SAN DIEGO, July 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Entropic Communications, Inc., a leading technology solutions provider for connected home entertainment, today announced that Charles Persico has joined the company as its vice president of RF engineering. Charles was formerly the senior vice president of engineering at Qualcomm, leading RF/Analog IC design, product and test in Qualcomm's CDMA technology division. In his new role at Entropic, Charles will lead the development of the company's RF engineering capabilities, including RF system and RF integrated circuit functions.
"We are very pleased to add Charlie to the management and product delivery team," said Mark Foley, president and chief operating officer of Entropic Communications. "Charlie's impressive track record of leading and developing high performing engineering teams and vast experience in RF design will be instrumental in the next phase of the company's growth."
Charles has over 22 years of engineering experience. At Qualcomm, Charles built the RF engineering team from one to over 350 engineers and led the team to become the number one RFIC supplier worldwide, shipping over 750 million RF/Analog ICs annually and generating annual revenue in excess of one billion dollars. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Charles held a variety of engineering roles at leading technology companies including Philips Semiconductors, Trimble Navigation, AT&E, Honeywell Space Systems and General Electric Avionics systems.
"I am pleased to be joining the Entropic team at this stage of the company's development," said Charles Persico, vice president of RF engineering. "I look forward to building the RF engineering team and directing research of new architectures, process technologies, design tools and methodologies."
Charles is an inventor on numerous patents and over 10 pending patent applications in the field of IC design and systems engineering. He has published papers in a variety of technical publications and is a frequent speaker at technical conferences and symposiums. Most recently, Charles was the keynote speaker at the 2007 RFIC Symposium.
Charles earned his M.S. in electrical engineering from Syracuse University and graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in electrical engineering from Union College.
About Entropic Communications
Entropic Communications, Inc. is the leading developer of LAN and WAN networking of multimedia for the connected home. The company provides the chipsets and associated software that revolutionize the way video and other multi-media content are brought into and distributed throughout the house -- fundamentally changing the way content such as movies, music, games and images are shared, stored and networked. For more information: www.entropic.com.
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