Bruce Renouard Email & Phone Number

Campbell, Ca

Pre-Switch is bringing to market a disruptive power conversion technology that promises unrivaled gains in power converter efficiency, size and cost reduction, and EV car range extension. Since the introduction of transistorized power converters in the early 1960s, engineers have been challenged by the confining limitations of hard-switched transistor losses. Promising cost and size reductions enabled by faster switching speeds have been limited by increases in unwanted heat, wasted energy and expensive heat extraction methods. As a consequence, even the best power converters used today in motor drives, wind turbines, solar inverters, E-mobility, and others are still hindered by slow switching frequencies.The key to breaking through the 50-year-old hard-switching innovation barrier has been a promising technology known as "soft-switching". Past soft-switching technologies worked modestly but remained ineffective for the vast majority of power converters because they stopped soft-switching under real world conditions of varying input and output. Pre-Flex AI is our embedded AI technology which enables accurate soft-switching across any varying input and output condition while automatically compensating for variances in manufacturing and device tolerances. Our technology is simply implemented with minimal external component costs and is available in chip, controller board and gate driver board options. The results are staggeringly positive. Pre-Flex AI eliminates 70-80% of IGBT and 90-95% of SiC & GaN MOSFET switching losses. Equally important, our architecture dramatically reduces the dV/dt and EMI associated with the increased switching speeds. Pre-Switch has broken through the 50-year-old hard-switched innovation barrier. Soft-switching is the future of power conversion and the world will adopt our technology.We are Pre-Switch, Inc. We are simple, elegant and cost effective soft-switching technology for the masses. We take the HARD out of switching.

Durham, North Carolina, Usa

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Added $42M in sales and boosted GPM 21% amid growing, low-cost competition. Regained control over lagging sales by reaching out directly to a focused set of customers—current high-volume buyers and those with growth potential. Made global operational improvements that shortened the sales cycle, proved product efficacy, re-engaged demoralized Customer Service Group, and lowered costs. Led 350 direct and indirect reports across 35 countries. In July, 2014, transitioned SVP role to take on strategic, proprietary project for the Power Group.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ – SALES TURNAROUND: Reversed revenue decline in market flooded by low-cost competitors, growing Power & RF and LED sales $42M+ to reach $942M for FY2014; boosting LED Component sales from 2.7B to 6.7B units; and, increasing customer base from 9K to 14K.– TEAM DEVELOPMENT: Reorganized Sales Group, building worldwide team from existing resources and new hires. Focused selling efforts on direct outreach to top 300 market-leading customers, including smaller firms with growth potential.– DATA-DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE: Built complete data-gathering infrastructure, including design win tracking tools, to measure product and rep performance as well as contribute to accurate forecasting.– MARKET POSITIONING: Worked closely with Marketing to properly position products, and commissioned internal studies to demonstrate Cree’s superiority in key applications: street lights and outdoor lighting.– GLOBAL OPERATIONS IMPACT in Sales, Applications, Field Applications, Sales Operations, Customer Service, Market Development, Strategic Alliances, and Shipping & Receiving. – DEEP MARKET SEGMENT KNOWLEDGE: LED Components, Power, RF, Semi-Finished Lighting Products, Power Modules, Chips, High Brightness LEDs for signage and Lighting Systems.

San Jose, Ca

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Improved sales 233% and profit margin 26%. Sold 1B+ units annually, boosting revenue from $90M to $300M. Expanded customer base 560%. Co-led International Board of Director’s P&L Committee for $270M overseas sales. Recruited by CEO to build a robust sales group to drive profitable global growth. Accountable for $16M budget, 130-person organization, $300M sales portfolio, and 12 international offices/entities.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ – TEAM BUILDING: Nearly halved sales cost/revenue—from 9.5% to 5.4%—while growing sales team 330%. Grew sales group 5X, from 24 to 130 resources, optimizing resource allocation according to regional needs and flattening organizational structure. Created culture of Selling PI Value resulting in market leading sales organization. – SALES STRUCTURE CHANGE MANAGEMENT: Countered profit erosion due to distributors’ selling on the basis of price by transitioning selling model from distribution to direct sales, garnering the required C-level buy-in to do so. – RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION: Used improved GPM to fund growth of sales force. Maximized impact of sales resources. Implemented no-touch selling model to foster Tier 3 growth and higher profits. Outsourced non-essential services.– DATA-DRIVEN INFRASTRUCTURE: Built complete data-gathering infrastructure, including design win tracking tools, with SalesForce.com to measure product and sales member performance. Implemented statistical opportunity predictor for improved forecast accuracy. – LOCAL FOCUS, GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS: Established foreign entities, opened offices and hired senior managers across Asia to improve service/support. – BOARD MEMBER IMPACT: Collaborated with CEO to establish a separate entity, enabling PI to be competitive on an international stage. Served as director of Power Integrations, Ltd. BOD, providing P&L and executional oversight for $270M international subsidiary.

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Grew sales 50% YOY, from $59M in 1999 to $120M in 2001. Doubled sales and application teams, managing $4.2M budget. Accelerated design wins by standardizing “copy-ready” reference designs for use by top-100 customers. Signed production agreements across US, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Europe. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Responsible for 30 international and domestic employees. Managed WW Sales, Field Applications Engineering, Customer Service, Website, PR and trade shows. Focused on selling and supporting hardware and software encoders, decoders, ARM processors and support chips for the consumer electronics OEM's. Target markets were DVD, digital camera, graphics accelerator cards and consumer audio products. Sold intellectual property cores software for the video compression and decompression and graphics market.

San Jose, California

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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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Bsee, Semiconductors, Economics

Activities and Societies: Phi Gamma Delta (Fraturnity), Student Foundation, Judiciary Leves 1, 2, 3 Intermural SportsCo-op in Electrical.

Pre-Engineering, Science And Math

Activities and Societies: Eagle Scout, Varsity Basketball and Tennis