About us

Management

Frontier Silicon is lead by a world-class management team with a wealth of combined experience in manufacturing, consumer electronics and broadcasting. Our executives have considerable experience with major consumer brands, backed up by a strong understanding and background in the consumer electronics supply chain, advanced electronic system design, marketing and technical support.

John Behrendt   John Behrendt
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer
Appointed April 2006. Over twenty years experience in technology companies including senior financial roles with McDonnell Douglas and VC-backed technology companies. Previously CFO with Alphamosaic, a fabless chip company sold to Broadcom for $123M in 2004.

Bob Heads
Vice President - Engineering
Responsible for the hardware and software development of all our modules and chips. Previously, Bob ran engineering for 3Com's LAN business for many years, including multi-continent silicon, hardware, software and test teams.

  Bob Heads
     

Steve Evans   Steve Evans
Vice President – Marketing and Business Development
Previously vice president of segment marketing at ARM, Steve has over 16 years experience in the international semiconductor industry.

     

Mike Warren
Vice President –Silicon Operations

Mike joined Frontier Silicon in 2006 and has over 20 years’ experience in the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries. Prior to joining Frontier, Mike held management roles in Operations, Product Development and R&D  at ST Microelectronics, 3Com, International Rectifier and IBM.  At Frontier Mike is responsible for Silicon Operation, Quality, and Supply Chain management.

  SK Tay
     

Prem Rajalingham   Prem Rajalingham
Vice President – Sales and Support /
General Manager - Hong Kong

With over 14 years’ experience in the semiconductor and consumer electronics industry, Prem has held various positions in Europe and Asia in development, applications, product management and sales.  Responsible for our global sales and support teams.
     

SK Tay
Vice President and General Manager – China
With established experience in manufacturing for the broadcast industry, SK was formerly Chief Operating Officer of Rockridge Sound, one of the largest manufacturers of DAB digital radios in China.
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Sarah Tobin   Patrick Hannon
Vice President – Corporate Development

Patrick Hannon joined Frontier Silicon in 2011 as VP Corporate Development.   Patrick’s role is to work with players across the radio ecosystem in order to develop the take-up of digital radio in key markets.  Before joining Frontier, Patrick was a strategy consultant serving the broadcast and new media sectors.  Previously, Patrick worked at BBC / BBC Worldwide in senior commercial and strategy roles.  Patrick has a degree in Economics and Management Studies from Cambridge University and an MBA (Distinction) from Cass Business School.

     


Sarah Tobin
Director - Human Resources

Sarah joined Frontier Silicon in 2002 and has over 15 years experience in Human Resources and Admin Management in technology organisations.  Sarah is responsible for delivering the Company’s HR strategy and working on all aspects of people management for the worldwide organisation.  Sarah is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

  Mike Warren
     

 

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