August 2010 Microwave Legends To those outside this industry, microwave engineers and dealmakers probably seem to be involved in some kind of dark art. They use terms and acronyms not widely understood. In addition, they not only understand electronic systems that few can comprehend, but can also imagine ways to improve them. It is this vision that marks all of the hall of famers inducted into the “Microwave Legends” over the last four years. It also is a characteristic of the... — Nancy Friedrich August 2010 People Fleischmann Assumes Role Of R&S President, CEO MANFRED FLEISCHMANN takes over as President and CEO of Rohde & Schwarz from MICHAEL VOHRER, who is retiring after a 35-year span with the company. Fleischmann, who joined the company 25 years ago, has been a member of the executive board since 2005. He states, “My goal is,... — Dawn Hightower July 2010 People Bisco Industries Names Wagner President DONALD S. WAGNER has been appointed President of Bisco Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EACO Corp. Wagner has served as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President since November 2007. He will continue to serve people as COO after his promotion. Wagner has served Bisco in a number of other capacities including Vice President of Product Management since June 1994. Prior... — Dawn Hightower June 2010 People Ahuja Heads Wireless Broadband Venture Chief Executive Officer of Harbinger Capital Partners’ new nationwide 4G-LTE wireless broadband company. Ahuja will lead the development and deployment of the network’s nationwide rollout. In addition to controlling access to 13 MHz of terrestrial spectrum, the new company has a controlling interest in SkyTerra Communications, Inc., an L-band (MSS) company. The company will build an LTE network that... — Dawn Hightower May 2010 People Jack Bramel Receives IPC Raymond E. Pritchard Hall Of Fame Award JACK BRAMEL has been awarded the 2009 IPC Raymond E. Pritchard Hall of Fame Award in recognition of contributions to IPC and the electronic interconnect industry, volunteer service on IPC standards-development committees, and lifetime achievement. Bramel has been involved in IPC for more than 40 years. He first became involved with standards... — Dawn Hightower April 2010 People Sabritec Appoints Pianalto President SCOTT PIANALTO has been appointed President of Sabritec, a Smiths Interconnect business that provides interconnect solutions for military, aerospace, telecom, space, test and measurement, and commercial applications. He has over 20 years of experience in the connector industry and most recently served as the Director of Marketing and Operations for a major connector manufacturer within the military aerospace... — Dawn Hightower March 2010 People McLean Takes Reins At Ozmo Devices BILL MCLEAN has joined Ozmo Devices as Chief Executive Officer. McLean was Co-founder and CEO of GloNav, a fabless semiconductor company that manufactured GPS receivers for the cellular market. He sold that company to NXP (part of ST Ericsson) for $110 million in 2008. Formerly, McLean was President and CEO of Anadigm, a fabless-semiconductor company producing field-programmable analog arrays... — Dawn Hightower February 2010 People Sakurai Receives 2010 IEEE Award For Solid-State Circuits TAKAYASU SAKURAI has been awarded the 2010 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits. The award, which is sponsored by the IEEE Solid- State Circuits Society, recognizes Sakurai for pioneering contributions to the design and modeling of high-speed and low-power complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)... — Dawn Hightower January 2010 People Bruno Appointed To US Naval Research Advisory Committee DR. MICHAEL S. BRUNO, Dean of Stevens Institute of Technology’s Schaefer School of Engineering & Science, has been appointed to the Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) by the Secretary of the Navy with the concurrence of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Since arriving at Stevens in 1989, Bruno has... — Dawn Hightower December 2009 People Raytheon Engineer Receives National Award DR. PIALI DE has received a national award for Technology Innovation at the 2009 Women of Color’s 14th Annual Conference. De is a Raytheon engineering fellow in Civil Security and Response Programs at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). She is one of two recipients of this year’s Technology Innovation award for innovation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Daniel L. Smith,... — Dawn Hightower November 2009 People Endwave Names Mikulsky President and CEO JOHN MIKULSKY has been named President and CEO by Endwave Corp.’s board of directors. He also has been appointed to the board of directors effective December 21. In his career at Endwave, which began in 1996, Mikulsky has held positions in marketing, business development, and product development. In 2005, he assumed the position as Chief Operating Officer. This past July, Mikulsky was appointed President and... — Dawn Hightower October 2009 People Northrop Grumman Elects Wesley Bush CEO/President WESLEY G. BUSH has been elected President and Chief Executive Officer by the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors. Bush joined the company in 1987 and most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Ronald D. Sugar, Chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corp. since 2003, plans to retire after 29 years of service to Northrop Grumman and its... — Dawn Hightower September 2009 People MEETINGS Aero & Defense Test 09/ITEA Annual Symposium For aerospace and defense research & development and operational test and evaluation professionals Sept. 1- October 2009 (Baltimore, MD) For more information, visitwww.aerodefensetest.comsheraton puerto rico Contact: Ian... — Dawn Hightower August 2009 Microwave Legends Empty... — Nancy Friedrich August 2009 People Conexant Names Co-Presidents CHRISTIAN SCHERP and SAILESH CHITTIPEDDI will share responsibilities as Co-Presidents for Conexant Systems, Inc. when the transactions to sell the Broadband Access business to Ikanos Communications, Inc. is completed in the fourth fiscal quarter. Most recently, Scherp served as Conexant President while... — Dawn Hightower July 2009 People Padovani Receives 2009 IEEE Sumner Award ROBERTO PADOVANI, who developed and commercialized third-generation (3G) cellular communications networks incorporating code division multiple access (CDMA) technology, is being honored with the 2009 IEEE Eric. E. Sumner Award sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. Since the mid-1990s, Padovani has been chiefly responsible for defining and pursuing the evolution of CDMA technology into the 3G standards... — Dawn Hightower June 2009 People Moorthy Promoted To Microchip Technology COO GANESH MOORTHY has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer by the board of Microchip Technology, Inc. Moorthy started his business career at Intel Corp. in 1981 and worked there for 19 years, rising through varous engineering and management positions. He joined Microchip in 2001 as Vice President of the... — Dawn Hightower May 2009 People Buckley Is Named Harris Fellow RICHARD BUCKLEY has been named the 2009 recipient of the Harris Fellow Award, the highest recognition for engineering achievement at Harris Corp. Buckley, a Senior Scientist with the RF Communications division in Rochester, NY, is a 25-year veteran of Harris. He is being honored for his technical expertise, leadership skills, and continuous contributions toward achieving and sustaining Harris’ leadership... — Dawn Hightower April 2009 People Gilbert Elected To US National Academy Of Engineering BARRIE GILBERT, a Technology Fellow with Analog Devices, Inc., has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Gilbert, who directs engineering at the Northwest Labs in Beaverton, OR, is being honored by the NAE for his contributions to the field of analog circuit design. The Gilbert cell, a versatile... — Dawn Hightower March 2009 People Fawson Is Founder Of RF Connections RUTH FAWSON has founded RF Connections in Tampa, FL. Fawson, the President and Founder of RF Connections, worked alongside some of the pioneers of the RF connector industry for more than 40 years and has extensive experience with RF connector and cable-assembly design. In fact, Fawson ... — Dawn Hightower |
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