Management
Ralph Quinsey Ralph Quinsey joined TriQuint in July 2002 as President and Chief Executive Officer. From September 1999 to January 2002, Mr. Quinsey was with ON Semiconductor, a manufacturer of semiconductors for a wide array of applications, as Vice President and General Manager of the Analog Division. Prior to that, Mr. Quinsey was with Motorola, a manufacturer of semiconductors and communications equipment, from 1979 to September 1999, holding various positions including Vice President and General Manager of the RF/IF Circuits Division, which developed both silicon and gallium arsenide technologies for wireless phone applications. Mr. Quinsey received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University. |
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Steve Buhaly Steve Buhaly joined TriQuint Semiconductor as Chief Financial Officer in September of 2007. Mr. Buhaly has more than 20 years experience in finance and operations. Prior to joining TriQuint he was Chief Financial Officer at Longview Fibre Company. He joined Planar Systems in 1999 as Medical Business Vice President. From 2000 to 2005 while also at Planar Systems, he served first as Chief Financial Officer then Chief Operating Officer. Prior to 1999 he held positions of increasing responsibility in finance and operations at Tektronix. Mr. Buhaly received Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration degrees from the University of Washington. |
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Brian P. Balut Brian P. Balut joined TriQuint in July 2001 as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Sawtek Inc. as a result of TriQuint's merger with Sawtek and was promoted to Vice President, Sales and Marketing of TriQuint, a position he held from 2002 to May 2004. In May 2004, Mr. Balut was promoted to Vice President/General Manager of TriQuint Florida. In 2006, after reorganizing the Florida and Oregon locations to market based, Mr. Balut became Vice President of the newly established Networks business unit. Mr. Balut joined Sawtek in October 1994 as Sales Manager. He was promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing in November 1996 and to Vice President Sales and Marketing in September 1998 and assumed overall corporate responsibility for this function in July 2002. From 1987 to 1994, Mr. Balut held various positions in sales, marketing and engineering with REMEC, a manufacturer of electronic components. Mr. Balut received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.B.A. from Rollins College. |
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Debbie Burke Deborah Burke joined TriQuint Semiconductor in May of 2007 as Vice President of the company's Human Resources Department, guiding HR activities in major design / manufacturing facilities as well as sales, field application support and design center offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and the company's manufacturing facility in Costa Rica. Prior to joining TriQuint Ms. Burke was Vice President of Human Resources for Merix Corporation where she oversaw the company's HR needs through periods of rapid growth and an expansion of manufacturing facilities in China and other regions. Before her Merix Corporation tenure she was Human Resources Vice President for Unicru of Beaverton, Oregon and worked at Intel Corporation for 10 years in managerial and director positions with assignments in Oregon, Malaysia and Israel. Ms. Burke holds a BA in economics from Smith College and received her Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Vermont. |
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Thomas Cordner Thomas Cordner joined TriQuint in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager, Millimeter Wave Communications as a result of TriQuint's acquisition of Raytheon's MMIC operations and was promoted to Vice President, TriQuint Texas in May 2002. In 2006 Mr. Cordner was charged with combining military products operations in Bend, OR and Richardson, TX into a single unit. From July 1997 to January 1998, Mr. Cordner served as Operations Manager for Raytheon, heading its GaAs MMIC operations. Prior to that time, Mr. Cordner was an employee of Texas Instruments, a semiconductor and communications equipment manufacturer, for 32 years, most recently as the Operations Manager for its GaAs Operations Group from January 1991 to July 1997. Mr. Cordner received a B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Texas at Arlington. |
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Todd DeBonis Todd DeBonis joined TriQuint in April 2004 as Vice President, Worldwide Sales. He became Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Customer Service in 2006. From February 2002 to April 2004, Mr. DeBonis held the position of Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Centillium Communications. Mr. DeBonis also served as the Vice President, Worldwide Sales for Ishoni Networks and Vice President, Sales & Marketing for the Communications Division of Infineon Technologies North America. Mr. DeBonis has a B.S degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nevada. |
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Tim Dunn Tim Dunn joined TriQuint Semiconductor in July of 2006 as Vice President and General Manager of the company's Handset Business Unit and leads TriQuint's development and marketing of next-generation RF modules and components. Prior to joining TriQuint, Mr. Dunn was Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Platform Components Group where he worked to realize the company's platform vision by developing leading networking and chipset products. Mr. Dunn worked at Intel from 1988 to 1991, and again from 1994 to 2006, holding various executive and managerial positions. In addition to his Intel tenure, he has held marketing and product management positions with Hewlett-Packard and Cirrus Logic. Mr. Dunn holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University. |
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Bruce R. Fournier Bruce R. Fournier joined TriQuint during its start-up phase in June 1987. Since that time, he has held a variety of positions including Vice President, Worldwide Sales from September 1994 to June 1998. From June 1998 until May 2002, Mr. Fournier held the position of Vice President and General Manager, Foundry Services and subsequently was appointed to the position of Vice President, TriQuint Oregon. In 2006 he became the Vice President for TriQuint's Business Development activities. Prior to joining TriQuint, Mr. Fournier held engineering, sales and marketing management positions with Fairchild Semiconductor, Weitek Corporation and Honeywell, Inc. Mr. Fournier received an A.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Maine and a M.B.A. from the University of Southern Maine. |
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Steven R. Grant Steven R. Grant joined TriQuint in July 2008 as Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Mr. Grant is highly experienced in semiconductor manufacturing and engineering. Prior to joining TriQuint, he spent 27 years at Intel Corporation, and was most recently Vice President of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group in Oregon. During his Intel tenure, he managed the Fab manufacturing network and was key to driving the manufacturing structure and efficiency improvements to record performance levels. Mr. Grant holds a Bachelor of Science in Material Science from the University of Illinois. |
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David Pye David Pye joined TriQuint in May 1996 as Vice President, Manufacturing and in May 2002 was named Vice President, TriQuint Oregon. In 2006, Mr. Pye became the Vice President for Oregon and external operations across the corporation. From 1983 until 1996, Mr. Pye was Vice President and General Manager at VLSI Technology, Inc., a semiconductor company, where he served in various capacities. From 1973 to 1983, Mr. Pye served in various roles in process engineering and process development at Texas Instruments. Mr. Pye received a B.A. degree from Napier College of Science and Technology, Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Glen A. Riley Glen Riley joined TriQuint in 2003 and is currently Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Foundry Business Unit. Before joining TriQuint, Mr. Riley served as President and CEO of Opticalis, a venture-funded start-up company developing optical communication sub-systems. From 1995-2001, Mr. Riley worked at Agere Systems as Vice President of Optical Core Networks, Vice President of Asia-Pacific Sales and Marketing, and General Manager of the Storage Products business. Prior to Agere Systems, Mr. Riley held positions with increasing responsibility in sales, marketing and management at Philips Semiconductors and Texas Instruments. He holds a B.S. degree with highest distinction in electrical engineering from the University of Maine and has completed the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School. |
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Azhar Waseem Azhar Waseem joined TriQuint in July 2001 as Vice President/General Manager, TriQuint Florida and Costa Rica as a result of TriQuint's merger with Sawtek. Mr. Waseem joined Sawtek in March 1995 as Director of Wafer Fabrication and was promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing in April 1998 and to Vice President of Operations in October 1999. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Waseem held various operations and engineering positions with Siliconix, Inc., a microelectronics manufacturer based in Santa Clara, California. From 1979 to 1989, Mr. Waseem held various engineering and management positions with General Electric and other semiconductor companies. Mr. Waseem received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and a M.B.A., all from the University of Minnesota. |
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