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Meet Your Directors


Four 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 Dhaval Dalal who is currently serving his first term and Stephen Oliver and Kevin Parmenter who are both serving their second terms.


Dhaval Dalal
is responsible for defining and providing components for high power solutions to customers, in his current role at ON Semiconductor. Prior to re-joining the Company in July 2014, Mr. Dalal worked for six years as a Power Electronics consultant in Bangalore, India. During that period, he developed reference designs and solutions for various power electronics applications.

From 2002 to 2008, Dhaval worked at ON Semiconductor as Director of Systems Engineering where he was responsible for defining the strategy, roadmaps and technical content of many products for power supply applications. Previously, he worked at TI/Unitrode, Digital Equipment Corporation and Philips Laboratories.

Dhaval's educational background includes a B.Tech. (EE) from IIT-Bombay, an MSEE from Virginia Tech and a Master's in Management of Technology from NTU. He has published and presented more than 25 technical articles, papers and invited talks. He serves as the co-chair of Power Technology Roadmap Committee and on the Board of Directors of PSMA (Power Sources Manufacturers' Association) and is also a participant in the iNEMI roadmap activity. Dhaval holds five U.S. patents.
 

Provided by Dhaval Dalal, System Applications Director,
Power Solutions Group, ON Semiconductor


 

Stephen Oliver is VP Sales & Marketing for Navitas Semiconductor. He has over 25 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 Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) 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 Chairman of the PSMA.
 

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


 


Kevin Parmenter is an IEEE Senior Member and has over 35 years of experience in the electronics and semiconductor industry. Kevin is currently Director of Field Applications Engineering North America for Taiwan Semiconductor. Previously he was vice president of applications engineering in the U.S.A. for Excelsys, an Advanced Energy company; director of Advanced Technical Marketing for Digital Power Products at Exar; and led global product applications engineering and new product definition for Freescale Semiconductors AMPD - Analog, Mixed-Signall and Power Division.  Prior to these positions Kevin worked for Fairchild Semiconductor in the Americas as senior director of field applications engineering and held various technical and management positions with increasing responsibility at ON Semiconductor and in the Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector. He holds a BSEE and BS in Business Administration. Kevin holds an FCC first-class license -GRTL and Amateur Radio Extra Class License KG5Q
 

Provided by Kevin Parmenter, Director of Field Applications
Engineering North America, Taiwan Semiconductor


 

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