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also provide financial perspective to other business leaders toward optimising M/A-COM Tech’s operational efficiency.
“Michael’s extensive experience with substantial global players in our market space, his diverse business background, and his hands-on approach make him the ideal professional for this role,” said the CFO. “His successful career to date in the microwave industry has demonstrated hands-on leadership, effective financial control and attention to the bottom line.”
Dys most recently served as Controller at Aeroflex/ Micro-Metrics. He previously served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at Skyworks Solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, both from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts. In speaking about this next phase of his career, Dys commented, “I am looking forward to rolling up my sleeves to continuously improve the company’s accounting processes and to implement cost-effective business solutions.”
Nitronex ships 500,000th GaN RF device
The company says that expanding markets and customers, alongside an already robust U.S.-based supply chain, sets the stage for continued rapid growth.
Nitronex, a designer and manufacturer of GaN based RF solutions for high performance applications in the defence, communications, cable TV, and industrial & scientific markets, has shipped more than 500,000 production devices since introducing its first production-qualified products in 2006.
Volume production began in 2009, and shipments predominantly consisted of 10 different products to five customers with a roughly even split between domestic and international sales.
“Shipping more than 500,000 devices is a testament to the early successes we’ve had in military communications, jammers, and cable TV
infrastructure. We provide our customers with complete RF solutions including final, driver, and pre-driver discrete and MMIC amplifiers, product models, reliability data, and applications support,” commented Charlie Shalvoy, President and CEO of Nitronex.
“We have also established a robust supply chain with U.S. manufacturing partners based on our proprietary GaN-on-Silicon technology. We believe this is more scalable than competing technologies that are based on exotic substrates. We look forward to continued growth by expanding into emerging GaN markets such as RADAR, and eventually commercial wireless infrastructure,” he concluded.
Nitronex says its patented SIGANTIC GaN- on-Si process is the only production-qualified GaN process using an industry standard silicon substrate. This ensures a robust supply chain, which, combined with innovative new products, has positioned the company well for the significant growth expected in GaN markets in upcoming years.
Berlin to host compound semiconductor conference
Organised by the Fraunhofer Institute and the VDE Association for Electrical Technologies, Electronic & Information Technologies, the conference will address the future of compound semiconductors in micro electronics and optoelectronics.
On May 23, 2011, Andre Geim, the 2010 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, opened the 2011 Compound Semiconductor Week with a plenary lecture on graphene.
Here, some 450 scientists and industry representatives will discuss current research findings in the field of compound semiconductors. An example of one of the key topics of the event is how to improve energy efficiency while increasing data rates in communications systems – often referred to as “Green IT”.
The conference took place in Berlin from May 22 to 26. The conference is organised by the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI, the Fraunhofer Institute
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