Sivers Semiconductors appoints Managing Director for Sivers Wireless
Sivers Semiconductors AB (publ) (“Sivers”) has appointed Harish Krishnaswamy, co-founder of and former CTO at MixComm, as Managing Director (MD) of Sivers Wireless. Harish Krishnaswamy will also join the management team of Sivers.
Mike Noonen, former Interim MD of Sivers Wireless and US President will continue as an adviser to Sivers.
"I am very happy that Harish Krishnaswamy has accepted the MD role. Harish has a great network in the USA and is very well known in the semiconductor industry. This will further strengthen our focus in the USA and support us in our largest market," said Anders Storm, CEO of Sivers Semiconductors.
Sivers Wireless has two development units. The one in the USA, which has been run by Harish Krishnaswamy, will now be run by Arun Natarajan, former VP of RF Technology at MixComm and Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Oregon State University.
Harish Krishnaswamy received his B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras, Chennai, India, in 2001, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. In 2009, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, as a professor and the Director of the Columbia High-Speed and Millimeter-Wave IC Laboratory (CoSMIC). In 2017, he co-founded MixComm Inc., which was acquired by Sivers Semiconductors in February 2022. He has received numerous awards in both academic and industrial settings.
“I am extremely honoured to take on the role of MD of Wireless at Sivers and look forward to working closely with Anders and the entire wireless team. We are at a very exciting time with the large and exciting opportunities ahead of us and the broader macro trends that we are seeing,” said Harish Krishnaswamy.
For more information please contact:
Anders Storm, Group CEO Sivers Semiconductors
Tel: +46 (0)70 262 6390
E-mail: anders.storm@sivers-semiconductors.com
Sivers Semiconductors AB is a leading and internationally recognized technology company that supplies ICs and integrated modules through its two business areas Wireless and Photonics. Wireless develops mmWave products for advanced 5G systems for data and telecommunications networks and satellite communication. The portfolio includes RF transceivers, beamforming front end ICs, integrated mmwave antennas, repeaters, and software algorithms for optimum mmWave RF performance. Photonics develops and manufactures semiconductor based optical products for optical fiber networks, sensors and optical fiber communications (Li-Fi). The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under SIVE. The head office is located in Kista, Sweden. For more information: http://www.sivers-semiconductors.com