Anokiwave Inc., an innovative company providing highly integrated core IC solutions for mmW and AESA markets, announced the latest addition to its leadership team with the appointment of Andrew Crofts to the position of vice president of Applications. This appointment supports Anokiwave’s plans to extend product development by supporting new customers and applications for its portfolio of mmW products scheduled to release this fall.
Crofts joined Anokiwave in June 2015 and will be responsible for supporting the overall sales operations strategies designed to help achieve the company’s global business objectives through customer application support.
Crofts brings over 30 years of applications, product management, marketing, business development and product engineering experience from the microwave semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Anokiwave, Crofts was field applications director at MACOM where he was responsible for technical support to key projects and customers across EMEA and Asia. He also held senior sales, marketing, and engineering positions at MACOM.
“Andy brings over 30 years of international applications experience to Anokiwave and joins us at a time when application support is a key aspect to our international growth, " said Robert Donahue, Anokiwave CEO. “His radar systems leadership and his ability to work closely with customers and to anticipate their needs will greatly benefit our customers as we introduce our mmW IC products to the world”.
Crofts holds a M.A. (Oxon) degree in Physics from the University of Oxford, England. Additional information can be found at www.anokiwave.com.