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MANAGEMENT TEAM management team. Led by semiconductor industry executives and international entrepreneurs, the company has created a seasoned team to develop the park and direct the efforts of additional staff and consultants. The specialized semiconductor industry experience of the Silicon Border team is supplemented by expertise from IT, human relations, finance and real estate development. Below is the Silicon Border Executive Team followed by its Advisory Board. EXECUTIVES DJ Hill Co-founder , Co-Chairman, and CEO DJ Hill has served as a division Vice President and General Manager National Semiconductor and as a C-level executive with Cerprobe, InterConnect, and MCT; spending 12 years transferring semiconductor technology to Asia and eight of those years living in Asia. Hill, who has served internationally on several industry boards of directors, is a public speaker and published author on semiconductor industry issues. Hill earned his bachelor of science in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University. Ron Jones Co-founder and Co-Chairman Ron Jones was previously founder and chairman of N-Able Group International, a consulting and executive search company specializing in the semiconductor industry. A recognized expert on the outsourced fabless semiconductor environment, Jones spent more than 15 years, with companies such as Texas Instruments and Amkor, transferring technology to Asia and 10 of those years living in Asia. Jones earned a bachelor of science in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a master of science in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University. Octavio Garza Fernandez President Octavio Garza has held executive roles with Sony Electronics in Mexico, collimating to the position of Deputy Director. Garza is a recognized leader in the Mexican Electronics Industry serving as President of Electronics, Telecommunication & Information Technology, and holding active roles in business advisory roles on curriculum of State and Private Universities. Early in his career he was the Marketing Manager for Monsanto in Mexico City. Garza holds a Biomedical Engineering degree from the University of Iberoamericana, Mexico City and a Masters in Business Administration from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate School. Tim Ramsey Executive Vice President, Design and Construction Tim Ramsey has significant experience in building green field semiconductor facilities in Asia, Europe and the U.S., building more than 30 major facilities as both contractor and owner. He also served as president and CEO of M+W Zander U.S., one of the largest semiconductor wafer fab contractors in the world. Prior to M+W Zander, Ramsey was the director of worldwide construction for Texas Instruments and director of facilities at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Ramsey earned his bachelor of arts in Industrial Management from The University of North Texas. David Tenney Chief Financial Officer David Tenney previously provided financial and management consulting services to high-tech, real estate development, production homebuilder and other companies in Southern California, with an emphasis on assisting publicly traded companies. Tenney is a CPA and earned his bachelor of science in Accounting from Brigham Young University in Utah. Michael Oliver Executive Vice President Sales and Business Development Mr. Oliver has significant experience in leading high technology companies. He has served several medical device companies in Global Sales and Marketing roles as well as Chief Operating Officer. In addition to his experience in high tech, he served with Thomas Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers, providing consulting services to Fortune 1000 companies. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, and an MBA from The George Washington University, Washington, DC. Bob Moore Vice President Business Development Before joining Silicon Border, Mr. Moore was formerly Director of Sales Operations & Business Development for Dubai Silicon Oasis where he was responsible for bringing in a number of technology companies to Dubai’s first technology park. Previously, he held the positions of Director of Sales and Business Development at DongbuAnam and Amkor technologies. Mr. Moore has also held Director of Sales and Marketing at the Implant Center, Redwood Microsystems Inc., and SCP Global Technologies. Mr. Moore spent over 10 years as an engineer in manufacturing and R&D at NCR Corp, Intel Corp and Integrated Device Technologies. He also is a member of the Board of Directors for MCSP INC. (Micro Chip Scale Package) and Silver Creek Valley Country Club. Mr. Moore holds a BS degree in Engineering from Wright State University. Bernard Tyler Vice President Bernie Tyler has served as a senior executive with several public and private technology-based corporations, including Path 1 Network Technologies, Inc. and Nautronix, Inc. His career includes intermediate and senior management positions with engineering companies such as Hughes Aircraft, Sega, Computer Associates and SAIC. Tyler earned his bachelor of science in Mathematics from California State Polytechnic University and a master’s degree in Computer Science from West Coast University in Los Angeles. Co-founder and General Counsel Jim Diracles is a longtime legal advisor to the Silicon Border executive team and remains deeply involved in corporate contract and property negotiations, as well as investor relations. A member of Best & Flanagan since 1973, Diracles is a Managing Partner at the firm, with more than 30 years of experience in securities law matters, including public and private offerings, merger and acquisitions and real estate development. He earned his bachelor of arts from Colorado College and his juris doctor from the University of Minnesota. Director of Strategic Technology Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Centre With more than 40 years of broad experience with direct profit and loss responsibilities in the semiconductor industry, Pausa has directed 33 plants and subsidiary companies in 18 foreign countries and 11 plants in six American states. He has negotiated and executed six multi-million- dollar international joint ventures and contracts in Europe, Asia and Africa. As a consultant, Pausa has focused his practice on assisting high-tech companies in the development and implementation of business strategies and continuous improvement policies and practices. Glen Possley Industry consultant and advisor Most recently, Mr. Possley was the president of Submicron Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Manufacturing for Ramtron in Colorado Springs, where he was responsible for fab, subcontract assembly, engineering, production control, purchasing, facilities, shipping and all other areas of manufacturing. Possley has held other top-level positions including Vice President of Operation for Sandisk in Santa Clara; Vice President of Die Manufacturing Operations for Signetics in Sunnyvale; Vice President of Wafer Fabs and R&D Operations for Mostek and Operations Manager for Motorola in Mesa, Arizona. He also held multiple operational and development positions at Texas Instruments. Possley has been on the board of directors of Novellus Systems since 1991. |
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