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Corvallis, Oregon, US

Amorphyx revolutionizes electronic device technology - sensors, diodes and transistors - by leveraging breakthroughs in high electric field-based thin film electronic devices enabled through the use of amorphous metals. The Company's initial product - a patented two-terminal thin film nonlinear device called the Amorphous Metal Nonlinear Resistor (AMNR).

ONAMI is Oregon’s first “signature research center” (SRC)—an academic, business and government collaboration to grow research volume and commercialization in the broad area of nano- and micro-scale science and engineering. ONAMI provides business development services for Oregon's research universities under the auspices of Business Oregon's Innovation.

Liquid Wire is a Portland State University spinout producing a unique eutectic metal gel which can be patterned into conductive traces that can stretch, bend or otherwise deform while providing pressure and strain feedback through linear changes in resistance. With room temperature processing and no loss of conductivity through fatigue, MetalGel™ is an.

Vincio provides turnkey product marketing services - product strategy, competitive analysis, product promotion and customer development based upon our technical expertise. We tend to work with early-stage startups in preparing them for initial product rollouts, fundraising rounds and strategic partnerships.

Diatomix combines porous bio-mineralized silica with nanoparticles to produce a self-cleaning and antibacterial additive for residential, industrial and commercial paints, floor coatings, home cleaning products and air filters that improves indoor air quality through continuous decontamination of volatile organic compounds. The company is an early-stage.

Andover, MA, US

SiGe was an analog/RF component supplier into consumer and commercial electronics markets. From near-failure in 2006 (losing $16M on $32M in revenue with $100M invested to date), the company became recognized as one of the fastest-growing RF semiconductor suppliers in North America and one of the premier privately-held semiconductor companies in the.

Andover, MA, US

Responsible for return on investment from company's three product lines enabling wireless communications in key segments of the consumer electronics market. Define and manage execution of product line strategy, business strategy, tactical product marketing. Manage marketing communications; define product positioning, execute communications on corporate.

Xindium (Crystal Lake, IL and Westlake Village, CA) is a venture-funded fabless semiconductor company focused on improving the performance of mobile phones through the use of indium phosphide DHBT technology to manufacture higher performance RF power amplifiers which enable improvements in battery life and uplink data rate for next-generation EDGE and.

Vincio provides strategic market and product planning services to wireless and RF semiconductor companies, focusing on early-stage startups, venture capital firms, as well as Fortune 500 companies looking to enter the RF wireless communications markets. Vincio's primary value is delivered from product concept through initial revenues, typically defining.

US

(Co-founder) Wireless semiconductor startup focused on improving battery life of mobile phones by increasing efficiency of RF power amplifier through varying the PA supply voltage to track the RF waveform. Tropian pioneered so-called "polar modulation" in GSM mobile phones, a precursor to today's "envelope tracking" techniques for improving cellular PA.

SEIKO Communications Systems was the evolution of AT&E Laboratories, founded in 1989 to commercialize a wristwatch pager and international paging system using the subcarrier region of broadcast FM radio signals. At its height, the SEIKO Messagewatch and service was a precursor to today's digital mobile services - text messaging, sports and entertainment.

Wilmington, MA, US

Beaverton, OR, US

Helped lead Tek Microelectronics from customer-owned tooling IC foundry business model to application-specific standard products. I conceived and built the Wireless Product Line on the concept of highly integrated RF physical layer systems for three rapidly emerging consumer electronics markets - GSM mobile phones, direct broadcast satellite TV set-top.

Supplier of turnkey 0.5-40 GHz ELINT systems for US Defense and intelligence communities. Designed RF synthesizers and front ends focused in 0.5-18 GHz range.Condor filed for bankruptcy in 2001 and was acquired by EDO Corp. in 2002.

Digital RF Solutions was the first digital (phase accumulator and DAC) approach to synthesizing RF signals. Primary uses of the technology were the first MRI machines, the first version of the AEGIS radar system for US Navy, and high-performance RF and video signal generators.The company was merged with a software group calling themselves Proxim.

ARGOSystems was the premier US developer and manufacturer of shipboard, man-portable and remotely-located electronic intelligence gathering equipment for the US military and intelligence communities. After IPO in 1984, ARGOSystem was acquired by Boeing Electronics in 1987 for 2x its stock market valuation.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

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