Board Members
Lynn Hayden - President, CEO
Lynn Hayden, president and chief executive officer at Triad Semiconductor since July 2005, leads the company and drives its business growth worldwide. He also serves as chairman of the board. Hayden brings extensive executive experience to Triad Semi, having founded Coiltronics, Inc. in 1979 after his student days at Central Michigan University. He served as the company’s president and CEO for 20 years. Under his direction, Coiltronics grew from a startup to become the largest supplier in its market segment in the United States. Hayden also chairs the board of ViASIC, Inc.
James C. Kemerling - Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
Mr. Kemerling has 23 years of experience in integrated circuit and system-level design. The last ten years were dedicated to hands-on R&D management. As an employee of MX-COM, Inc. Aritech, Inc., General Electric/Ericsson, Lynch Communication Systems, Inc. and Rockwell International, he has acquired extensive knowledge in the development of full custom analog/digital integrated circuits for signal processing and communications applications. He most recently served as Vice President of Product Development for MX-COM, Inc. Prior to joining MX-COM, Mr. Kemerling was a co-founder in Kemerling-Sorrels, Inc. an electronic engineering development and consulting firm. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from South Dakota State University in 1981 and his Masters in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nevada Reno in 1987.
William J. Pratt
Mr. Pratt is the chief technical officer and co-founder of
RF Micro Devices. His career started as radar equipment design engineer for RCA Corporation. In 1971, he accepted a senior engineering position at Computer Labs, Inc., which was later acquired by Analog Devices, Inc. After 15 years as technical manager within ADI, he left the company in 1991 to start RF Micro Devices. As the founder, Mr. Pratt set the overall business concept and strategy and managed product development engineering. Mr. Pratt designed many of RFMD's initial products and holds patents on the company's most important HBT products. As CTO, he continues to oversee the technical aspects of the company's business. Mr. Pratt is a member of the board of directors and served as Chairman of the Board until August 2002. He received his BSEE from Villanova University.
John T. Williammee
Mr. Williammee has extensive experience and knowledge of the semiconductor industry from his entrepreneurial ventures. He founded
Components Distributors Incorporated (CDI) where he currently serves as Chairman. In 1963 he founded Beacon Technical Industries where he was the company President until 1991 and Chairman until 1996. Mr. Williammee earned a BSEE from Penn State and an MBA from Drexel Institute of Technology.
