As the Vice President and general manager for the IDT serial-switching division, Mario Montana is primarily responsible for driving the group's PCI-Express® and Advanced Switching Interconnect-based product roadmap. He is instrumental in managing the company's strategic focus on standards-based switching bridging and interconnect technologies.
During his 9+ years with IDT Montana has held several positions. Prior to his current role Montana was director of the IDT serial-switching division. Before transitioning to the serial-switching division Montana was director of the IDT strategic marketing group where he was instrumental in many of the company's acquisitions including ZettaCom and IMC which set the stage for the company's entry into the serial-switching business and prompted opportunities for the company to have a stronger presence in key market segments including servers storage and communications. Montana also served as product line director for the company's telecommunications FIFO logic and timing groups respectively.
Prior to joining IDT Montana held several product marketing and engineering positions with companies such as Zarlink Semiconductor Exar Raytheon and Hewlett Packard. Montana received a BSEE degree from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Santa Clara University. |