Ken Hawk, CEO
Ken is a successful entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience building businesses related to mobile computing, wireless communications, software and semiconductors. Prior to Ubidyne, Ken was CEO of NemeriX SA (Switzerland), where his team set the world record for low power GPS chipsets. Ken also founded iGo, an electronic device accessory firm, and led the company through seven consecutive years of more than 100% annual sales growth. iGo completed a successful NASDAQ IPO in 1999 and was later sold to Mobility Electronics. Ken’s high-tech career also includes senior management positions at Venture Manufacturing Singapore (IPO on the SESDAQ in 1992), and Silicon Systems, Inc., the market leader in disk drive semiconductors (acquired by TDK in 1988). He recently served on the board of directors of Transactional Smartware that was successfully sold to Commercialware in 2002 and he currently serves on the board of advisors of NemeriX. Ken earned an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mike Levis, COO
Mr. Levis brings 25 years of technology marketing and operations experience to the Ubidyne team. He has extensive experience in product and corporate brand development, new product introductions and corporate product strategy. His most recent post prior to joining the company was as Executive VP of Xignal Technologies AG, where he was responsible for all aspects of sales, marketing, engineering and operations. Prior to Xignal, Mr. Levis was Vice President of Marketing for Xicor where he was instrumental in transforming the company from a memory supplier to an innovative mixed-signal IC company. (Xicor was sold to Intersil in 2004). Before working at Xicor, Mr. Levis was Director of Marketing at Samsung Semiconductor Inc., Founder and VP of Marketing at Crosspoint Solutions (an FPGA start-up) and a Partner at ASCII Ventures. He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BSEE from Purdue.

Dr. Clemens Rheinfelder, CTO & Co-Founder
Clemens has extensive experience in radio frequency, semiconductor and systems design in the communications and automotive industries. Prior to co-founding Ubidyne in 2005, he was VP Engineering at Siemens Communications and was responsible for hardware development of the 4th generation mobile network infrastructure. Clemens was responsible for enabling technologies and mobile innovations where he co-invented Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI). Charged with responsibility for wireless sensors, communications and pre-crash automotive applications at Daimler Chrysler, Clemens introduced the world’s first fully integrated DSSS radar front-end at 24 GHz on SiGe. Clemens earned a MSEE degree and a Ph.D. from Munich University of Technology and has published more than 30 technical papers.

Beat Mueller, CFO & Co-Founder
Beat brings a wealth of business expertise from more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry where he has held several senior positions in Research and Development, Sales and Marketing and Business Unit Management. In his last position, Beat was the head of the Telematic Division within Burkhalter Group and CEO of Burkhalter Net Works in Switzerland. He has also held positions as Senior Vice President and Head of the Fibre Optics Division of the Huber + Suhner Group, where he established many new activities in Europe, USA, Canada and the Far East, and with Cablecom, Switzerland, where he led a System Integrator Business Unit. Prio to this, Beat worked with Zellweger Luwa’s Power Line Carrier systems for 13 years with responsibilities in R&D, Marketing and Sales and as CEO of Zellweger Australia. Beat earned a degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich – ETH.

Dr. Lothar Schmidt, VP Engineering
Lothar has extensive experience in integrated circuit definition and design specifically for applications in the Gb/s and GHz range. Prior to joining Ubidyne, Lothar was a Design Manager at Texas Instruments in Hannover, Germany and later a Senior Systems Engineer at Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX, responsible for systems and product definition for the physical media devices product line. Lothar was the Design Director at the Maxim Design Center Hannover, where he managed the development of integrated circuits for fiber optics applications and was co-founder of HiSys GmbH, a company offering design services for high-speed integrated system solutions. Lothar managed and grew HiSys GmbH until it was successfully sold to Maxim in 1999. Lothar earned a Dipl.-Ing. and a Dr.-Ing. degree from the Ruhr-University Bochum and has published 11 technical papers and holds 7 patents.

Kent Heath, VP Marketing & Business Development
Kent has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and has extensive experience in Wireless including Engineering, Marketing, and Business Management roles. Prior to joining Ubidyne, he was a Senior Director at Freescale Semiconductor responsible for RF Transceivers, Power Amplifiers and Power Management product within Freescale’s $1 billion Radio Product Division. Prior to Freescale, Kent was the Executive Director of Marketing for Skyworks Solutions/Conexant where he managed the financial performance of Skyworks’ $300 million, 200 person, Wireless Power Amplifier (PA) business unit, and was responsible for Strategic Marketing, Product Marketing, Program Management, Applications Engineering and Business Planning activities. His previous experience also includes senior management positions at Motorola and Genisco Technology Corporation. Kent earned an MBA and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University.