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SAN JOSE,
Calif. – June 25, 2008 – Shocking
Technologies today announced that Mr. Kenneth
Engestang has joined their Executive Management
team as Vice President of Worldwide Business
Development and Sales. Mr. Engestang will be
responsible for driving the adoption of Shocking
Technologies’ Voltage Switchable Dielectric™
(VSD™) materials in the consumer electronics and
semiconductor packaging sectors in Asia, Europe
and the USA.
“Kenneth has the experience
and broad international relationships to take us
to the next level of growth with our customers,”
said Lex Kosowsky, President and CEO of Shocking
Technologies.
“I am excited to be joining
Shocking Technologies at this early stage in
their business”, said Ken. “I’m looking forward
to working with Lex to bring VSD technology to
the industry.”
Mr. Engestang, who is
based both in the US and Nordic, has more than
24 years of sales and executive management
experience in the semiconductor industry
supporting the cellular handset and
infrastructure sectors. He will work closely
with the mobile handset, Telecom, electronics
and semiconductor customers in the US, Europe
and Asia.
Mr. Engestang joined Shocking
Technologies from Amalfi Semiconductor, where he
was Vice President of Sales. At Amalfi, Mr.
Engestang headed up and drove engagements with
top tier handset manufacturers. Previously, Mr.
Engestang was responsible for Broadcom’s sales
in the Nordic countries, driving business
development in Ericsson, Nokia, and Sony
Ericsson. He also drove the cellular sales
strategy and supported the European Cellular
Carrier interface. Before joining Broadcom, Mr.
Engestang co-founded several companies in the
Nordic countries and the Baltics, where he held
positions as Managing Director and Vice
President. Mr. Engestang has worked actively in
the cellular industry since the early days of
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| About
Shocking Technologies, Inc |
| Shocking Technologies,
Inc. is a privately held, venture-backed company
developing Voltage Switchable Dielectric™ (VSD™)
materials. A VSD™ material is a polymer
nano-composite that behaves like an insulator
(dielectric) during normal circuit operation and
becomes conductive when the voltage across the
VSD™ material increases beyond a predefined
threshold voltage. After the voltage drops below
the threshold again, it switches back to an
insulator. This unique property, coupled with
the ability to tailor the response of the
material, opens up several new areas in
electronics. The first application being
introduced enables embedded electrostatic
discharge (ESD) protection in printed circuit
boards (PCBs) and semiconductor packages.
Subsequent applications will usher in new
manufacturing processes as well as novel product
designs. More information regarding the company
is available at www.shockingtech.com. |
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