Philippe Mora

Responsible for developing and strategically grow the North American business of this UK pioneer and leading provider of complete and modular solutions for digital multimedia products. Established in 2001 as a privately-funded fabless semiconductor company, Frontier Silicon has rapidly become the world's leading supplier of innovative semiconductor, module and software solutions for digital radio and connected audio systems. M&A Frontier acquired by Toumaz Ltd, 2012.

Joined this semi-conductor startup at very early stage and helped it grow from zero to $200m in revenues, with weekly shipments of 1+ million units. Validated market segment and developed it globally in emerging markets. Designed and executed Latin American strategy, then expanded from Asia to India, EMEA, Russia. Responsible for a growing 10+ global team of business development professionals. Developed extensive network of trusted contacts throughout the industry. M&A Telegent acquired by Spreadtrum, 2011

Achieved fast-track promotion and increased responsibilities from product management and marketing strategy for a product specific platform to leading and directing the work of marketing, business development, marketing communications, and design and development resources across global regions: US, Asia and Europe for the product line of this provider of mobile entertainment processors. IPO PortalPlayer, 2005. M&A Portalplayer acquired by Nvidia, 2007.

Recruited by this 16-person leader in next generation technologies for consumer electronics, computing and entertainment to explore new business opportunities internationally and to develop a new engineering team. Responsibilities included: Building/growing an engineering team, identifying business opportunities globally and expanding product and market reach to portable devices including MP3 players, Cellular Phones, PDAs,and Pocket PC Handsets for key accounts such as Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, Samsung, A