picoChip has a balance of experienced management and world leading engineers to deliver the technologies that will result in competitive advantage for communications OEMs and operators over the next decade.
The management team has many years of experience with global technology companies and wireless operators around the world, while the team of over 100 hardware and software engineers has world leading expertise in communications system design, software development, computer architecture, digital signal processing, RF design, and silicon design.
Guillaume d'Eyssautier
Chief Executive Officer
Guillaume d'Eyssautier joined picoChip from Cadence Design Systems in Bracknell, UK, where he was Senior VP and General Manager EMEA. Prior to joining Cadence, Guillaume served at executive and board level in IBM technology Group EMEA in Switzerland, Rockwell Semiconductor Systems in France and GEC-Plessey Semiconductors. His early career included engineering, marketing and sales positions at Philips Semiconductors, Signetics Corp. USA, and Matra Harris Semiconductors. Educated in France, Mr d'Eyssautier holds an MSc from ISEP and MBA from INSEAD. He is a member of the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors - (GSA – formerly the FSA – Fables Semiconductor Association). In addition to this role, Mr. d′Eyssautier also serves on GSA’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Leadership Council (EMEA).
Peter Claydon
Chief Operating Officer and co-founder
Peter Claydon co-founded picoChip in 2000. Since then he has been responsible for the development and commercialization of picoChip's semiconductor products and reference designs for 3G and WiMAX wireless systems, along with raising three rounds of venture funding. He currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to founding picoChip he served in a variety of engineering and managerial positions in Marconi, Brooktree and Pioneer, and was general manager of Oak Technology Ltd, which was acquired by Conexant Systems Inc in early 2000.
Dr. Douglas Pulley
Chief Technical Officer and co-founder
Dr. Douglas Pulley has fifteen years' experience of air interface design and wireless system architecture at companies such as Vodafone, Lucent Technologies and Oak Technology before joining picoChip in December 2000. He has been responsible for the systems aspects of air interface implementation in RF, ASIC and DSP devices as well as the deployment, operation and performance optimization of wireless networks. Dr. Pulley was a founding director and member of the executive board of the UK's Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile and Personal Communications.
Iain Silvester
Chief Financial Officer
Iain Silvester joined picoChip after holding the position of Finance Director at Bristol, UK-based video compression technology specialist Motion Media plc, where he managed the company's flotation on the official list of the LSE (London Stock Exchange). Mr Silvester is a chartered accountant, and began his career with Ernst & Young. Prior to joining Motion Media he was Finance Director of Chemical Design Holdings plc, an AIM-listed drug discovery software company, and managed its subsequent acquisition by Oxford Molecular Group.
Steve Laurenson
Vice President Engineering
Steve Laurenson joined picoChip from Agere Systems (formerly Lucent Technologies Microelectronics), where, amongst other roles, he established the company's 50-strong European GSM Development Centre. In this role, and subsequently as Agere's Mobile Terminal Division's Technical Services Director, he has extensive experience in directing teams to develop, deploy and support handset reference designs. Educated at the University of Manchester and a fellow of the University of Essex, Mr Laurenson previously held positions at GEC Hirst Research, Fujitsu Microelectronics, and Pulse Engineering.
Rupert Baines
Vice President of Marketing
Rupert Baines has eighteen years’ experience in technology marketing, working on commercializing many leading-edge technologies. He spent six years with Analog Devices in Boston, working on semiconductors for GSM and wireless infrastructure before managing the company’s broadband product line and holding responsibility for the industry-standard ADSL chipset. He has also worked for operators, most recently as Director of Product Development and Strategy for Atlantic Telecom, where he ran a large pan-European DSL rollout and trialled wireless broadband deployments.
Dave Hutton
Vice President Worldwide Sales
Dave Hutton has spent over 23 years in sales and marketing positions in the semiconductor and wireless industries. Prior to joining picoChip, he ran the European sales operations of Pericom Semiconductor. Mr Hutton began his career as a design engineer. He spent nine years at Texas Instruments in Sales Management and Systems Marketing before moving to IDT, where he was European Sales Director. More recently he worked for European-based semiconductor IP start-ups Silaria and Siroyan, where he was Vice President of Sales.
Jackie Barker
Vice President of Operations
Jackie Barker joined picoChip from high-performance computing specialists Clearspeed, where she was responsible for supply chain strategy. Her previous roles include an extended spell at Hewlett Packard, during which she led a move to lean manufacturing and managed ASIC procurement strategy. A specialist in supply chain management, Ms Barker has nearly 20 years' experience in a range of strategic and operational roles. She is responsible for managing picoChip's activities as it becomes a high volume manufacturer. She holds a BSc in Economics and Politics and an Executive MBA, both from Bath University.
Will Robbins
Vice President of Silicon, Tools and Platforms
Will Robbins was one of the founding team at picoChip and has over seventeen years' experience in semiconductor design and design management . In recent years he has managed semiconductor design projects that have consistently produced "right first time" silicon for highly complex devices. Mr Robbins is named as inventor or co-inventor in 29 US patents. Most recently design manager at Oak Technology, he has worked in a number of other companies including INMOS, Brooktree and ST Microelectronics.
