Profiles

Jim Witham, newly appointed chief executive officer of GaN Systems, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. Witham was appointed CEO of GaN Systems earlier this year. He has more than thirty years’ experience in business development, international sales and marketing, and operations management.

Hans Stork, chief technology officer of ON Semiconductor, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. Stork joined ON Semiconductor in 2011 as senior vice president and chief technology officer responsible for the company’s product research and development.

Steve Roberts, managing director for Amphenol, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. The interconnect company appointed Roberts as managing director in January 2013 coming after an established career within Amphenol having originally joined the company with the acquisition of Jaybeam in 2008. He served as general manager of Amphenol Jaybeam UK from 2006 to 2010 and, most recently, held the role of global director of worldwide site solutions for Amphenol RF & Microwave.

Steve Willis, northern European sales director for XP Power, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. Willis has worked at XP Power for nearly 20 years and has had various roles within the company. He joined the business in 1994 as an area sales manager for a new component power division of XP and became an industry manager for the communications market in 1999.

Peter Rogerson (no relation), worldwide marketing director of Power Integrations, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. Rogerson is worldwide director for marcoms and automated channel sales at Power Integrations, which specialises in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion.

Roland Carter, managing director of Smiths Connectors, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. Carter is the managing director of Smiths Connectors, part of the Smiths Group and a supplier of interconnect products extending from integrated assemblies to micro-miniature connectors and spring probe contacts.

Steve Rogerson interviews Eric Janson, senior vice president for sales and marketing at ams. Janson was born in Michigan, USA, and has lived and worked in the US, Shanghai, China, Cambridge, England, and now resides in Munich, Germany. Janson holds a bachelor of engineering science degree, major in physics, and an MBA. Next year will be his 40th year in semiconductors, almost all in analogue, RF and mixed-signal circuits.

Tim Worley, CEO of Powerstax, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. A seasoned industry veteran, with 40 years in the power engineering and process control sectors, Worley is CEO of Powerstax. The Farnborough-based firm specialises in high-efficiency power conversion products for demanding operational environments.

Graham Curren, founder and CEO of Sondrel, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. Curren founded Sondrel, a privately financed, independent IC services company, in late 2002, and now operates from offices in the UK, Sweden, France, Israel, Italy and China, and provides design services to many of the top global semiconductor companies and start-ups.

Steve Bakos, senior vice president for worldwide sales and marketing for Exar, talks to Steve Rogerson in our series of interviews for CIEonline. Bakos was appointed senior vice president for worldwide sales and marketing for Exar in July 2012. He has nearly 25 years of experience in analogue and mixed signal sales and marketing, including over ten years of executive management experience.