Ken joined Enpirion, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer in August 2004.  A seasoned executive, he brings more than 25 years of experience in finance and corporate development in the semiconductor and electronics industries to the company.  His expertise is in creating financial and administrative structures for growing and evolving companies, establishing and maintaining banking relationships, and providing strategic advice for complex financial and business transactions.

Before joining Enpirion, Ken was the Vice President of Finance and Administration at NxtWave Communications, Inc., a venture-capital financed semiconductor company with proprietary technology for cable modems, interactive set-top boxes, digital TVs and PC video products.  During Ken’s tenure NxtWave raised more than $40 million in three equity sales prior to the sale of the business  to ATI Technologies, Inc., a world leader in the supply of graphics, video and multimedia products for desktop, workstation and notebook PCs, digital televisions, cell phones and game consoles.

Prior to NxtWave, Ken was a founder and principal at Falcon International, a consulting firm specializing in business strategy formulation, planning systems and merger and acquisition services to the electronics industry.  During this time as a consultant he managed the successful strategic acquisition or sale of four businesses for public companies.  Ken also was Corporate Director of Planning and Acquisitions at General Instrument Corporation, where he developed and implemented a corporate-wide strategic planning and competitive analysis system, as well as managed the company’s acquisition and divestiture activities.  Early in his career, Ken held several accounting and financial management positions at SCM Corporation. 

Ken earned a BBA in finance and a MBA from Kent State University.

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John has 20+ years of experience in sales, marketing and engineering roles in the high-technology sector.  He has held P&L responsibility and managed direct sales, manufacturer's representatives and distributors in North America, Europe and Asia.  His experience includes management roles with FORTUNE 500, and with pre-IPO companies where he was a member of the senior management team, and an officer of the company.  As the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Galvantech his strategy and management led the company revenue growth to $56M+, and a subsequent successful acquisition by Cypress Semiconductor Corp.  Prior to Galvantech, he was the Vice President of Sales at Equator Technologies Inc, where he captured the company's first publicly announced design-win with Tektronix, and also managed the due diligence activities for private equity placement from Sony, Canon, Hitachi and others.  Previous management positions include Director of Worldwide Strategic Sales at AMD and similar positions at Sharp Microelectronics and Avex Electronics.

Johns holds a BSEE from Florida International University and began his career designing implantable pacemakers at Cordis Corporation in Miami FL.  He then designed pagers for Motorola in Plantation FL, before making a career change to sales and marketing.  John is a frequent author and has been published in Electronic News, PC Magazine, Upside, Electronic Business, EDN, Business Geographics, Presentations Magazine, and TechLINKS Magazine. 

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Doug Lopata brings to Enpirion more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of integrated circuit product development, including: definition, architecture, circuit design, product engineering, and test engineering. During his career, he has developed and led the development of over 30 mixed-signal products that, to date, have shipped more than 200 million units into the telecom, cellular, and consumer electronics product spaces. His experience spans bipolar, CMOS, and BiCMOS process technologies.

Before joining Enpirion, Doug was the Chief IC Architect for Agere System’s Mobility Business Unit (now LSI Logic), where he was responsible for technical leadership in all aspects of cell-phone IC development, including: product definition, baseband IC architecture, digital and mixed-signal process technology roadmaps, advanced packaging roadmaps, and power management architecture. Previously, Doug was a Consulting Member of Technical Staff leading the architecture and design of Agere’s cellular analog products and power management ICs. Doug pioneered Agere’s power management product family, personally architecting, designing, and delivering 13 integrated power management products for the cellular and WiFi markets – products that have shipped nearly 100 million units.

Doug currently holds 12 patents, with an additional 20 patents pending, spanning the areas of circuit design, IC architecture, power system architecture, and systems design. His interest areas include all aspects of product design and delivery – with a specific focus on low-cost design for high-volume products. Doug holds a BSEE from Drexel University and a MSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Dhammika Perera brings to Enpirion more than 20 years of senior management experience in all aspects of worldwide manufacturing operations and product development engineering for high-speed analog and mixed signal integrated circuits.

Before joining Enpirion, Dhammika was the Vice President of Operations for Scintera, Inc., where he was responsible for domestic and international manufacturing operations, quality, backend engineering (product, test and package engineering) and corporate applications engineering organizations. Prior to that position, he served as the Vice President of Product and Test Engineering at Sipex Corporation, and was instrumental in developing the manufacturing and engineering infrastructure both internally and offshore. His product lines included power management, interface and optical storage.

Dhammika held successful managerial roles at National Semiconductor and Analog Devices after beginning his semiconductor career as a product engineer. He holds a BSEE from the Rochester Institute of Technology

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Steve has over 25 years of broad leadership experience in all areas of semiconductor operations. Throughout his career, he has successfully led and managed global supply chains and directed major capacity expansions needed to support overall business growth.

Prior to joining Enpirion, Steve was the Director of ASIC Operations and Business Planning for ATI Technologies, Inc, a leading supplier of graphics semiconductors located in Toronto, Canada. In this position, he was responsible for planning and scaling the execution of the global supply chain as the company’s annual revenues grew from $1.2B to $2.5B. Before joining ATI, Steve was the Director of Operations at NxtWave Communications Inc., a fabless semiconductor company specializing in integrated circuits required in set-top boxes, HDTV’s, and personal computer video. Earlier in his career, he held senior management positions in operations with Mitsubishi Silicon in Salem Oregon and Exar Corporation in Fremont California.

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