Executive Bios
Robert A. Bruggeworth is president and chief executive officer of RFMD. Prior to his current position, 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 the board of directors for RFMD and the Mine Safety Appliances Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Bruggeworth also serves on the board of trustees at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro and Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wilkes University with a BSEE.
Robert Van Buskirk is president of RFMD's Multi-Market Products Group. Prior to joining RFMD, Mr. Van Buskirk served as chief executive officer of Sirenza Microdevices from May 1999 to November 2007, and as president and director of Sirenza Microdevies 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 BA from California State University at Long Beach.
Eric Creviston is president of RFMD's Cellular Products Group. Mr. Creviston previously served as divisional vice president of RFMD's communication semiconductor division from May 2001 until June 2002, and prior to that he served as product line director of RFMD's Nokia product line. Before joining RFMD in 1994, Mr. Creviston was employed by Teledyne Electronic Technologies in Mountain View, California, from October 1987 to November 1994, most recently in the role of commercial products manager. He received his MSEE from the University of Illinois in 1987.
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. 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. Mr. Neal has authored Fire in the Belly, which chronicles the unique story of RFMD - its inception and explosive growth throughout the past decade. 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.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 RFMD story.
Dean Priddy is RFMD's chief financial officer and corporate vice president of administration and has served in this role since July 1997. Prior to his current position, Mr. Priddy was RFMD's controller, treasurer and vice president of finance. Before joining RFMD in 1991, Mr. Priddy served for five years at Analog Devices in positions in the finance and marketing departments. He obtained a BS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1983 and an MBA from the UNCG Bryan School of Business and Economics in 1986.
