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Akros Silicon appoints VP of Marketing

17th January 2014
Nat Bowers
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Akros Silicon has announced that Faisal Ahmad has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Marketing with the company. In his new role, he will be tasked with leading Akros’ effort to expand their energy management technology into the broader communications, cloud and consumer markets.

Holding a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Southern Methodist University, Ahmad started his career as an analogue design engineer and team leader at Texas Instruments. He has also spent several years in a broad range of marketing management roles at Intersil and International Rectifier with responsibility for power management products for use in applications such as smartphones, servers and gaming consoles. Prior to his VP role at Akros Silicon, Ahmad was Director of Marketing and Applications at Fairchild Semiconductor with profit and loss responsibility to develop the DC/DC power management business. This was focused on Tier-1 customers in the consumer, computing and communications market segments.

Elie Antoun, President and CEO, Akros Silicon, commented: “Faisal’s experience in power management IC design, systems engineering and product marketing is a great asset as we drive our business into new applications and markets. He brings a track record of consistent market penetration and product line growth built on an intense focus on customers’ needs and a deep well of credibility with tier-1 OEMs. We are delighted to welcome him to the Akros executive team.”

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