|
Dave Shepard
Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors
Dave Shepard brings to Sequoia Communications over
17 years of leadership experience in the semiconductor industry from
Texas Instruments (TI). Mr. Shepard joined Sequoia Communications in
October, 2003 as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board
of Directors.
Prior to being appointed CEO of Sequoia Communications,
Mr. Shepard was General Manager of Wireless Infrastructure Products
at TI, focusing on DSP and ASIC products, where his responsibilities
included developing and implementing TI’s chipset strategy for
UMTS, as well as managing business across four continents. During his
17 years at TI, Mr. Shepard also served as General Manager of ASIC-Europe
as well as Director of EDA Software Development, ASIC Products. Mr.
Shepard held various management positions at TI, including General
Manager of North America ASIC Products and Director of North America
Customer Design Centers. He was also instrumental in the development
of TI’s 3G basestation chip business.
Mr. Shepard received his B.A. in physics in 1984
from Lawrence University and his M.S. in electrical engineering in
1986 from the University of Wisconsin.
John Groe
Chief Technology Officer, member of the Board of Directors
John Groe is the company founder and key architect
of Sequoia Communications’ technology. Currently, he serves as
the Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr.
Groe’s extensive experience includes over 20 years of RF systems
design.
Before founding Sequoia Communications in 2000,
Mr. Groe worked at Nokia, where he managed RFIC design activities and
directed research into advanced CDMA radio architectures. Prior to
Nokia, he designed integrated circuits and RF systems for Japan’s
PHS communication system at Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc. He
has also worked at TRW, designing RF, PLL and data converter integrated
circuits for satellite communications and radar applications as well
as at Brooktree Corporation, designing integrated circuits for the
automatic test equipment market.
Mr. Groe received a B.S. in electrical engineering
in 1984 from California State University at Long Beach and an M.S.
in Electrical Engineering in 1990 from the University of Southern California. Mr.
Groe is a senior member of the I.E.E.E. He has been granted 19
U.S. patents and has applied for several others, all in the area of
wireless communications. He is co-author of the book CDMA Mobile
Radio Design (Artech House, 2000).
Dee Morgan
Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, Operations
Dee Morgan brings to Sequoia Communications
over 16 years of leadership experience in the semiconductor industry
from Texas Instruments (TI). Ms. Morgan joined Sequoia Communications
in November, 2006 as the Vice President of Finance and Operations.
Before joining Sequoia Communications, Ms. Morgan
was Director of Finance and Operations of the Digital Signal Processing
Systems business at TI, which included DSP, broadband, digital imaging
and audio, and communication infrastructure and voice products. During
her 16+ years at TI, Ms. Morgan also served as Director of Finance
and Operations for the Broadband Communications Group and the Sun Business
Unit, as well as Asia Region Finance Manager, Planning Manager for
EDA Software Development and various positions in Internal Audits.
Dave Critchlow
Vice President, Engineering
Dave Critchlow brings 15 years of engineering management
experience to Sequoia Communications and is currently the Vice President
of Engineering.
Before joining Sequoia Communications, Mr. Critchlow
was Vice President of Engineering of Magis Networks, a start-up company
focused on 5GHz wireless multimedia networking chipsets. He managed
all of engineering and oversaw the successful development of both RF
and Baseband ICs. Before Magis Networks, Mr. Critchlow was Vice President
of Engineering for Mitsubishi Wireless Communications, a start-up wireless
design center in San Diego. There he led the architecture design, development,
and verification of the world’s first single-chip IS136 cellular
baseband processor, and managed the company’s T300 cellular handset
product line into production. Prior to that, Mr. Critchlow was Senior
Director of Engineering at Uniden where his responsibilities included
the design of all hardware for two generations of GSM and IS-136 dual-mode/dual-band
terminals including RF, modem, audio, DSP, system test, and mechanical
design. He also worked for Hughes Network Systems (formerly Linkabit
Corporation), where he was the technical director for radio, modem,
and handset developments targeting TDMA, GSM, Satellite, and GM On-Star™ products.
Mr. Critchlow has led over ten wireless chip projects into full production.
Mr. Critchlow received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees
in electrical engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
He has been granted 27 patents.
Scott Walley
Vice President, Systems Engineering
Scott Walley brings over 20 years of experience
in the wireless industry to Sequoia Communications and serves as vice
president of systems engineering.
Prior to joining Sequoia Communications, Dr. Walley
was vice president of engineering at Morpho Technologies, a start-up
company focused on software defined radio solutions for 3G/4G standards.
He oversaw engineering and led activities for their next generation
wireless products.
Before Morpho Technologies, Dr. Walley held senior
management roles at Skyworks Solutions (formerly Conexant) including
his most recent role as director for 3G, where he led 3G system solution
development activities.
During his tenure at Skyworks, Dr. Walley successfully
led GSM software, DSP, mixed signal device, and architecture and systems
activities for chipset solutions for PHS, IS95, Edge, GPS, CDMA2000,
and WCDMA. Dr. Walley held leadership roles in the development of over
17 wireless devices.
Dr. Walley received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical
engineering from California State University at Fullerton and a Ph.D.
in electrical engineering in 1995 from the University of California
at Irvine.
Duncan Pilgrim
Vice President, Marketing
Duncan Pilgrim brings over 14 years of RF engineering
and marketing experience to Sequoia Communications. Prior to joining
Sequoia Communications, Mr. Pilgrim was a Strategic Marketing Manager
at RF Micro Devices (RFMD) where he was part of the team charged with
developing long term planning and strategy. Before his strategic marketing
role at RFMD, he was a Technical Marketing Manager responsible for
creating product requirements and successfully developing relationships
with customers and channel partners for RFMD’s cellular chipset
business. He also held positions as an RF IC Designer and RF Applications
Engineer at Mitel Semiconductors (formerly GEC Plessey Semiconductor).
Mr. Pilgrim completed his Executive Fast Track MBA
in 2005 from Wake Forest University, which complemented the bachelor’s
degree in electronic engineering he received in 1995 from the University
of Birmingham in the UK.
Anna Kochka
Director of Human Resources
Anna Kochka brings over 20 years of human resources
experience to Sequoia Communications in her role as Director of Human
Resources.
Prior to joining Sequoia Communications, Ms. Kochka
was Vice President of Corporate Culture and Human Resources at RF Magic.
While at RF Magic, she focused on leadership development and implementing
systems and strategies to enable a high-performance culture.
Previously, Ms. Kochka served as a Senior Consultant
at Catalyst Advancement, where she assisted companies in defining their
organizational culture, increasing employee engagement and implementing
strategies to become an “employer of choice.”
Ms. Kochka also made significant contributions during
her 10 year tenure at Nokia. As a senior member of Nokia’s corporate
Human Resources Development team in Finland, she focused on building
organizational change capability and contributed to several global
projects including the development of a performance management system,
a succession management process and various leadership development
programs.
She has a degree in business administration from
Brookhaven College and a certificate in human resources from University
of California, San Diego.
Reza Kasnavi
Vice President of Product Management
Dr. Reza Kasnavi brings to Sequoia Communications
over 11 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Kasnavi
joined Sequoia Communications in 2005 as the Director of Product Development.
Before joining Sequoia Communications,
Dr Kasnavi was Venture Partner at Tallwood Venture Capital where he
made contributions to several start-ups, which led to significant production
volume of multiple products including the industry's only CMOS power
amplifier for GSM handsets and InP-based IC's for OC-192/768 optical
networking. Before his position at Tallwood Venture Capital, Dr. Kasnavi
held positions at HP, IBM Microelectronics and Stanford University/Intel
Research, where he performed research on bulk and SOI CMOS technology
scaling to sub-45 nm nodes. Additionally, he pioneered research at
the Stanford Genome Center in the application of bio-MEMS in DNA sequencing.
Dr. Kasnavi holds a Ph. D. and a M.S.
degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a B.S.
degree in electronics from Sharif University of Technology.
|
