materials for power
management applications.
SemiSouth and the
SemiSouth logo are trademarks of SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc. All other company
or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective owners. For more information, visit us on the website at http://www.semisouth.com
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