our members of the Board of Directors are elected at the PSMA Annual Meeting held every year during the APEC conference. Each Director serves a three year term and is eligible to be reelected for one additional term.

In this issue we would like to introduce you to Alain Chapuis and Stephen Oliver who were both elected in 2014. Alain is serving his first term; Stephen his second.

Alain Chapuis – CTO, Bel Power Solutions
Alain joined MELCHER, now part of Bel Power Solutions as a Design Engineer based in Uster, Switzerland in 1991 where he designed highly efficient single stage power factor corrected isolated rectifiers and fully hybridized DC/DC converters for the avionics market. He moved quickly into engineering management functions with a strong focus on the development of technology intense AC/DC and DC/DC products. In 2002 he was instrumental in conceiving and implementing the first board level digital power converters providing a system level power solution allowing configuring, controlling and monitoring of an array of POL converters through a serial bus and a graphical user interface. More recently he pushed the deployment of full digital controls in AC/DC converters along with efficiency and power density improvements especially into data center applications. He has held the position of VP Engineering, VP Digital Controls & Software and now CTO at Bel Power Solutions. Alain holds an MS Electronics with honors from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and is inventor of more than 45 US patents in the domain of power conversion and control.

Provided by Alain Chapuis,
CTO Power Solutions,
Bel Power Solutions

Stephen Oliver is VP Sales & Marketing for Navitas Semiconductor. He has over 20 years’ experience in the power semiconductor and power supply industries in computing, industrial, automotive and telecom markets with Motorola and Philips (NXP) in the UK, and International Rectifier and Vicor in the USA. He holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Manchester University, UK and an MBA in Global Marketing & Strategy from UCLA, USA. Stephen hold several patents in power semiconductors, is a Chartered Engineer and is currently VP of the PSMA.

Provided by Stephen Oliver,
VP Sales & Marketing,
Navitas Semiconducto

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