Leading Experts in Semiconductor Evaluators (North America)

Nathan Brookwood is Principal Analyst at Insight 64, a semiconductor consulting firm. He has worked for and with suppliers of mainframes, minicomputers, personal computers and semiconductors and has analyzed and commented on the industry from perches at D.H. Brown Associates and Dataquest. Although...

Darwin Chen is the Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Kingston Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingston Technology, a global company manufacturing semiconductor memory products. Kingston Digital is specifically focused on the NAND Flash business. Here, Mr. Chen is responsible for product development,...

Tom Coughlin is the President of Coughlin Associates, Inc. He is an acknowledged authority on data storage products including storage devices, network attached storage, storage area networks, and storage applications. Dr. Coughlin has held senior engineering and management positions at companies such...

Paul Fox is President of Corran Tuathail Inc. which provides strategic advice, M&A search and support, fund raising support, strategic partnerships, business development, operational development, and a hands-on Silicon Valley presence. He consults to private equity groups, VCs and growth companies at...

Jim Handy is a Director at Objective Analysis, a market research company. He has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry in the areas of memory manufacturing and sales. Mr. Handy is the author of "The Cache Memory Book" and also holds a patent. He has expertise in DRAM, SRAM, NAND...

Steven Harnsberger was the EVP of TAVI USA, the best of CES portable video & digital entertainment center, two years in a row. From 2004-2008, he served as Vice President- Strategic Business Development at Sonic Solutions, a company specializing in DVD on Demand and electronic sell through of movies....

Mazhar Hussain is an independent technology consultant. He has over 18 years of experience in telecom infrastructure, wireless, handsets, semiconductor, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, broadband DSL, Cable, WLAN and 3G, and networking. Previously, he was Senior Director- worldwide data, voice, and video at Motorola;...

Jerald Kolansky is Worldwide Vice President of Sales at PLX Technology, a semiconductor company involved in high speed interface circuits, particularly PCI express. Previously, Mr. Kolansky was a Vice President at Cree a high power LED manufacturer. Prior to this, he was the President-Sales at M-Systems,...

Dieter Mackowiak is a Senior Executive Advisor to global Semiconductor and Electronics companies working more than 30 years in this industry. Previously, Mr. Mackowiak was the Senior Vice President Memories and TFT-Displays at Samsung Semiconductor USA and an Executive Advisor to the President of Samsung...

Paul Massie is the Senior Director of Information Technology at Genesis Microchip, a fabless semiconductor firm with 1,200 employees. He is responsible for all IT functions at a growing US$ 300MM company based in multiple countries. Previously, Mr. Massie was the Director of IT Infrastructure at Openwave...

Ralph Monteiro is the Director of Marketing at Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc. Previously, he was Senior Tech Marketing Manager at Micrel Inc. Prior to that, he was a Technical Marketing Manager for the computer and telecommunications products at International Rectifier. Mr. Monteiro is an expert...

Vivek Nasta is a Co-Founder of floVector, a telecom venture focused on wireless devices, technologies, and software, and a Managing Director of a consultancy focused on the handset supply chain. He was most recently a Senior Product and Portfolio manager at Nokia. He was responsible for the design of...

Mark Oskowsky has formed his own hi-tech development consulting firm exclusively focused on wireless technology after spending over 25 years in various engineering and management positions at cellular, satellite, semiconductor and wireless telecommunication companies...

Jon Peddie, PhD, is one of the pioneers of the graphics industry, starting his career in computer graphics in 1962. After the successful launch of several graphics manufacturing companies, Dr. Peddie began Jon Peddie Associates in 1984 to provide comprehensive data, information and management expertise...

Donald Rheault is the Founder and President of Salesrep.com, a worldwide network of independent sales reps. He is also the Founder and President of Compass Technology, a manufacturer’s rep in New England. He has over 30 years of experience in electronic product sales- including semiconductors, power...

Ron Solanki is the Chief Executive Officer and the President of Solanki Group Inc., a management consultancy to major US, Asian and European Electronics Corporations in the areas of business strategy, portfolio management, business development, manufacturing, and supply chain management. He also serves...

Eric Stajcer is Retired. He was a Director/VP for Motorola/Freescale semiconductor for 21 years and has been in mkting/sales management in the tech industry for over 30 years. He interacted with every business unit WMSG, TPSG and NCSG at FSL. Has a wide spectrum of knowledge concerning semiconductor...

Jim Turley is an acknowledged expert on microprocessors, semiconductor technology, and intellectual property (IP). He was previously President and CEO at Patriot Scientific Corporation, a publicly held technology firm. He is experienced in microprocessor analysis, semiconductor intellectual property,...

Sam Wang, Ph.D., is the President at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas, a wafer foundry. He is also the venture partner of Asenqua venture, a venture fund based in the Silicon Valley. He serves as the Board Advisor of Sunsil Inc., a semiconductor firm representing wafer...

Bob Wheeler is a senior analyst at The Linley Group, a market research company. He has more than 20 years of experience in the PC, networking and semiconductor industries. He has worked on accounts for companies like 3Com, AMD, ESS Technology and Merrill Lynch. He is the Co author of "A Guide to Network...