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James S. Cable, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer
James S. Cable, Ph.D., serves as Peregrine’s Chief Executive Officer, and has held positions as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Technology and Engineering since joining Peregrine in 1996. Dr. Cable has over 25 years of experience in semiconductor research, development and production, including Technology and Manufacturing Operations management for Hughes Microelectronics Center and Hughes Technology Center; and Technology Integration management at TRW. Dr. Cable received his B.S. from the University of California at Riverside and his Ph.D. from UCLA.
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Jay Biskupski - Chief Financial Officer
Jay Biskupski joined Peregrine in 2009 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Biskupski served as chief financial officer of publicly traded Xantrex Technology, Inc., a developer of advanced power electronics products for mobile applications. Before joining Xantrex, he was corporate controller of PMC-Sierra, Inc., implementing internal control and disclosure certification processes (SOX44) and managing the company’s financial model through an industry down-turn. Throughout the 1990s, Mr. Biskupski held a variety of executive finance roles with Schlumberger Ltd. in the smart card and metering businesses. Prior to Schlumberger, Mr. Biskupski worked as controller and accounting systems manager for Nortel Networks Corporation and was an auditor for Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche). Mr. Biskupski holds an M.B.A. from the University of California (Los Angeles); Bachelor of Mathematics/Accounting from the University of Waterloo (Canada); and is both a C.P.A. (Illinois) and a Chartered Accountant (Canada).
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Ronald Reedy - Co-founder, CTO and Chief of Staff
Ronald E. Reedy, Ph.D., a Peregrine co-founder, serves as Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Space and Defense Sales. Previously, Dr. Reedy led the microelectronics division at Navy Research and Development (NRaD) and was engaged in fiber communications and photonic systems R&D. He is a co-inventor of UltraCMOS technology and has over 20 years experience in semiconductor R&D. He received his B.S. from the US Naval Academy and his Ph.D. from University of California at San Diego.
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Mark Burgener - Co-founder, Vice President of Advanced Products
Mark Burgener, Ph.D., a Peregrine co-founder, serves as
Vice President of Advanced Products. His group is active in the development of
future product technology and is responsible for the timely and smooth
transition from development to production. Dr. Burgener has a PhD in Physics
and is principal and co-author of numerous patents and papers. In the early
years of Peregrine he was instrumental in the development of the UltraCMOS
technology.
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Philip Chapman - Vice-president, Intellectual Property/Licensing
Philip Chapman currently serves Peregrine as vice-president, Intellectual Property/Licensing, responsible for managing Peregrine’s intellectual property portfolio and worldwide licensing strategies. Mr. Chapman joined Peregrine in 2003 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Chapman served as CFO and later as President and CEO of OMM Inc., a MEMS-based optical switch manufacturer. Prior to OMM, Mr. Chapman was CFO of Microchip Technology Inc., where he guided the company through a successful initial public offering and subsequent 10x growth in revenue. Mr. Chapman brings to Peregrine more than 20 years of financial experience in a variety of high technology firms. Mr. Chapman has B.A. degrees in Accounting and in Managerial Finance from the University of California, and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Management.
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Chandra Kantamneni - Vice President, V.P. Worldwide Foundry Operations
Chandra Kantamneni joined Peregrine in September, 2003 with more than 20 years of experience in Fab Operations and Engineering in the semiconductor industry, including Foundry Operations and Engineering management for International Rectifier and Fab management with National Semiconductor Corporation in Santa Clara. Previously, Mr. Kantamneni worked at TRW and Control Data Corporation (Later VTC Corp.) in Process Engineering Management. Mr. Kantamneni holds a M.S. in Physics from Andhra University, India and an M.S. in Materials Science and an Executive MBA from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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Gene Lyons - Vice President of Quality Systems
Gene Lyons is responsible for Peregrine’s Quality Management System. Mr. Lyons joined Peregrine in October 1996 and has held several positions at Peregrine including Director of Product Development, VP of Strategic Programs and most recently VP of Quality Systems. He has over 20 years experience in the electronics industry, the last 12 of which in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Peregrine Mr. Lyons held various senior device engineering and reliability engineering positions at Brooktree Corporation and Unisys. Mr. Lyons received his B.S. degree in Electrical Technology from Chapman University.
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Anthony Maruko - Vice President of Peregrine Japan
Anthony Maruko joined Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation in April 2001 as Vice President of Peregrine Semiconductor K.K. in Japan. Prior to joining Peregrine, Mr. Maruko worked at Intel as Sales and Marketing Director of Communication and Embedded Silicon Sales Group. Throughout his 17 years at Intel, he was responsible for generating new strategic business at major OEM manufactures and launching Intel's retail business group in Japan. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Communication Engineering from the University of Tohoku located in Sendai, Japan.
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Mark Miscione - Vice President & Chief Strategist, RF Technology Solutions
Mark Miscione is responsible for Peregrine’s overall Manufacturing Operations including Fab Operations, Process Technology and Product Assembly & Test. During his 22-year career prior to joining Peregrine, Mr. Miscione worked for Motorola's Networking Computing Systems Group supporting stand-alone and embedded Power PC processors, network communications processors and clock driver products, and managing yield enhancement and technology transfer efforts. Previously, he worked for TRW Electronics, Systems and Technology Group in technology transfer and program management of a 0.5µm CMOS wafer scale signal processor. Mr. Miscione received a B.S. degree in Physics and Mathematics from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1979.
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Dan Nobbe - Vice President of Engineering
Dan Nobbe is responsible for overall Product Design and Product Development. He joined Peregrine in 2000 as Director of Product Design. Mr. Nobbe’s RF and IC design career spans 15 years. Before joining Peregrine, Dan had an extensive career at Motorola where he designed RF integrated circuits for cellular handsets as well as designing products for cellular infrastructure, two-way radios, and cellular handsets. He also designed paging infrastructure equipment for Glenayre Electronics. Dan holds received his BSEE degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla and MSEE degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dan has been awarded 3 patents and has 3 patents pending. He also has authored 3 technical papers in the areas of integrated circuits and GPS IC design. Dan is a member of the Technical Program Committee for the annual RFIC conference.
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Rodd Novak - Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Rodd Novak is responsible for the design and execution of Peregrine's global product marketing and sales strategy and directs the company's strategic business development activities. Since joining Peregrine in 2002, Mr. Novak has contributed to the Company’s focus on marketing to the RF wireless and broadband industries. Prior to joining Peregrine Semiconductor, he served as corporate marketing manager for CTS Corporation and as an electrical engineer at Westinghouse Corporation, and later moved to a marketing role with the commercial business unit of its subsidiary, Xetron Corporation. Mr. Novak holds a BSEE degree from the University of Cincinnati and and MBA from Xavier University.
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Ian Warbrick - Vice President, Operations
Ian Warbrick joined Peregrine in 2008 and is responsible for Peregrine’s overall Operations including Foundry Operations, Product Assembly & Test, Fulfillment, Supply Chain and Customer Service. Previously, he was vice-president & general manager of International Rectifier’s Power Semiconductor Business Unit, where he was responsible for re-engineering the global IR supply chain systems. Other International Rectifier positions spanning 10 years include: the appointment as CEO of IR-SA, a joint venture with Sanyo Semiconductor; managing multiple wafer foundries and several back-end semiconductor assembly/test facilities; and a variety of financial management positions where he was responsible for expansion and MRP. Prior to International Rectifier, Ian Warbrick held financial positions for UNISYS Corporation including Financial Controller for two manufacturing operations in the UK. Mr. Warbrick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Business from Southampton University in the United Kingdom. His formal training includes Lean Manufacturing, Project Management, FMEA and Six Sigma Quality.
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