SiGe Semiconductor Appoints Peter L. Gammel as Chief Technology Officer
SiGe Semiconductor, a global leading supplier of radio frequency (RF) front-end solutions for wireless systems, today announced the appointment of Peter L. Gammel as chief technology officer (CTO).
[ClickPress, Mon Jul 09 2007] SiGe Semiconductor, a global leading supplier of radio frequency (RF) front-end solutions for wireless systems, today announced the appointment of Peter L. Gammel as chief technology officer (CTO). In his new role, Gammel will be responsible for generating technology and product roadmaps and identifying new application opportunities. He will also work closely with external partners, internal engineering and marketing groups to exploit the company’s capabilities in the wireless consumer electronics market segments.
“Gammel will play a leading role in the long-term direction of the corporation by helping to deliver ongoing innovation and value to customers worldwide,” said Sohail Khan, president and chief executive officer, SiGe Semiconductor. “As an industry veteran with a proven track record, he will be a valuable representative at technical forums and engagements. His strong ties with the academia will help us in our university collaboration as well as our efforts to attract and retain the top talent.”
Gammel assumes the position of CTO after 20 years experience in new product and funding development, intellectual property investment, and team building and management. His extensive technical expertise coverers single electron devices, superconducting devices, MEMS and RF acoustic wave devices. He has more than 200 referred technical publications and has over 25 patents issued and in process.
Prior to joining SiGe Semiconductor, Gammel served as VP engineering at a venture backed start-up company. Previous positions include CTO of AdvanceNanotech, Inc., CTO of Agere Systems’ analogue products business unit, and research director at Bell Laboratories (Alcatel-Lucent). He holds a PhD in physics from Cornell University and Bachelor of Science degrees in physics and mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
About SiGe Semiconductor, Inc.
SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. is a leading global supplier of RF front-end solutions for next-generation wireless systems. With more than 170 million components in the market already, SiGe enables the addition of wireless data and navigation capability in laptop PCs, PDAs, handheld game machines, cell phones and personal video players. The company’s solutions are also compliant with standards such as WiFi, WiMAX, GPS, Galileo, GSM and UMTS and offer exceptional performance for consumer products. SiGe operates worldwide and penetrates the Far East through its key sites and distribution network.
About SiGe Semiconductor’s Lead-Free Initiative
The use of lead in the design and manufacture of electronic products is an increasing environmental concern. In support of industry-wide initiatives to protect the environment, all SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. products we ship today are lead-free and RoHS compliant.
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For more information contact:
Bev Hemish, Marketing Communications, SiGe Semiconductor,
Tel: +1 613 288 2709, Email: bhemish@sige.com
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