Mr. Henry brings more than 20 years of high technology experience to Entropic. Mr. Henry has served in executive management roles in companies ranging from small, innovative startups to large multinationals. Just prior to Entropic, he served as president and CEO of Pictos Technologies, developers of digital imaging products, and exited after completing a multimillion-dollar sale of the company to ESS Technology. Before that, Mr. Henry was CEO of LinCom Wireless, a chip company focused on 802.11 wireless LAN products. Mr. Henry also served as a vice president and general manager at LSI Logic, and was a senior vice president at C-Cube Microsystems, a pioneer in the development of digital video ICs. Mr. Henry has also held sales and marketing management positions at Hyundai Electronics America (now Hynix) and AMD. Mr. Henry has his MBA from the University of Southern California, and holds a Bachelor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, with high honors, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
David Lyle
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Lyle brings over 20 years of finance experience from both the semiconductor and commercial banking industries. He joined Entropic as CFO through the acquisition of RF Magic where he also served as CFO. He joined RF Magic from Broadcom Corporation, a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions. Prior to Broadcom, he was CFO at Zyray Wireless, a WCDMA baseband co-processor startup, which was acquired by Broadcom. Mr. Lyle also served as CFO at Mobilian Corporation, a wireless data communications semiconductor startup which was acquired by Intel Corporation. Prior to Mobilian, he served in various finance roles at Intel in the microprocessor and networking groups and also served in Intel Capital focusing on mergers and acquisitions primarily for the wireless communications and computing group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lyle worked in commercial banking focusing on leveraged buy-outs. Mr. Lyle received his undergraduate degree in business from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University as well as Master of International Management (MIM) degree from The Garvin School of International Management (Thunderbird).
Dr. Tom Lookabaugh
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Lookabaugh has more than 20 years experience in developing communications technology solutions for satellite, cable, telco and broadcast industries. Dr. Lookabaugh has been at the forefront of technology development related to video communication, security, telecommunications and networking technology throughout his career.
Prior to Entropic, Dr. Lookabaugh held a variety of executive positions including CEO at PolyCipher, a cable industry joint venture owned by Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications where he led development of new cryptography and security systems for the US cable industry. Prior to that, he was Associate Faculty Director for the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at the University of Colorado, president of the Convergent Systems division for Harmonic as well as president of the DiviCom division of C-Cube Microsystems.
Lookabaugh holds a doctorate in Electrical Engineering, three master's degrees (Statistics, Engineering Management and Electrical Engineering) from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines.
Lance Bridges
VP General Counsel
Mr. Bridges has over 16 years of experience in general business and corporate law matters, with particular emphasis in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and working with technology companies. Prior to joining Entropic, he was a partner at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, where he practiced law since 1991. Mr. Bridges received a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), in 1990, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as associate editor of the California Law Review. He concurrently earned an M.B.A., concentrating in finance and strategic planning, from the Walter A. Haas School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley. In 1985, he received a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics from the University of California, San Diego. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Bridges worked for a regional investment banking firm as a financial analyst specializing in business valuations and M&A advisory services. Mr. Bridges is a member of the State Bar of California and the Business Law section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Bridges was selected for the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law category and the 2007 edition for the Corporate Law category.
Michael Economy
VP Worldwide Sales
Mr. Economy has more than 20 years experience in semiconductor sales and marketing. Over the past several years he has managed the sales penetration and growth activities for a wide range of global accounts such as Compaq, HP, IBM, Dell, Northern Telecom, Sun Micro, Acer, ViewSonic, Creative Labs, and others. In addition, he brings a wealth of OEM and retail-channel experience to Entropic, a notable plus as the company expands into these key areas. Prior to joining Entropic Communications, he was vice president of OEM sales for graphics-chip maker Trident Microsystems, also helping to spearhead the nascent plasma and digital television display markets. Before that, he was vice president of marketing with Synergy Semiconductor where he gained extensive knowledge in managing the company's efforts in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Japan prior to the company being acquired by Micrel. His career began with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in product engineering, where he swiftly moved on to technical and product marketing management positions in EPROM and Flash memories, a category in which the company continues to lead. Mr. Economy holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in Solid State, Microwave and Quantum Electronics from the University of California, Davis.
Vinay Gokhale
SVP Marketing and Business Development
Mr. Gokhale brings more than 20 years of high tech technology experience to Entropic. From contributing as an electronic engineer in a start up to providing general management guidance for publicly traded semiconductor companies, Mr. Gokhale had the opportunity to participate in advanced technologies including Image Processing, Wireless and Industrial Automation. Prior to Entropic, Mr. Gokhale served in an executive management role at SiRF where he was responsible for Marketing, Business Development for the Wireless sector and functioned as General Manager for SiRF's Infrastructure and Services Business Unit. Mr. Gokhale also served in executive roles including EVP RFID Products at Impinj where he was responsible for building silicon and reader products for the UHF RFID market. Before that he served as Wireless Data VP and Business Unit Director at Conexant. Mr. Gokhale has an MBA from Stanford University, as well as an MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
Dale Hancock
VP Engineering
Mr. Hancock has over 18 years of industry experience in product design and development at RF Magic, Conexant, ComStream, and Linkabit. His expertise includes RF systems engineering, receiver and transmitter design, and design for high volume consumer applications. Most recently Mr. Hancock was the CTO, VP of Engineering and co-founder of RF Magic. Prior to RF Magic he led RF Systems Engineering at Conexant and ComStream. Mr. Hancock is credited with inventing a number of industry firsts, including the world's first silicon tuner for Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), the world's first high performance silicon tuner for reception of terrestrial television, and the world's first Channel Stacking Switch RFIC for DBS. Mr. Hancock holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
Tim Pappas
VP Operations
Mr. Pappas has more than 20 years of semiconductor product and test engineering experience. In his current role, Mr. Pappas manages Entropic's global supply chain, quality & reliability engineering, and product & test engineering. Before joining Entropic, he managed the product engineering group for Mindspeed Technologies which develops a range of advanced telecommunications and networking ICs. He served in similar roles at Conexant Systems and its predecessor company, Rockwell International, during a period of explosive growth in the company's DSL chipset business. Other experience includes senior product engineering positions with industry pioneers Brooktree and TRW, where he drove product qualification and commercialization efforts for a variety of communications, video and A/D converter products. Mr. Pappas holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.
Suzanne Zoumaras
VP Human Resources
Ms. Zoumaras has over 15 years of human resource and management experience in venture-backed start ups and fast-growing, multi-national organizations. Before joining Entropic, Ms. Zoumaras was the Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources for Biosite Incorporated where she lead the transformation of the human resources function to improve delivery of HR services, enhance employee relations and better manage talent acquisition. Prior to Biosite, Ms. Zoumaras held a variety of human resource positions at technology companies including Ensemble Communications, Conexant Systems and Cadence Design Systems. In addition to her corporate experience, Ms. Zoumaras also managed her own human resources consulting firm working with the executive teams of emerging companies in high tech and life sciences. Currently, she is an instructor in the HR certification program at San Diego State. Throughout her career, Ms. Zoumaras has held board positions at a number of human resources organizations and non-profits and is a regular speaker on the topics of talent acquisition and employee engagement. Ms. Zoumaras earned her B.S. in Business Administration and her Human Resources Management certification from San Diego State University.
