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Company
Info: Officers
RFMD®
Executive Officers
Robert A. Bruggeworth
- President and Chief Executive Officer
Barry D. Church - Vice President and Corporate
Controller
Steven E. Creviston - Corporate Vice President
and President of Cellular Products Group
Jerry D. Neal - Executive Vice President of Marketing
and Strategic Development
William J. Pratt - Chief Technical Officer and
Corporate Vice President
William A. Priddy Jr. - Chief Financial Officer,
Corporate Vice President of Administration and Secretary
Suzanne B. Rudy - Vice President, Corporate Treasurer,
Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary
James D. Stilson - Corporate Vice President of
Operations
Robert Van Buskirk - President of Multi-Market Products Group
RFMD® Corporate Officers
Gary J. Grant - Corporate Vice President of Quality
Assurance
J. Forrest Moore - Corporate VP of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Powell T. Seymour - Corporate Vice President of
Strategic Operations and Secretary
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| Robert
A. Bruggeworth is president and chief executive
officer of RFMD®. Prior
to his current role, he served as president of RFMD
from June 2002 until January 2003. Mr. Bruggeworth was
formerly president of the wireless products group of RFMD,
before which he was vice president of wireless products.
Prior to joining RFMD, Mr. Bruggeworth
was employed at AMP Inc., a supplier of electrical and
electronic connection devices, from July 1983 to April
1999, serving most recently as vice president of global
computer and consumer electronics, based in Hong Kong,
China. In addition to serving on RFMD's board of directors,
Mr. Bruggeworth is also a member of the board of directors
of LightPath Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer
of families of high performance fiber optic components
for the telecommunications industry. |
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Jerry D. Neal, the company's Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Development has over 30 years experience in the RF and wireless communications industry. Mr. Neal received his ASEE degree from Gaston Technical Institute and North Carolina State University. In 2001 he was awarded the Doctor of Business Management Degree from Southern Wesleyan University.
Mr. Neal started his career with Hewlett-Packard and continued his education in computer technology for more than 10 years. An entrepreneur at heart, Mr. Neal founded Moisture Control Systems for the production of his patented electronic sensor for measurement of soil moisture for research. This business was later sold to Hancor, Inc. Before co-founding RFMD, he broadened his knowledge of sales and technical business with 10 years experience in various marketing positions at Analog Devices, Inc.
As a co-founder of RFMD, Mr. Neal took primary responsibility for securing the initial funding for the new venture. His relationships with several venture capitalists resulted in the initial funding of the company. Mr. Neal established the image of RFMD in the marketplace and was primarily responsible for many of the key relationships, which have provided the company with the majority of its technology and sales. These relationships include TRW, Nokia, IBM, Jazz Semiconductor and Silicon Wave. Currently Mr. Neal's primary focus is in the area of strategic development to ensure the continuing growth of the company.
He has authored Fire in the Belly, the history of RFMD. This book chronicles the unique story of RFMD - its inception and explosive growth throughout the past decade. This revealing, often humorous account also offers a glimpse into what makes RFMD's company culture unique.
Beyond RFMD, Mr. Neal plays an active role in both the business and education communities and regularly speaks to civic organizations and universities desiring to hear the RF Micro Devices story.
In addition, Mr. Neal and his wife, Linda, are involved in many philanthropic activities. Their primary endowment is for research in the Infectious Disease Department at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the hospital where he also serves as a director on their Professional Advisory Board. Closer to home, Mr. Neal serves on the Board of Directors of Victory Junction Gang Camp, a year-round medical camp established in Randleman, North Carolina, where children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses and their families can enjoy medically sound and physically safe camping experiences.
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| William
J. Pratt, the company’s chief technical officer
and co-founder, has over 33 years experience in the semiconductor
industry. He received his BSEE from Villanova University.
His career started with an engineering job at RCA Corporation
where he designed radar equipment. In 1971, Mr. Pratt
accepted a senior engineering position at Computer Labs,
Inc., which was later acquired by Analog Devices, Inc.
After obtaining over 15 years of technical management
experience with ADI, he left the company in 1991 to start
RFMD. As the founder of RFMD,
Mr. Pratt set the overall business concept and strategy
for the company, and has managed all of the product development
engineering functions. Mr. Pratt also designed many of
RFMD’s initial products and holds patents on the
company’s most important products, including the
HBT power amplifier circuits which constitute a large
share of the company’s business. As CTO, he continues
to oversee the technical aspects of the company’s
business. Mr. Pratt is a member of the board of directors
and served as Chairman of the Board from 1991 until August
2002. |
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Robert Van Buskirk is president of RFMD’s Multi-Market Products Group. Prior to joining RFMD, Mr. Van Buskirk served as Sirenza’s chief executive officer from May 1999 to November 2007, and as president and director from September 1999 to November 2007. Mr. Van Buskirk previously held the position of executive vice president of business development and operations from August 1998 to May 1999 at Multilink Technology Corporation, a company specializing in the design, development and marketing of high bit-rate electronic products for advanced fiber-optic transmission systems. Prior to his position at Multilink, Mr. Van Buskirk held various management positions at TRW, a semiconductor wafer manufacturer, including executive director of the TRW GaAs telecom products business from 1993 to August 1998. Mr. Van Buskirk holds a B.A. from California State University at Long Beach.
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