SemiSouth announced the filling of executive posts for VP of Sales and
VP of Marketing with seasoned energy executives to launch new
technologies for solar, wind, datacenter and hybrid applications.
Austin, Texas, October 22, 2008
–
SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., a clean energy enabler specializing in
silicon
carbide (SiC) based power management, announced today the appointments
of Chris
Thompson and Dan Schwob
as Vice
President of Marketing and Vice President of Sales, respectively. Mr. Thompson and Mr.
Schwob bring decades of global
experience in the solar, wind, and power electronics markets to help
SemiSouth capitalize
on their new breakthrough products.
“Dan is a
veteran power semiconductor sales and marketing executive, having built
sales
organizations and market share at our target customers in solar, IT and
Telecom
Power markets while at IXYS. His global experience and industry
relationships
with customers and sales channels will be a big asset” said Kenney Roberts, CEO of
SemiSouth.
“We are equally
excited to have Chris come on board.
Not
only does he bring a wealth of global experience developing and
launching
products for the solar, wind, and datacenter industries, but as a past
customer
of SiC devices, he understands the high value they can offer in many of
our
target markets” said Jeff
Casady,
CTO and Founder of SemiSouth.
Mr. Thompson has over 15
years of experience in sales and
marketing and product development in renewable energy, datacenters,
UPS, and other
high growth markets. Prior
to joining
SemiSouth, Mr. Thompson served as Vice President and General Manager of
Solar Inverters
for Advanced Energy Industries. Chris
has held earlier positions as Vice President of Engineering and Product
Development at Xantrex Technology and Director of Datacenter Power
Solutions at
American Power Conversion.
Mr. Schwob joins SemiSouth with over 30 years experience in
sales and marketing of power electronics and semiconductor devices. Prior to joining
SemiSouth, Mr. Schwob served
as Vice President of Marketing for iWatt Corporation and VP of Sales at
IXYS.
About SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc.
Founded in
2000, with
headquarters in Austin,
Texas
and manufacturing in Starkville, Mississippi,
SemiSouth is a leading
provider of silicon carbide (SiC) based devices. As an industry leader
in the
development and manufacture of SiC electrical components and materials
for solar,
wind, datacenter, and other high-power, high-efficiency,
harsh-environment
power management applications, SemiSouth provides discrete power
devices and
SiC epiwafers. SemiSouth’s
proprietary
technology enables SiC-based semiconductor devices that offer
significant
advantages over competing products based on silicon or other
semiconductor
materials.
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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