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Frank Wodoslawsky, President and CEO of Weinschel Associates, talks about the company’s tradition of excellence in engineering, designing custom components for niche applications and taking on the jobs that larger companies are passing up.

Microwave Journal talks to the President Designate of Cobham Defense Electronic Systems Division (CDES) about acquisition strategies, the defense market and the importance of good engineers.

Microwave Journal talks with the President of M/A-COM Technology Solutions about the company's history and future.

ANSYS Inc. develops, markets, and supports engineering simulation software used to predict how product designs will operate and how manufacturing processes will behave in real-world environments. In 2008, ANSYS acquired Ansoft LLC and expanded its domain into the RF and microwave world.

In this interview Bryan Ingram talks to Microwave Journal about the largest independent semiconductor company in the world, the wireless infrastructure market and the company’s many innovations especially in the area of micro-miniaturization. Ingram joined Hewlett-Packard in 1990 after holding a number of engineering and marketing positions at Westinghouse Electric Corp. Prior to the spin-off of Agilent Technologies from HP in 1999, Ingram headed up the strategic marketing effort and the marketing department for communications components. In 2000, he accepted the post of Vice President and General Manager of WSD. Ingram holds a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering and communications systems from the University of Illinois and an MSEE degree from Johns Hopkins University.

In this month's interview, Rodd Novak discusses the company’s proprietary process that brought Silicon-on-Sapphire to market, the high-performance switches and digital step attenuators (DSA) fabricated via this technology and how these devices address the needs of the multi-band commercial and defense markets. Novak is responsible for the design and execution of Peregrine's global product marketing strategy and directs the company's strategic business development activities. Since joining Peregrine in 2002, he has contributed to the company's focus on the RF wireless and broadband markets. Prior to joining Peregrine Semiconductor, Novak served as corporate marketing manager for CTS Corp. and as an electrical engineer at Westinghouse Corp., and later moved to a marketing role with the commercial business unit of its subsidiary, Xetron Corp. Novak holds a BSEE degree from the University of Cincinnati and and an MBA degree from Xavier University.

Rick Montgomery, a cofounder of Microwave Networks Inc. (MNI), serves as CEO and director of Mimix. MNI was a supplier of point-to-point digital microwave radios that was founded in 1982 and successfully merged into California Microwave in 1995. In addition to founding a successful company, Montgomery has 30 years of experience in high technology companies in the areas of general management, international sales, research and development, and strategic product marketing. He received his BSEE degree from North Carolina State University.

While miniaturization in general and MMICs in particular get center stage these days, microwave integrated circuit (MIC) technology continues to offer inherent benefits that are unachievable and/or unprofitable to pursue within the confines of a completely monolithic design. In this interview, Joe Merenda, Vice President, Engineering, Narda Microwave-East, points out that Narda (which delivered its first MIC over 25 years ago) is continually increasing MIC performance and functional integration while also reducing size, cost and power consumption.

Mark Hebeisen is Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Endwave Corp. He met with Microwave Journal editor David Vye at this year’s IMS in Atlanta, GA, and then again by phone for this interview. Hebeisen shares his understanding of the commercial, military and homeland security markets and the technology driving the performance of today’s RF modules and high-frequency sub-systems.

As Rohde & Schwarz celebrates its 75th Anniversary, Microwave Journal’s European Editor, Richard Mumford, asks president and CEO, Michael Vohrer to trace how the company evolved from a two-man operation to a world leader with a global presence. He outlines the political impact of German reunification and the expansion of the EU, explains the importance of investment in R&D, academic institutions and its staff before looking forward to the next 75 years.