QuickLogic Corporation has announced the appointment of Michael R. Farese, president and CEO of BitWave Semiconductor (News - Alert), to their board of directors.

 

With leadership in marketing, engineering, sales management and operations, Mr. Farese brings in over 35 years of broad technology company leadership including three chief executive officer positions to the board of directors role.

 

Farese has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

 

“Mike’s extensive background and wealth of knowledge in consumer products and converged devices, especially cellular smartphones, makes him an ideal candidate for QuickLogic’s board,” said E. Thomas Hart, QuickLogic’s chairman, president and CEO.

 

“We are excited that Mike is joining the board. His insight and experience will be very valuable in helping guide QuickLogic as we further expand into our focus mobile markets of smartphones, portable media players, portable navigation devices, mobile internet devices and broadband data cards.”

 

Before joining BitWave Semiconductor, Farese was Senior Vice President of Engineering for Palm where he led product engineering and product development with ODM partners. As a result of his engineering efforts at Palm, the Treo 680, Treo 700, and Treo 750 smartphones were introduced. Before joining Palm in 2005, he was the president and CEO and board member of WJ Communications (News - Alert). He has also held senior management positions at Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia, and IT&T and is a board member of PMC-Sierra.

 

QuickLogic Corporation is the inventor and pioneer of innovative, customizable semiconductor solutions for mobile and portable electronics OEMs and ODMs. These silicon plus software solutions are called Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs). With CCPs, customers can bring their products to market more quickly and remain in the market longer.