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Pierre de Rochemont, Founder/CEO—
Developed
the company's proprietary technology and is its
chief marketing and product development strategist.
Prior to founding GigaCircuits, Inc. and Composite
Ceramic Technologies, LLC, his experience included:
GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor engineering, (Epitronics
Corp., Phoenix, AZ); fiber-optics R&D and
materials engineering of advanced high transparency
glass systems (SpecTran Corp., Sturbridge, MA),;
and, Principal Investigator/Program Manager on
projects that developed advanced ceramic processes
suitable for manufacturing high-T c
superconducting wire and magnets, nonlinear optical
materials and systems, imaging radiation sensors
and infrared biosensors with Radiation Monitoring
Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA . |
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Juha Jussila-Song, Director of Marketing and Supply Chain Coordination—
brings more than 10 years of relevant experience in the wireless telecommunications experience
with Nokia and Elcoteq. As General Manager, Nokia Japan, KK., he led Nokia's evaluation
of Japanese low-temperature co-fired ceramic circuits (LTCC) when they were considered as an
integration technology that might reduce the footprint of RF circuits. Mr. Jussila-Song adds
management expertise in new technology sourcing and was a pioneer of commercial RFID application
in Europe. He is fluent in English, French, and Finnish, conversant in German, Swedish, Japanese,
and Chinese.
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Paul Collander, European Representative and Technical
Advisor—Brings 30 years experience
developing and implementing new ceramic technologies
for high-frequency radio and optical communications
systems for Nokia R&D, Helsinki, Finland.
He has led project coordination and new technology
development programs for Nokia, and is an influential
member of European and Finnish science and technical
policy committees. He is a Fellow, International
Microelectronics and Packaging Society, (2002),
and serves as President IMAPS Europe 2005 - 2007.
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Advisory Board
Keith E. Moe, Advisor, Operations Oversight,
— is a former Group Vice President, Electro and Communications Products,
3M Company and was the first business leader to apply Six Sigma principles to business operations.
Mr. Moe is an advisor to several early stage technology companies and industry organizations
including: Smarter Solutions (Board Member), InvestLinc Conmedesign (Board Chairman),
and Critical Connections, Inc.
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Mark E. Pecen, Ph.D./MBA, Advisor, Technology Oversight,— is Vice President,
Advanced Technology, Research in Motion, Ltd (RIM) and formerly Distinguished Innovator and
Science Advisory Board Member, Senior Manager of the Technical Staff, Motorola, Inc. Dr. Pecen
developed a number of technologies adopted in global standards by the Global System for Mobile
telecommunication (GSM), is an inventor on over 70 patents and is a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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Walter J. Trybula, Ph.D./MBA, Advisor Technology Oversight,—
is currently the Director of the Nanomaterials Applications Center at Texas State
Universtiy-San Marcos. As a Senior Fellow at SEMATECH, Austin, TX, Dr. Trybula successfully led the
industry collaboration to commercialize immersion lithography. He is a member of the steering
committee for the Texas Alliance for Nanoelectronics (TxAN)) and co-chair of the
Texas State Strategy on Advanced Technology Working Groups for both Nanotechnology and MEMS.
As a technology futurist, Walt has been involved in numerous applications of emerging technology.
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Leif Smith, Investor / Advisor,—
is President and Founder of The Explorations Foundation, Inc., Denver, Colorado, an organization
that invests in freedom because it is good for explorers.
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