GlobalFoundries this week said that the U.S. authorities had approved its acquisition of IBM’s microelectronics business unit. From now on, GlobalFoundries will make various important semiconductors for the U.S. military and government agencies.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/anton-shilov/u-s-government-clears-acquisition-of-ibms-chip-unit-by-globalfoundries/

Vice-President

Alfalight

September 2005 – June 2010 (4 years 10 months)Madison, Wisconsin Area

Operations Management in a semiconductor laser manufacturing and development facility

Mohan Warrior – President and Chief Executive Officer

Mohan Warrior joined Alfalight Inc. as president and chief executive officer (CEO) in February 2004. Prior to joining Alfalight, Mr. Warrior's career includes 15 years at Motorola Semiconductors (now Freescale) where he most recently led the test and assembly operations, a group of 3500 employees, in the US, Scotland and Korea. He previously held senior-level leadership positions at Motorola including managing operations for silicon wafer fabrication, and leading a global team of scientists and engineers to develop advanced packaging solutions.

http://www.alfalight.com/corporate.aspx#board

POET adds CEO and Alfalight president & CEO to board

Since February 2004, Warrior has been president & CEO of Alfalight Inc of Madison, WI, USA, a gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based high-power diode laser manufacturing company that serves military, telecom and industrial customers. Warrior re-started the firm in 2004 and established it as a provider of high-powered laser diode solutions in both commercial and defense segments. The firm sold the commercial business in 2013. He continues to run the retained defense and security segments of Alfalight, which is now focused on providing solid-state laser systems for targeting, tracking and illumination applications to the US military. Under his leadership, Alfalight has grown profitably and is anticipating a value-added merger & acquisition (M&A) transaction during 2015. Prior to joining Alfalight, Warrior's career included 15 years at Motorola Semiconductors (now Freescale) where he led the test & assembly operations (a group of 3500 staff) in the USA, Scotland and South Korea.

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2015/jun/poet_160615.shtml

Dr. Suresh Venkatesan – Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Suresh Venkatesan was most recently Senior Vice President, Technology Development at GLOBALFOUNDRIES and was responsible for the company’s Technology Research and Development. Dr. Venkatesan joined GLOBALFOUNDRIES in 2009, where he led the development and ramp of the 28nm node and was instrumental in the technology transfer and qualification of 14nm. In addition, he was responsible for the qualification and ramp up of multiple mainstream value added technology nodes.

http://www.poet-technologies.com/investor-relations/board-of-directors/

Ajit Manocha – Executive Co-Chairman

Mr. Manocha has over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry with deep knowledge of semiconductor technology and operations. He has worked in all aspects of the business from Research, to Applied Development, to Manufacturing, to worldwide sales to Global Supply Chain & IT, and his most recent role has been as CEO of GlobalFoundries (multi Billion US$ revenue). He has wealth of experience by working in companies like AT&T, Bell Labs/Microelectronics, Philips Semiconductors (now known as NXP), Spansion, and GlobalFoundries.He is currently representing GlobalFoundries on the Semiconductor Industry Association Board and also serving on the U.S. Presidential Committee for Advanced Manufacturing Partnership.

http://www.poet-technologies.com/investor-relations/board-of-directors/

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