Silicon photonics firm Kotura Inc of Monterey Park, CA, USA, which designs and makes silicon photonics application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for the communications, computing, sensing and detection markets, says that, at its recent board meeting, semiconductor veteran Brian Wong was elected to the board of directors. Currently president & CEO of rechargeable energy storage technology firm Enevate Corp, he has more than 30 years of leadership experience.
“Brian is highly regarded, with a proven track record of growing companies, and his in-depth understanding of the semiconductor business and deep connections in the industry make him a highly valued addition to Kotura,” comments chairman Dr Andrew Rickman Obe.
Prior to joining Enevate in 2010, Wong was president & CEO of D2Audio, a developer of digital audio chip and software products for the consumer electronics segment. Previously, he served as CEO and in other executive positions with Primarion Inc, an optical datacom and digital power management firm that was acquired by Infineon. Previous positions include a 17-year career at TRW (where he was a senior manager responsible for the development, manufacturing and marketing of high-performance data converters and digital transceivers) as well as an engineer at Xerox’s Microelectronics Center (where he developed MOS digital circuits).
Wong has co-authored textbooks and papers on semiconductor technology and data converters. He holds a master’s of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
