MICHAEL GUYONNET APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT OF NETWORKS, GALLIUM SEMICONDUCTOR

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Gallium Semiconductor, an innovative supplier of RF Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor solutions for 5G mobile communications, has announced the appointment of Michael Guyonnet as Vice President of Networks.

In a statement, Gallium Semiconductor Chief Executive Officer Kin Tan said: "I am thrilled that Michael will be joining us as our VP of Networks.

“Michael brings a rare combination of technical and business expertise that will be critical in helping us deliver market leading products for our 5G customers,” said Kin, adding that Guyonnet was highly experienced in the semiconductor and network communications industry.

Guyonnet joins Gallium Semi from Renesas Electronics, a global leader in microcontrollers, analog, power and SoC products, having previously served in technical and marketing leadership roles at Ampleon, MACOM and NXP.

He began his career as a design and modeling engineer at Freescale, and received his PhD and Master’s degrees from Université de Limoges and a Bachelor's degree from Université d'Orléans.

Guyonnet, who will be based in Toulouse, France and oversees product teams across France, the Netherlands and the US, said: "I am excited to join Gallium Semi. I look forward to working with Kin and the team in executing our technology and product strategy that addresses our customers’ most challenging problems."

Gallium Semiconductor combines the best global talents from engineering to manufacturing operations with experienced business leaders to cost effectively deliver the highest performance and efficiency semiconductors for next generation RF, microwave and millimeter-wave systems.

For more information, visit www.galliumsemi.com.

-- BERNAMA