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Portraits of the Management Team are available as downloadable JPG or TIF files in the Portrait Gallery
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Mario RivasPresident and CEO, ANADIGICS, Inc
Mario Rivas is president and chief executive officer of ANADIGICS, Inc. A seasoned executive with 30 years in the semiconductor business, he has spent much of his career in the wireless industry.
Prior to ANADIGICS, he was the CEO of Quartics, a fabless semiconductor and software company based in Irvine, CA. Rivas also served as executive vice president of the computing products group at AMD, where he was responsible for driving the development, strategy and management for AMD’s broad portfolio of consumer and commercial microprocessor solutions.
Rivas managed the wireless communications business of Philips Semiconductor as well as its foundry operations, purchasing, and assembly and test. He spent the bulk of his career at Motorola, Inc., with responsibilities in both semiconductor and wireless communications. He served as a director on the board of TSMC. Mario holds an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Central America in San Salvador. He also holds master’s degrees in semiconductor physics and business, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Charles Huang, Ph.D.Executive Vice President & Chief Technical Officer Emeritus
Dr. Charles Huang is Executive Vice President & Chief Technical Officer Emeritus of ANADIGICS, Inc. He has served as the Chief Technical Officer from 1985 when he co-founded the company to April 2009. Dr. Huang is also an IEEE Fellow. ANADIGICS is a leading supplier of radio frequency and microwave frequency gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits.
Dr. Huang is an experienced professional with over 30 years of design, development and production experience with GaAs technology for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, Avantek and ANADIGICS. Prior to co-founding ANADIGICS, Dr. Huang was Director of Gallium Arsenide Research & Development and Wafer Fabrication Services at Avantek.
Dr. Huang is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering.
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Thomas C. ShieldsExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Thomas C. Shields is Chief Financial Officer of ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq), a position he assumed in August 1999. With over 18 years experience in developing and expanding global financial operations, mergers and acquisitions, new business development and manufacturing, Mr Shields' financial leadership has contributed directly to the success of numerous technology companies including ANADIGICS'.
Mr Shields came to ANADIGICS from Fisher Scientific Company, where he served as Vice President of Finance and Controller. Prior to joining Fisher Scientific, he was Vice President of Finance and Controller of Harman Consumer Group, where he led domestic and international operations and financial management. He also has served as Chief Financial Officer and had full responsibility for P&L and operational performance at Baker & Taylor Software. Mr Shields holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Ron MichelsSenior Vice President, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer
Ron Michels is the Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, responsible for technology development, advanced development, and strategic business development. He also serves as an Executive Corporate Officer of ANADIGICS.
Ron joined ANADIGICS in 1987 and has served in several management and executive positions during that time. Prior to joining ANADIGICS, he held various engineering and management positions in Lockheed Electronics, New Jersey Public Broadcasting, and K & M Broadcasting.
Ron earned his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds several US Patents, has authored a number of publications in the area of RF communications and serves on the Lehigh Electrical & Computer Engineering Advisory Board.
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Dr. M. Ali KhatibzadehSenior Vice President & General Manager of RF Products Business Unit
Dr. M. Ali Khatibzadeh is the Senior Vice President & General Manager of RF Products Business Unit at ANADIGICS, Inc. responsible for P&L of RF products for Cellular, WiFi, WiMAX, CATV and Infrastructure markets. He also serves as an Executive Corporate Officer of ANADIGICS.
Dr. Khatibzadeh has more than 20 years of experience in the wireless industry. Before joining ANADIGICS in 2000, he was Director of Technology for Ericsson's American Standards Business Unit where he led the development of chipsets for TDMA and EDGE wireless handsets. Prior to that, he held engineering and management positions at Texas Instruments' Wireless Communications Business Unit in Dallas leading the development of RFIC’s for TI’s wireless chipset solutions.
Dr. Khatibzadeh earned B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics, M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1982, 1984, and 1987, respectively. He holds several US patents, has authored a number of publications and is a member of the IEEE.
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