Dr. Jose Lopez PhD MBA

Key applications in LED (UV to IR) and automotive lighting. Photo-diode technologies (UV to IR) for Industrial control and process management systems. MicroLED displays for sports-optics and head-up display systems. Image sensor technology for high-resolution cameras and robotic vision systems. Glass and polymer optics. State-of-the art Bio-photonics applications using spectroscopy for fluid analysis, and genome sequencing. Laser technologies for object detection and avoidance systems (LRF/LiDAR).

Consultancy and business start-up services to the computer, semiconductor and cloud based software industries: IoT, Industry 4.0, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS. Online Transaction processing. Enterprise Resource Planning and Performance Management. Value and Supply Chain Optimization. Communications (Telecom, Wireless, and Networking). Automotive and industrial: Power Semiconductors (SiC, IGBTs, MOSFET). Solid-State Lighting: LED components, Drivers and Luminaires.

Plessey was bought by Facebook in 2019. Phase-3 funded and privately held, high-tech semiconductor manufacturer, targeting the LED and sensing market focusing on automotive, medical devices and LED lighting for home industry and horticulture applications. As CCO I was responsible for the company’s WW customer facing organization, comprising global sales, field applications, market communications, customer service and order entry and processing.

Cree is the WW leader in LED technology, Solid State Lighting (SSL) and horticultural lighting. My charter was to grow revenue at the companies top Global Accounts, representing the majority of the global SSL Lighting market. Key objectives were to accelerate design-win momentum, build strong win-win strategic alliances, establish and nurture strong management relationships, and drive the ongoing improvement of Cree's customer service and technical support organization targeting these Key accounts.

VP and GM for EMEA, with P&L responsibility and 50 people, consisting of sales, marketing and application support. Markets were communication hardware and software, targeting the Enterprise, Access and Core networks. Mindspeed launched on the NASDAQ in 2003, and I was instrumental is supporting this process in EMEA by setting-up the various legal entities, sales network, partner agreements etc. Under my leadership, sales grew, outperforming the other WW regions and faster than the market in general.

Responsible for all the promotional, marketing and support activities of Conexant’s Network Access division (NAD), reporting to the VP of EMEA. This division was subsequently spun-off as an independent company (Mindspeed) in May 2003. During my tenure, Conexant added significantly to its communications and consumer product range (based on the Rockwell semiconductor and Brooktree heritage) by the addition of product portfolios from Maker communications (Network Processors), Hotrail (Serdes).

Reporting directly to the BU head of the Network Access Division at the companies Newport-Beach HQ (later CEO of Mindspeed), I was responsible for sales support, applications and product marketing across EMEA. Rockwell spun-off Conexant as a separate company in Jan 99.

Reporting to the European Sales and Marketing Director, I was responsible for providing the business leadership for the Communications and Consumer segments, driving design wins, strategic and tactical sales support. I also set and managed annual sales budgets, and developed strategic and tactical marketing plans. The Communications segment was focused on providing solutions to meet the requirements of GSM, DECT, POTS, Pairgain, and xDSL. The key focus of the group was access technologies and appliances.

Responsibility for the marketing functions within the Communications product Line for EMEA (ASIC, BRI-ISDN, E1, SDH & ATM), pursuing design wins and assisting the Sales team with product collaterals and presentations to clients. I worked closely with the European sales team, VLSI Tech. and PMC BUs through all phases of the sales process from the opportunity identification, design-win closure, product development etc.

Reporting to the Marketing Director, I was responsible for Marketing AT&T’s Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Codecs and Microprocessors product families. The major focus markets for these products were the emerging pan-European wireless (GSM), modem, and multimedia applications. In addition to budget responsibility, activities included the development of market analysis reports and marketing plans as well as ensuring their successful implementation. I was closely involved with the EMEA sales team.

Reporting to the European Marketing Manager I was responsible for Marketing 32-bit RISC/CISC, graphics and high performance peripheral devices. I introduced NECs VR3000 series of MIPS processors to the European market and helped to define third-party development tools to facilitate the design-in process and provide customers with complete solutions. The team generated user manuals, product support documentation, and newsletters to familiarize both customers and sales with our product offering.

I worked in a large team to develop real-time computer graphics ASIC/SoaC hardware and software for use in flight simulation systems. I gained experience in a number of microprocessors families, particularly the newly emerging RISC architectures: the Am29K, MC88K, Acorn ARM, MIPS R2000/3000, and SUN SPARC. The project involved a great deal of software development, and I gained programming experience in a number of languages: C and C++ as well as first-hand working knowledge of the UNIX operating system.

Over a period of 3 years I undertook research into real-time computer imagery with application in aircraft flight-simulation systems. This work resulted in my Ph.D. in 1987. I also undertook undergraduate teaching assignments in electronics, circuit design, microprocessor architectures, and hardware and software design methodologies as well as a number of computer programming languages.

Marketing and Finance

Electronics. Computer hardware and software design. Real-Time DSP architectures and digital signal processing

Engineering and Applied Sciences, Majoring in Computer Science