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Bedford, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Pison has pioneered the use of neural sensors on the wrist — smart watches and wearables — to control anything from smart phones, TVs and military drones to Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the Metaverse using a vocabulary of natural hand gestures

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Lowell, Ma, Us

• Set strategic direction and provided executive-level leadership to more than triple sales from $220 to $698 million over 5 years (FY12 to FY17) with 13% organic CAGR and 11 acquisitions.• Expanded gross margin by more than 1400 bps and grew EPS by 43% CAGR during the same period. • Extended business portfolio from RF and Microwave to Lightwave (photonic) products and from servicing Aerospace & Defense to the Telecommunications and Cloud Data Center industries. • Shut down 6 sites, divested 4 businesses and downsized headcount 20% between 2H17 and 1H19 in response to escalating U.S. trade war with China.

Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nl

• During a 4-year tenure at NXP, transformed a portfolio of miscellaneous analog and mixed signal product lines into 3 successful business lines with leadership positions in areas of secular industry growth.• Transformed an unprofitable RF Power business line to model profitability, capturing 30% incremental market share in 3G Basestations. Sold two years later to private equity partners for $1.8 billion.• Redirected RF component business from commodity products to record-setting profitability in Mobile Handsets.• Established strong #1 position in AC/DC power converters for notebook and mobile battery chargers, and electronic ballasts for energy-efficient LED and CFL Lighting.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

• Over a 20+ career at ADI, led the formulation of growth strategy and business execution for almost every operating division in the company. • Drove a $60M transition in bottom-line operating results of the DSP & Systems Division through a combination of top-line revenue growth, expense reduction and the divestiture of a $48M unprofitable business unit. • Within 3 years, executed a turnaround from less than 5% market share in PC Audio, sub-standard gross margins and severe operating losses to greater than 50% market share and model profitability. • Beginning with negligible market presence, forged ADI’s entry on PC motherboards leading to more than $200M of revenue growth in power and thermal management and audio components within 5 years.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

P&L responsibility for a $300M portfolio of business units spanning DSP microprocessors, mixed signal peripherals, software and development tools for various consumer, industrial, military and automotive markets.• Drove a $60M transition in bottom-line operating results through a combination of top-line revenue growth, expense reduction and the divestiture of a $48M unprofitable business unit. • Expanded target applications, customer base, and business objectives for ADI’s DSP business beyond a relatively saturated niche, focusing on segments with tenfold greater market and growth opportunity.• Managed a worldwide organization of more than 800 engineering and marketing professionals, spanning all aspects of strategy, engineering, and marketing in both horizontal and vertical markets. • Led a reorganization of six business units, structuring a network of product lines, technology centers and regional business development teams around North America, Europe and Asia.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

P&L responsibility for a $70M vertical business providing audio components, software and services to the personal computer industry.• Within three years, executed a turnaround from less than 5% market share, sub-standard gross margins and severe operating losses to greater than 50% market share and model profitability. • Built an organization of 60 engineers and marketing professionals spanning product development, marketing, business development and pre- and post-sales support. • Redirected the business unit’s sales and marketing focus away from cost-driven Asian manufacturers and toward value-conscious brand leaders. Secured key vendor selections at Intel, Compaq, Dell, IBM, HP, Sony, NEC, and Fujitsu-Siemens. • Acquired and integrated Staccato Systems, a venture capital funded spin-off from Stanford University with unique intellectual property in the field of music synthesis.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

Forged ADI’s entry onto PC motherboards at leading OEMs in the US, Japan and Asia.• Beginning with negligible market presence, led to more than $200M of revenue growth in power and thermal management and audio components within five years. • Facilitated collaboration with Intel, positioning ADI as a supplier of enabling analog components for Intel Architecture PCs rather than competing microprocessor technologies. • Member of Intel’s advisory council, shaping the agenda for the Intel Developer Forum, the industry’s premier technical conference for new PC technologies and design challenges.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

Managed a staff of five marketing professionals responsible for formulating and recommending new business strategies. • Positioned and launched ADI’s SHARC processor, which today remains the industry’s de facto standard for professional, consumer and car audio systems and floating-point DSP.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

Managed a line of application-specific devices for first-generation digital cellular phones, 9600-bps modems and PC sound cards. • Conceived and executed a marketing and PR program designed to attract third-party software and system engineering investments in support of ADI’s DSP processor business.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

During a one-year expatriate assignment in Ireland, championed a disruptive technology in the field of data conversion called sigma-delta. • Facilitated four cross-divisional R&D programs, leading to innovative designs that today permeate a significant portion of ADI’s converter business in most end-market segments.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

Managed various new products and market introductions. Wrote several application notes and data sheets, publishing two technical articles in major trade publications.

Managed a portfolio of data converters for a venture capital funded start-up in Austin, Texas. • Spent six weeks in Tokyo training technical sales and field applications engineers in support of an alliance with a Japanese investor, Asahi Kasei Microsystems. • Secured and contributed two cover articles in major trade publications.