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Communications Expands Management Team with Two Promotions
Reza Kasnavi promoted to VP of product management, Duncan
Pilgrim promoted to VP of marketing
SAN DIEGO – June 25, 2008 –Sequoia
Communications, the RF semiconductor company setting new benchmarks in multimode
design and integration, today announced two promotions – Reza Kasnavi
has been named the company’s VP of product management and Duncan Pilgrim
has assumed the role of VP of marketing.
“Both Reza and Duncan have demonstrated superior engineering
expertise and business acumen during their time here, and their
hard work has propelled Sequoia Communications into the next phase
of expansion and growth,” said Dave Shepard, CEO of Sequoia
Communications. “As Sequoia Communications’ technology
continues to evolve, our team is very appreciative to have such
talented industry veterans here to support the company and help
take our efforts to the next level.”
Kasnavi, who previously served as director of product development,
joined Sequoia Communications in 2005 and brings more than 11 years
of expertise in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Sequoia
Communications, Kasnavi was a Venture Partner at Tallwood Venture
Capital. There 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. Kasnavi also held positions
at HP, IBM Microelectronics and Stanford University, where he earned
masters and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering.
Pilgrim, who joined Sequoia Communications in 2007 as the director
of product marketing, brings more than 14 years of RF engineering
and marketing experience to Sequoia Communications. Previously,
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).
Pilgrim holds a masters degree from Wake Forest University.
To learn more about Kasnavi, Pilgrim and other members of the
Sequoia Communications management team, please visit: http://www.sequoiacommunications.com/management.html.
About Sequoia Communications
Privately-held Sequoia Communications is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on multimode RF solutions. The company uniquely integrates different modes using a common architecture on a single chip enabling effective communications across multiple wireless standards including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, GPS, WiMax and more. Single-chip RF transceivers developed using Sequoia Communications’ innovative approach and FullSpectra™ architecture will set new industry benchmarks in chip cost, component count, PCB size and power consumption. Sequoia Communications is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information, visit: www.sequoiacommunications.com |
