Management

Stephen King

CEO

Stephen is the co-founder and CEO of Phyworks. He led fund raising, built the company and set the strategies which have allowed it to develop into one of the most capital efficient start-ups in the semiconductor industry. By diversifying the company's product portfolio across key high growth markets, Stephen was able to bring the company to profitability whilst simultaneously making significant investments in R&D to develop the most technically advanced equalization and clock recovery technology available today.

Stephen's market-driven approach to management draws on his 25 years of high-tech, senior level Sales and Marketing experience at companies on both sides of the Atlantic including Data I/O, Digital Systems, Maxtek, Microcosm Communications and Conexant Systems.

Tim Esparon

Vice President of Manufacturing Operations

Tim joined Phyworks in August 2004 and is responsible for enhancing Phyworks worldwide supplier relationships at strategic and tactical levels as well as developing cost effective test solutions for new product lines. Prior to joining Phyworks, Tim has enjoyed senior roles at 3D Labs where he was Manufacturing and Quality Director before becoming Vice President for worldwide operations. He has also held senior management positions at Micronas Semiconductor SA, SCI, and Hughes Microelectronics Ltd, where he was responsible for many of the company's quality and process management programs.

Nick Stables

CFO

Nick has 15 years broad based experience in the semiconductor sector. Before joining Phyworks in 2005 he held a variety of financial management roles between 1993-2005 with AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Agere Systems. Notably, as CFO Europe he helped perform the spin off and IPO of Agere from Lucent. Then as Agere’s CFO for the Mobile Terminals Division he was part of a team, working in turnaround mode that transformed the financial performance of the business. At Phyworks Nick has helped secure debt and equity funding, restructured employee share plans, performed legal restructure and supported the growth of Phyworks as it evolved from development phase into volume production and profitability.

Allard van der Horst

CTO

Allard van der Horst has almost 20 years experience in the communications industry in a variety of technical and customer facing roles. Prior to joining Phyworks he led the development of networking cores as IP Design Manager at Fujitsu Microelectronics and was PLM for 40Gbps NPUs at Clearspeed. At Phyworks, Allard drives the technical vision, leads the long term strategic direction of the company and is closely linked with both design and marketing. Allard holds a number of patents and has an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Matthew Cui

VP Global Sales

Matthew joined Phyworks in January 2005 as Vice President of Business Development Asia. Before joining Phyworks, he was the Asia Pacific Sales Director at Vitesse Semiconductor. Prior to Vitesse, he held senior sales management positions at JDS Uniphase in the Asia Pacific region. He has 15 years progressive high tech project and sales management experiences in both North American and international territories. His latest 8 years experiences are in fiber optics and semiconductor sector. Matthew holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Oral Roberts University.

Stuart Millard

VP of Engineering

Stuart has been with Phyworks since its foundation and has been involved in the development of its complete range of products. An honours graduate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with 20 years of Analogue/RF IC design experience using SiGe, BiCMOS and CMOS processes. Stuart holds a number of patents for his work in analogue and mixed signal IC design. He has previously worked with GEC Plessey Semiconductors and Microcosm Communications.

Mike McTighe

Chairman

Bringing over 28 years of industry experience to Phyworks, Mike McTighe has held senior positions at some of the most successful global companies, including Chairman and CEO of Carrier1 International SA, Executive Director and Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless Global Operations and enjoyed senior management roles at Phillips, Motorola and GE.

Paul Mountford

Board Member

With 20 years sales and marketing experience, Paul Mountford is an acknowledged authority on technology marketing and sales. He is currently Senior Vice President of worldwide channels at Cisco Systems. The Global Channel Program which Mr Mountford has led for over two years is responsible for more than 92 percent of all Cisco Enterprise and Commercial Business.