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January 2012 Inside Track NF: In the microwave industry and in engineering in general, the lack of women has become more noticeable. — Nancy Friedrich January 2012 People Qualcomm—Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs will retire from the company’s board of directors at the conclusion of his current term. — December 2011 Inside Track NF: For many people in the microwave industry, the announcement of your Wideband Acquisition Record and Playback (WARP) system introduced them not just to this product, but to the company as well. — Nancy Friedrich December 2011 People Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)—Has appointed David Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Intersil Corp., to its board of directors. — 50th Anniversary Issue From Dafty To Genius Inconceivable yet true: James Maxwell was nicknamed “Dafty” in his early school days. — Paul Whytock 50th Anniversary Issue The Readers Have Their Say Independent of subject matter, all publications ultimately owe their success (or failure) to how well they know their audience—and by extension, how successfully they can cater to its needs. — The Editors of Microwaves & RF 50th Anniversary Issue (Sponsors) Dr. James Truchard, CEO, National instruments Empty... — November 2011 Inside Track NF: I understand that counterfeits have become a major topic at the military-sponsored Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) and Standardization Conference (most recently held in Hollywood, FL from August 29th through September 1st). — Nancy Friedrich November 2011 People Assurant Solutions—Manuel Becerra, President of the company’s Mobile Services division, has been elected to the 2012 Board of Directors for CTIA - The Wireless Association. — October 2011 Inside Track NF: TRM Microwave has been in business since the early ’70s and has grown even in the midst of a down economy. What are some of the critical challenges that your company has faced? WT: Some of the critical challenges that have come up for us may be similar to what other small companies our size may have faced: whether or not to stay independent, should we remain a commodity supplier, or do... — Nancy Friedrich October 2011 People AR—Jay Osselburn has joined the company as a Senior Product Engineer for the “A” Series of RF power amplifiers. — September 2011 Inside Track NF: Among all of the technology areas in which RFMD plays, you wanted this interview to focus on WiFi. Can you explain why? BV: Wireless-local-area-networking (WLAN or WiFi) technology has steadily grown throughout the past two decades, with accelerating growth in the last two years. Currently, market researchers are predicting that WiFi component shipments in 2011 will... — Nancy Friedrich September 2011 People TriQuint—Has named James L. Klein Vice President and General Manager of its Defense and Aerospace business. — August 2011 Inside Track NF: Your company was created to take advantage of the television white-space bands that were made available by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), correct? Please explain what this additional spectrum means to wireless providers and services. Neul: It’s the first time that really high-quality (e.g., sub- 1-GHz) spectrum has been made available free of charge. This... — Nancy Friedrich August 2011 People Qualcomm—Has appointed Matt Grob Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Grob initially joined Qualcomm in 1991 as an engineer. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Corporate R&D. In addition, Kanwalinder Singh will head Business Development, New Markets for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT). Singh’s most recent role was as President of Qualcomm India and South Asia. Finally, Dr. Avneesh Agrawal has... — August 2011 Microwave Legends Once they begin careers in the microwave and RF industry, many people stay here. After all, this industry has historically been a nice place to work in terms of its people, engineering challenges, competition, recognition, and professionalism. Over the decades, microwave companies provided growth opportunities for their employees as they created new innovations. At the same time,... — Nancy Friedrich August 2011 Product Introductions Abound At IMS 2011 The high-frequency industry’s fortitude was showing at the recent 2011 International Microwave Symposium (IMS), which took place June 5 to 10 in the Baltimore (MD) Convention Center. — Jack Browne July 2011 Inside Track NF: Many companies in this industry have been around for 50 years. But not many still go by the same name and have never been bought or merged. Tell me about MECA’s beginnings. CD: My father, Ronald R. Davo, worked for Western Electric in Chicago and accepted a transfer to Western Electric Company (Whippany, NJ) in 1959. He saw the need for competitively priced,... — Nancy Friedrich July 2011 People M/A-COM — Michael Dys has joined the company as Corporate Controller. Dys most recently served as Controller at Aeroflex/ Micro-Metrics. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at Skyworks Solutions. In addition, Glen Fields has been appointed Director, Aerospace and Defense. Fields previously served as Area Director for M/A-COM’s Asia-Pacific and New Territory Sales. ENTHONE, INC. —... — June 2011 Inside Track NF: What prompted you to make the move to RFM in 2008, when you joined as VP of Marketing? FH: After NovAtel, Inc. sold to Hexagon AB, I wanted to move my family back to the States from Canada. I looked for an opportunity similar to the situation that took me to NovAtel in 2002—a public company with great core technology, diversified markets, and customers, along with target markets with lots of upside. As it... — Nancy Friedrich  prev. page
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