Rob Damjanovic to lead austriamicrosystems sales operations in Asia-Pacific

Rob will spearhead sales growth and business development within the region, with sales, field applications engineering and customer fulfilment reporting to him, from austriamicrosystems sales offices located in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Singapore. As part of his role Rob will drive the development of the Asian organisation in line with company strategy and the rapid market acceptance of austriamicrosystems products in the region.

Located in Asia since 2001, Rob brings with him an excellent senior contacts and relationship base within the Asian electronics, mobile, consumer and communications sectors. His experience in building and honing sales and support organisations from small beginnings to powerful teams across the various sub-regions in particular Japan, Korea and Greater China will prove of immense value in establishing a strong presence in Asia.

On joining austriamicrosystems, Damjanovic added: As the internet world takes hold, the time for real-world, dynamic analog solutions is here to stay and austriamicrosystems is, without doubt, best placed to take leading positions in these markets with what is the most exciting analog semiconductor portfolio in the world. Customers in Asia want to see differentiation, quality and value and austriamicrosystems staff worldwide is totally dedicated in the pursuit of these goals. That‘s what impressed me the most about the company team!

Until recently, Rob worked for eight years at Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR plc) as Asia sales director from Hong Kong, with further expatriate assignments as managing director, Japan for two years and managing director, Korea for one year.

Prior to CSR’s acquisition of UbiNetics in August 2005, Rob was senior vice president, Asia-Pacific for UbiNetics (Hong Kong) Ltd from 2001, responsible for sales and business development of 2.5G and 3G wireless modules and 3G protocol software

Prior to his Asia roles, Rob held roles in Cambridge, UK with UbiNetics as regional sales manager for EMEA, in Paris with Honda Mhotronics as regional sales manager for two years and again in the UK with Knowles Electronics as European sales manager for four years. He was also based in Munich Germany for over six years as European marketing manager for Molex Inc.