Executives / Directors
James A. Fontaine - CEO and President
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James Fontaine, with more than twenty-three years of experience in the electronics industry, is CEO and President of Microtune. Mr. Fontaine had been President of Microtune from 1999-2000 and retired from that position, but was asked by the Board of Directors to return to the Company in August, 2003. Prior to joining Microtune, he was President of The Fontaine Group, a firm specializing in high-technology company formation, business plan development and funding. From 1994 - 1996, Mr. Fontaine held various positions at Cirrus Logic, including Vice President and General Manager of the PC Graphics and Video Division and Vice President of Marketing. As Vice President of Marketing at Cirrus Logic, he was responsible for desktop and portable graphics strategy and product marketing activities. In 1991, Mr. Fontaine co-founded and served as President of Pixel Semiconductor, which was acquired by Cirrus Logic in 1994. In 1985, Mr. Fontaine founded and served as Vice President of Marketing for Visual Information Technologies, Inc., a company that developed image-processing technologies for high-end visualization markets. He has also held positions of design engineer and product manager at Texas Instruments and Mostek. Mr. Fontaine received a BSEE from Marquette University in 1980. |
Barry F. Koch - Executive Vice President
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Barry Koch, with more than 20 years of experience in high-tech engineering and management, is Executive Vice President. He is also Managing Director of Microtune GmbH & Co. KG., a wholly-owned German subsidiary of Microtune, Inc. He held this position previously and concurrent with those of Vice President and Co-General Manager of the Company's Broadband Business and Vice President and General Manager of its Automotive Business. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Systems Engineering. Mr. Koch joined Microtune GmbH & Co. KG as Director of Advanced Development in January 2000 at the time of Microtune's merger with Temic Telefunken Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH of Ingolstadt, Germany. Mr. Koch had been with Temic and its predecessors since June 1995 Mr. Koch holds a B.S.E.E. from University of Missouri-Rolla and a M.S.E.E. from Purdue University |
Robert S. Kirk - Vice President of Worldwide Sales
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Robert Kirk, with more than 20 years of international semiconductor sales and sales management experience, is Vice President of Worldwide Sales. He brings to Microtune a background in taking new products to market, in building sales teams and in developing and sustaining relationships with major customers. Previous to this position, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Northern European Division of Avnet, Inc. where he successfully built the business and drove sales across a range of networking electronics products. Prior to that, Mr. Kirk was with Motorola, Inc. for more than 18 years, serving in various sales and sales management positions, including that of Director of the Network and Computing Sales Group where he built relationships with leading customers in the broadband and networking industries. Mr. Kirk holds a BSEE degree from Purdue University. |
Phillip D. Peterson - General Counsel
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Phillip D. Peterson, with more than 10 years of legal experience, is the Company´s General Counsel. At Microtune, Mr. Peterson manages all of the Company´s legal affairs, including corporate governance, SEC reporting compliance, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, strategic arrangements, customer and vendor agreements, and protection of intellectual property. Previously, he was an attorney with Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated (formerly Cox & Smith Incorporated) and DLA Piper (formerly Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, LLP) in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, he was an attorney with King & Spalding LLP and Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in Houston, Texas. Mr. Peterson received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law (Austin, Texas) in 1997, graduating with honors. He received his B.A. degree from Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas) in 1992. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas. |
Justin M. Chapman - Chief Financial Officer
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Justin M. Chapman, with more than 13 years of experience in finance and administration, is Chief Financial Officer. A veteran of Microtune's corporate finance department, Mr. Chapman has held various finance and accounting positions at the Company since 2001 and has been responsible for a number of functions, including technical and general accounting, external reporting, regulatory compliance, financial planning, and strategic analysis. Since November 2004, Mr. Chapman has served as Vice President of Accounting. Mr. Chapman holds a BBA degree in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma, graduating with honors. Mr. Chapman is a Certified Public Accountant. |
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