Former RFMD Executive Joins RFaxis Board of Advisors
June 01 2010 - 1:40PM
Marketwired
RFaxis, a fabless semiconductor company focusing on innovative,
next-generation solutions for the wireless and connectivity
markets, today announced that Dr. David L. Lyon joined RFaxis'
Board of Advisors. Dr. Lyon, a former vice president and business
unit general manager of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD), is the
founder and CEO of Sage Strategies®, a management and technology
consulting firm.
"Dave brings to our Advisory Board valuable experience gained
from his diverse career as an innovator and executive in the field
of semiconductors as well as telecommunications," said Mike Neshat,
president and CEO of RFaxis. "Also, we share a common bond as
accomplished serial entrepreneurs, and I truly appreciate Dave's
successes in founding and steering pivotal technology ventures into
profitable businesses. We look forward to Dave's guidance and
contributions as a trusted strategic advisor and a technology
advocate."
"Formally trained as an RF and communications engineer, I've
been intrigued with RFaxis since their market launch, and have been
tracking their progress," said Dr. Lyon. "The RFaxis RF front-end
architecture is game-changing not only because it enables a
complete, truly integrated RF front-end device on silicon, but also
because the company can create new RF front-end devices for high
profitability applications using any process technology. This
capability is extremely valuable to many enterprises competing in
the wireless communications business. I'm especially looking
forward to RFaxis' upcoming chips specifically designed for the
massive mobile phone market. Leveraging their core technology
platform, these innovative mobile phone chips will be key to
streamlining RF front-end designs of 3G and 4G cellular devices,
such as smartphones."
Prior to Sage Strategies, Dr. Lyon served as CEO of Silicon Wave
from 1998 to 2004, a startup company that pioneered Bluetooth
technology for the cellular and personal computer markets. In 2004,
Dr. Lyon successfully facilitated the acquisition of Silicon Wave
by RFMD (NASDAQ: RFMD), and subsequently served as a vice president
and general manager of RFMD's wireless connectivity business unit.
From 1987 through 1993, Dr. Lyon was founder and CEO of Pacific
Communications Sciences (PCSI), a company that pioneered digital
cellular and voice processing technologies. In 1992, Dr. Lyon and
his team negotiated the acquisition of PCSI by Cirrus Logic
(NASDAQ: CRUS), and profitably grew the business to an annual
revenue run rate of $140 million in 1995. Dr. Lyon earned his
Bachelor, Masters, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About RFaxis, Inc. Incorporated in January
2008, RFaxis, Inc. is an Irvine, California-based company
specializing in the design and development of RF semiconductors and
embedded antenna solutions. With its patent pending technologies,
the company leads the way in next-generation wireless solutions
designed for the multibillion dollar Bluetooth, WLAN, 802.11n/MIMO,
ZigBee, WiMAX, and WHDI markets. Leveraging pure CMOS and BiCMOS
technology in conjunction with its own innovative approach and
technology, RFaxis is home to the world's first RF Front-end
Integrated Circuit (RFeIC). More information can be found at:
www.rfaxis.com.
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