Industry News / THOMAS KREBS APPOINTED SALES DIRECTOR

Publication date: 24 June 2008

THOMAS KREBS APPOINTED SALES DIRECTOR

CISSOID, a leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions and the pioneer of Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) products, confirmed today the appointment of Thomas Krebs as Sales Director. With 20 years experience in the semiconductor arena, Thomas Krebs brings Cissoid the leadership the company needs to build up its sales organization and to extend its sales channels. Thomas has know-how and experience in direct sales as well as distribution.

“The recruitment of a seasoned Sales leader is crucial to the execution of our aggressive growth plans” said Tony Denayer, CEO at Cissoid. “We are very excited to have Thomas on board, with a track record in both standard products and custom solutions built throughout his career with leading companies such as Texas Instruments, Maxim and AMI Semiconductor.

His experience in diverse markets, including automotive, is an asset for our plans to penetrate new market segments.”

 Thomas Krebs was with AMI Semiconductor as Global Account Manager from 2001 till 2008 and managed the worldwide Sales of Siemens and Continental.

Prior to AMI Semiconductor, he was with Alcatel Microelectronics, Maxim, Dallas Semiconductor and Texas Instruments, where he held several positions, including Product Marketing Manager DSL Products, Business Development Manager Central and East Europe and Technical System Engineer.

Thomas Krebs holds a Diploma Degree in Electrical Engineering with Specials on Technical Information Technology from University of Luebeck (Germany).

About Cissoid

Cissoid ( http://www.cissoid.com ) is a leader in high temperature electronics providing monolithic semiconductor solutions, and the pioneer in Silicon-on-Isolator (SOI) products with over 20 years of background and R&D in SOI.

As a leading fabless semiconductor company, Cissoid delivers standard products and custom solutions meeting high temperature requirements, primarily to the Oil & Gas, Aerospace and Automotive markets.