Shocking Technologies today announced that Mr. Kenneth Engestang has joined their Executive Management team as Vice President of Worldwide Business Development and Sales. Mr. Engestang will be responsible for driving the adoption of Shocking Technologies´ Voltage Switchable Dielectric? (VSD?) materials in the consumer electronics and semiconductor packaging sectors in Asia, Europe and the USA.
"Kenneth has the experience and broad international relationships to take us to the next level of growth with our customers," said Lex Kosowsky, President and CEO of Shocking Technologies.
"I am excited to be joining Shocking Technologies at this early stage in their business," said Ken. "I´m looking forward to working with Lex to bring VSD technology to the industry."
Mr. Engestang, who is based both in the US and Nordic region, has more than 24 years of sales and executive management experience in the semiconductor industry supporting the cellular handset and infrastructure sectors. He will work closely with the mobile handset, telecom, electronics and semiconductor customers in the US, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Engestang joined Shocking Technologies from Amalfi Semiconductor, where he was Vice President of Sales. At Amalfi, Mr. Engestang headed up and drove engagements with top tier handset manufacturers. Previously, Mr. Engestang was responsible for Broadcom´s sales in the Nordic countries, driving business development in Ericsson, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson. He also drove the cellular sales strategy and supported the European Cellular Carrier interface. Before joining Broadcom, Mr. Engestang co–founded several companies in the Nordic countries and the Baltics, where he held positions as Managing Director and Vice President. Mr. Engestang has worked actively in the cellular industry since the early days of NMT & GSM.
About Shocking Technologies, Inc.
Shocking Technologies, Inc. is a privately held, venture–backed company developing Voltage Switchable Dielectric? (VSD?) materials. A VSD? material is a polymer nano–composite that behaves like an insulator (dielectric) during normal circuit operation and becomes conductive when the voltage across the VSD? material increases beyond a predefined threshold voltage. After the voltage drops below the threshold again, it switches back to an insulator. This unique property, coupled with the ability to tailor the response of the material, opens up several new areas in electronics. The first application being introduced enables embedded electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in printed circuit boards (PCBs) and semiconductor packages. Subsequent applications will usher in new manufacturing processes as well as novel product designs. More information regarding the company is available at www.shockingtech.com.
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