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Management Team
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Mohy Abdelgany
CEO and Director
Prior to founding Newport Media, Mohy was a
VP, Business Director and Founder of RF Solutions Business
Unit ($500 million annual revenues at the time of Mohy's departure)
at Skyworks , Conexant and Rockwell (1995-2004). Prior to
joining Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, he was a Member of
Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Labs (1989-1995). Mohy has over
22 years of wireless semiconductor industry experience in
engineering, marketing and GM roles. He holds an MSEE from
NJIT, and a BSEE from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.
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Luke Smith
COO
Prior to joining Newport Media, Luke was a President
& CEO of Potentia, a fabless PMIC company in Ottawa, Canada.
Previously, he was a COO of Philsar, and a VP of Operations
at Synergy Semiconductor. Luke has over 29 years of semiconductor
industry experience with senior management roles at TI, National,
Analog Devices and Conexant. He was a VP of Manufacturing
at Analog Devices. Luke holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from University
of Nebraska, and an MBA from Westminster in Salt Lake City. |
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Mohamed Ben-Romdhane
Vice President Baseband Engineering
Prior to Newport Media, Mohamed worked for Conexant
Systems as an Executive Director of SOC (System-On-Chip) platforms
which included IP core designs, IP licensing and integration
for cable modem, DSL, dial up modem, set-top box, convergence
video, home gateways, VOIP, and WLAN products. Mohamed’s career
in the high technology semiconductor sector spans over 20
years. He served in several technical and managerial roles
at Conexant Systems, Rockwell Science Center, and IRSIT. Mohamed
is the author or several journal and conference publications
in the areas of embedded systems, DSP, communications, low
power design and SOC architectures. He holds a Ph.D. in ECE
from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a “Diplôme d’Ingénieur
Principal” from “l’Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis.”
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James Kamke
Vice President Marketing and Sales
Prior to joining Newport Media, Jim was CEO
of Spectra Wireless. Previously he was VP of Business Development
at Sequoia Communications and VP of Product Marketing at PrairieComm
Inc. Jim has 22 years of system semiconductor, cellular handset
and RF experience. He has held various Business and Marketing
positions at Rockwell Semiconductor’s Wireless Division and
Motorola’s cellular handset business. Jim’s engineering background
includes various engineering and engineering management positions
at Motorola’s cellular handset business. Jim began his engineering
career at Northrop Defense Systems where he designed RF/Microwave
circuits and subsystems. He holds an MBA from the University
of Chicago and a BSEE degree from the Illinois Institute of
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Frank Carr
Vice President, RF Engineering
Prior to joining Newport Media, Frank was VP of Engineering at Axiom Microdevices,
developing CMOS RF Power Amplifiers and Transceivers for cell phones. Frank has over 25 years of experience in the Wireless and Semiconductor industry, and has held various technical and managerial positions at Broadcom, Rockwell Semiconductor, Motorola Semiconductor, Plessey Semiconductor, and Marconi Radar Systems. He holds a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Sheffield, UK. |
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