Silicon Border has gathered a core of experts from the high tech industry to form the management team. Staffed by technology executives and Mexican entrepreneurs, the company has created a seasoned team to perform a portion of the work and direct the efforts of additional staff and consultants.

 

DJ Hill

 

Chairman and CEO
DJ Hill is the co-founder of Silicon Border and serves as the company’s Chairman and CEO. His past industry experience includes serving as a division vice president and general manager for National Semiconductor, and as a C-level executive with Cerprobe, InterConnect and MCT. He spent 12 years transferring semiconductor technology to Asia, and eight of those years living in Asia. Hill, has served internationally on several industry boards, is a public speaker and published author on semiconductor industry issues. Hill earned his bachelor’s of science degree in industrial engineering from New Mexico State University.

 

 

Octavio Garza Fernandez

 

President
Octavio Garza is president of Silicon Border, and has held executive roles with Sony Electronics in Mexico, culminating to the position of deputy director. Garza is a recognized leader within the Mexican electronics industry, and holds a number of business advisory roles. Early in his career, he served as the marketing manager for Monsanto in Mexico City. Garza earned his biomedical engineering degree from the University of Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and his Master’s 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 has 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 was also director of facilities at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Ramsey earned his bachelor’s of arts degree in industrial management from The University of North Texas.

 

 

David Tenney

Chief Financial Officer
David Tenney serves as CFO for Silicon Border, and previously provided financial and management consulting services to technology, real estate development, production homebuilder and other companies in Southern California region, with an emphasis on assisting publicly traded companies. Tenney is a CPA and earned his bachelor’s of science degree in accounting from Brigham Young University.