SOITEC : SOITEC APPOINTS INDUSTRY VETERAN FROM INTEL TO LEAD MICROELECTRONICS BUSINESS IN NORTH AMERICA
June 04 2014 - 2:08PM
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing
revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and
energy industries, has named Thom Degnan vice president of sales
and business development for its Electronics Division in North
America. This strategic appointment comes at a time when Soitec's
Electronics Division is focusing its silicon-on-insulator (SOI)
technology on fast-growing mainstream and emerging mobile
communication markets - from smart phones to the Internet of Things
- with well-positioned products including its FD-SOI wafers for
digital electronics and RF-SOI wafers for radio-frequency (RF)
applications.
Degnan will be based in San Diego, California, and will report
to Thomas Piliszczuk, corporate senior vice president of global
sales, business development and marketing for Soitec's Electronics
Division.
Commenting on Degnan's appointment, Piliszczuk said, "With his
valuable insight from the chip-making side of the business, Thom is
a great asset to provide leadership in driving adoption of Soitec
products in our target market segments. He brings a wealth of
knowledge in business development and customer service. We expect
him to have a significant impact on the growth of Soitec."
Immediately before joining Soitec, Degnan was vice president of
business development for Intel's Services Division and, prior to
that, vice president and general manager of the Americas Region of
Intel Mobile Communications. Previously he was vice president and
general manager of the Americas Region of Infineon Technologies,
Inc., where he was responsible for all sales, business development
and marketing for the company's Communications Division, which
Intel acquired in 2011.
Earlier in his career, Degnan held several executive management
positions within Qualcomm, Scientific Atlanta, now part of Cisco.
He also has experience in starting and participating in three
early-stage technology companies in the satellite and mobile
communications markets.
Degnan earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Connecticut
State University and an MBA in international business and finance
from the University of New Haven in Connecticut.
About Soitec: Soitec is an international
manufacturing company, a world leader in generating and
manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials at the frontier
of the most exciting energy and electronic challenges. Soitec's
products include substrates for microelectronics (most notably SOI:
silicon-on-insulator) and concentrator photovoltaic systems (CPV).
The company's core technologies are Smart Cut(TM), Smart
Stacking(TM) and Concentrix(TM), as well as expertise in epitaxy.
Applications include consumer and mobile electronics,
microelectronics-driven IT, telecommunications, automotive
electronics, lighting products and large-scale solar power plants.
Soitec has manufacturing plants and R&D centers in France,
Singapore, Germany and the United States. For more information,
visit: www.soitec.com.
Soitec Press release in PDF
http://hugin.info/143589/R/1790756/615785.pdf
HUG#1790756
CONTACT: International Media Contacts
(trade press)
Camille Dufour
+33 (0)6 79 49 51 43
camille.dufour@soitec.com
(business press)
Marylen Schmidt
+33 (0) 4 76 92 87 83
marylen.schmidt@soitec.com
Investor Relations
Olivier Brice
+33 (0)4 76 92 93 80
olivier.brice@soitec.com
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