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Steve assumed responsibility for the company’s worldwide medical business in 1999 with the goal of driving Zarlink’s leadership in ultra low-power medical applications. He excels at bringing complex products to market and has 20 years’ experience in the definition design and management of medical microelectronics systems. Steve personally holds eight patents for medical semiconductor applications.
Steve joined Zarlink in 1997 as manager ASIC Engineering based in San Diego California. In 1998 he was promoted to general manager Medical & Industrial Mixed-Signal ASICs responsible for engineering and product marketing at the company’s locations in San Diego and Järfälla Sweden. He was named general manager Medical Products in 1999 and a vice president and general manager in 2001.
Steve began his career in 1975 developing color TV circuits for AWA-Thorn Consumer Products in New South Wales (NSW) Australia. In 1979 he joined NSW-based Telectronics and spent 18 years in Australia and the US designing and managing the development of ICs for cardiac pacemakers defibrillators and other medical applications.
Steve earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) from the University of New South Wales in 1974.
He is married with two children and lives in the San Diego California area. | 