G2's Leadership Team
Geoff Smith, Founder and CEO
Geoff has 32 years of experience in the semiconductor and software industries. He is a co-founder of G2 Microsystems with roles as V.P Engineering and now CEO of the company. Previous successes include Radiata Inc., a wireless startup creating silicon designs for the IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN market. Radiata was first to market with working silicon for the emerging IEEE 802.11a standard and was bought by Cisco Systems Inc. in 2001 for $US 290M. Prior to Radiata Geoff ran a software consulting company and an Internet services company. Geoff's deep technical expertise combined with his keen business sense will drive G2 to success in its chosen market areas.
Dr. Andrew Adams, Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering
Andrew has over 15 years of RF and analog design experience. Andrew was also at Radiata Communications, joining them as a principal RF engineer where he led early work on highly integrated CMOS radio ICs for the IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN market. After the acquisition by Cisco Systems, Andrew continued to lead the development of CMOS radio ICs for Cisco's leading enterprise-class IEEE 802.11 access points. Prior to Radiata, Andrew developed Gallium Arsenide ICs, satellite receivers and early wireless-LAN systems at OTC and then CSIRO in Sydney, Australia. He also spent a few years with Standard Communications in Sydney designing radio data communications systems. Andrew has an undergraduate degree from the University of Sydney and a PhD from the University of Leeds (UK), both in RF electronics. Andrew has 13 granted or submitted patents in radio systems and RFIC techniques.
Lisa Payne, Vice President of Marketing
Lisa has over 24 years of experience in high tech marketing, including leadership positions at Apple Computer, National Semiconductor, Tera Microsystems, and Austek Microsystems. Prior to joining G2 Microsystems in 2006, Lisa spent 8 years as an independent consultant advising companies such as Nortel, Juniper Networks, and Hewlett Packard on the marketing and positioning of new products. Before her consulting years, Lisa spent 5 years at Apple Computer where she was in charge of Apple Computer's product marketing and business development activities for the Quicktime multimedia technologies and was responsible for the product marketing of entry-level Macintosh products, overseeing the product through development and launch. Lisa has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland with minors in Mathematics and Marketing.
Dilip Mathew, Vice President of Operations
Dilip has over 23 years of semiconductor packaging, product engineering, operations and test experience. Prior to joining G2 Microsystems, Dilip was the Managing Director of Hong Kong operations for LSI Logic where he oversaw LSI's worldwide assembly and test operation. Prior to this role, Dilip was a senior manager of product engineering at LSI, managing final test of ASIC and standard products in Hong Kong. He has also held packaging engineering and engineering management positions at Amkor Technology, Altera Corporation, and National Semiconductor. Dilip's strengths in factory management and worldwide operations will be instrumental to G2's success.
James Livingston III, Vice President of Sales
James has over 13 years of experience in selling silicon, software, and intellectual property solutions to a broad range of market leading customers inside of the Telecom, Datacom, Industrial and Consumer market segments. Prior to joining G2 Microsystems James held senior level positions in the sales organizations at MIPS Technologies, Cavium Networks, Netlogic Microsystems and MEMEC. James has a successful track record of managing critical sales campaigns at customers like Cisco Systems, F5 Networks, Netgear, HP, Microchip, and many others that have lead to substantial design wins and revenue for the companies that he worked for. James' focus on strategic selling and attention to customer relations will help G2 Microsystems in their goal to become a world-class semiconductor company.
