About: Management Team

Management

Ron Edgerton President and CEO

Ron Edgerton was appointed President and CEO of iWatt in March 2008.  Ron brings a strong finance and operational management background to the company.  He has a large amount of experience in managing start-ups and was previously CEO of SigmaTel.  While under his direction, SigmaTel became a market leader in MP3 and high-end PC audio codecs, went public, and then developed into a diversified mixed signal company. 

Prior to SigmaTel, he participated in several start-ups as an officer and/or consultant.  Previously, he held the positions of General Manager at Kodak Digital Medical, CFO at Cyrix and Telinq Systems, and various marketing and financial roles at Northern Telecom and other companies. 

Ron holds a Bachelors of Business Administration and an MBA in Finance from Western Michigan University. 

Gyan Tiwary Senior VP and GM Integrated Silicon Solutions

Gyan has over 18 years of experience in the Semiconductor and Electronics Industry. Prior to joining iWatt, Gyan was the Founder, President and CEO of Simple Silicon, a leading analog technology licensing firm based in silicon valley. He was responsible for guiding Simple Silicon to become a premier provider of advanced Analog Front End Solutions for the consumer electronics marketplace.

Prior to that, Gyan was a Director of Sales & Marketing at Deutsch Technology, a Silicon Valley startup firm. Previously he has held senior Marketing and Management positions at Synopsys & EPIC; he was one of the earliest employees at EPIC Design, a firm where he contributed to its growth from a small startup, through its IPO and eventual buyout by Synopsys. He was also a Unit Design Manager on the Pentium II (P6) design team at Intel Corporation & a key microprocessor designer of Intel's i960 family of RISC processors.

Gyan has authored many industry publications and holds two US patents in the field of semiconductor IC design. He holds a MSEE degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.

Don Devost CFO and VP

Don Devost has more than 15 years experience in the semiconductor industry and brings significant financial management and expertise to iWatt. Don joined iWatt from Analog Devices where he served most recently as Director of Finance and Operations for the World-wide Sales Division of Analog Devices. Prior to that, he held various product line controllership positions and managed the cost accounting function for the company’s largest manufacturing location in Wilmington, MA. Previously, he worked for IBM Microelectronics in financial planning. Don holds a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Georgetown University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Dr. Xuecheng Jin Ph.D VP IC Engineering

Before joining iWatt in 2006, Dr. Xuecheng Jin served as the Chief Technology Officer at Simple Silicon Inc., where his leadership and technical contribution was instrumental in establishing the company as a premier world-class provider of advanced analog and mixed signal integrated circuit technology for Video Analog Front Ends and RF Transceivers. Prior to starting at Simple Silicon Inc, he served as an Analog Design Manager at BitBlitz Communications Inc (acquired by Intersil in 2004) leading Gigahertz SerDes designs using CMOS technology. Earlier he served in various analog design, consulting, and management positions at Integrated Telecom Express Inc (NASDAQ IPO in 2000), Sensant Corporation (acquired by Siemens in 2005), Texas Instruments Inc, and Beijing Taixing Data Engineering Corporation.

Dr. Jin received BS degree from Tsinghua University, China, and MSc & Ph.D degrees from Stanford University, all in electrical engineering. He is widely recognized as a technology expert with more than 40 publications in the international journals and conferences. He is also the author or co-author of 4 international conference best student paper awards and 7 commercially licensed inventions.

Gary Pinelli VP Sales

Gary Pinelli brings over 30 years sales and marketing experience to iWatt. During the past 5 years he served as VP sales & marketing, and VP sales for Volterra. Prior he was a founder, & VP Sales and Marketing for TelCom Semiconductor. He also worked in sales, marketing, and management capacities for Harris Semiconductor, Mostek, Intel, and RCA. Gary has developed expertise in bringing new technology to market with emerging companies and establishing strong relationships with strategic customers. He is a BSEE graduate of Bradley University.

Alex Sinar VP Operations

Alex Sinar has over 25 years experience in the field of Semiconductor Technology, Integrated Circuit Manufacturing, Product and Test Engineering, Quality and Reliability. Most recently Alex held a position of Vice President of the World-Wide Customer Service at Zoran Corporation. Previously he held positions of VP of Operations at Zoran, Oak Technology and TeraLogic Inc. He has been an early member of the FSA, and first chairman of the FSA Modeling Subcommittee. Alex is a MSEE graduate from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.