Abacus Semiconductor's Executive Management is an accomplished team that has proven on multiple occasions that they can successfully build a company and team from the ground up, execute towards the vision of the founder, bring disruptive, revolutionary technology to the finish line on time and on budget, and fulfill market needs.

Axel Kloth, President & Chief Executive Officer

Abacus Semiconductor Corporation's Founder and Chief Executive Officer Axel Kloth is a Silicon Valley leader in both the invention and commercialization of key infrastructure for High Performance Computing (HPC). Prior to Abacus Semiconductor he was the Founder and CTO of an AI-augmented security processor company for which he raised over $20M. Before that, he was the Founder and CEO of SSRLabs (HPC) and the Founder and CTO of Parimics (Real-Time Vision and Image/Video Analysis processors). Axel holds over 40 published and soon-to-be published patents in the areas of computer and processor architecture, security architectures, parallelization, switch fabrics, contention resolution and PHY layer networking. He has published multiple books and many articles on processors, I/O, networking and HPC. His work revolves around processors, processor interconnects, switch fabrics and high speed serial links, which make up the bulk of HPC. He introduced CML-type HSSLs on standard (bulk) Silicon CMOS processes in 2000. Aside from being the CEO of Abacus Semiconductor, Axel also serves as a Venture Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures. For more information on Axel please refer to his page here.

Thomas Stevenin, CFO

Thomas Stevenin is Abacus Semi's Chief Financial Officer and a seasoned finance professional, specialized in planning and budgeting, with a track record of success leading finance strategy and initiatives. Thomas has over 25 years of experience in companies ranging from multinationals to small and mid-size companies and start-ups in both Corporate and Field finance capacities. Thomas is familiar with the Semi-conductor industry, having served as Finance Director for 5 years at eSilicon Corporation.

In his most recent positions assisting startups, his focus has been on financial modelling, cash management and cash forecasting, including financing through debt and equity.

Thomas has an MBA in Finance from the George Washington University. He has a broad international & multicultural background and is also fluent in French and German. For more information on Thomas please refer to his page here.

Barry Pangrle, Vice President of Hardware Engineering

Barry Pangrle brings to Abacus Semi seasoned engineering leadership that has spanned both start-ups and Fortune 500 organizations. His 30-year career in Silicon Valley has encompassed leading teams in fabless semiconductor startups and EDA companies designing new and innovative products, as well as the design tools underlying these products. For the past two decades he has specialized in power analysis, management and optimization starting with revitalizing the Synopsys Power Compiler and PrimePower R&D teams circa 2002, which led to tens of millions in annual revenue. He has twice led the design methodology and flow efforts starting from scratch at fabless semiconductor startups XStream Logic and Esperanto Technologies, where he was also a co-founder. He has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and is a senior member of the IEEE and is currently the Open Source Lead for the IEEE P1801 (UPF) Working Group. Barry has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Computer Engineering, both from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. For more information on Barry please refer to his page here.

Mahesh Iyer, Vice President of Software Engineering

Mahesh Iyer has a career spanning over 3 decades building cutting edge systems & technology centered around solutions accelerated in silicon. Since 1997, this has been entirely in chip companies in a startup culture. Every leadership role required him to wear multiple hats to cover all aspects of software product definition and development, with successful customer delivery and deployment, and product life cycle management. These efforts successfully culminated in generating a total of several billion dollars of incremental annual revenue, having delivered well over 25 chips in his career. It is a rare occurrence in the industry to have designed both ASICs and the accompanying firmware and software for those ASICs, and Mahesh is one of the very few who fit this bill. He has an intimate understanding of the complex interactions between hardware and software, and as such his contributions to the company include the delivery of the firmware and software as well as giving input to the hardware team when and if necessary. Mahesh has a Masters’ in computer Science and a Diploma in Engineering Leadership. For more information on Mahesh please refer to his page here.

Kevin Camera, Vice President of Product and Systems

Kevin Camera is Abacus Semi's Vice President of Product and Systems. Kevin has spent his career building and growing businesses ranging from early seed startups to public companies, with decades of leadership experience bringing advanced technologies and disruptive products into the market. As Co-Founder and SVP Engineering at BEEcube, he led all aspects of hardware/software product definition, development, production, deployment, and support throughout the company’s entire lifecycle, ultimately resulting in acquisition by National Instruments as an instrumental component of their 5G wireless market strategy. He spearheaded the integration of BEEcube’s flagship product into NI’s product ecosystem, which instantly became the highest performing real-time computing solution in the company’s history and established NI in a leading role to enable 5G roll-out. At Velodyne Lidar, Kevin delivered robust, high-volume products at the cutting edge of sensor technology and perception for AI and autonomous machines and was promoted to VP Product, where he played a critical role in streamlining product portfolios and roadmaps to improve profit/loss across product lines in a rapidly evolving industry. Kevin holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. For more information on Kevin Camera please refer to his page here.

Andrew Hsu, Vice President of Marketing Communications

Andrew brings over two decades of experience in conveying complex technical matters to the general public to Abacus Semi. Prior to Abacus Semi, he pioneered the development and widespread adoption of touch interfaces for mobile devices, holding multiple patents in this area. First, at Synaptics, he worked on the world’s first single-chip touch controller. This enabled the company’s dominance in notebook computer touchpads and brought touch interfaces to handheld devices such as MP3 players. He then invented and brought to market the touchscreen for mobile devices, revolutionizing the half-trillion dollar smartphone industry. Andrew also led the company’s technical marketing efforts, authoring numerous articles and serving as technical spokesperson at tradeshows, media interviews, and IR events. Following Synaptics, Andrew led business development at VR/XR start-up Manomotion, and then served as product manager at touch interface start-up, Sensel. Andrew received his PhD in computational neuroscience and a master’s in computer science, both from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Caltech. For more information on Andrew please refer to his page here.

William Ang, Managing Director & General Manager Asia, Pacific & Japan

William Ang joined Abacus Semiconductor Corporation as Managing Director & General Manager for the Asia Pacific & Japan Region as part of the executive management team. He is also responsible to support CEO’s business strategy; and oversight and management of strategic partnerships globally, and executing business development strategies to identify new markets, customer types, and to leverage synergistic opportunities with global partners to grow the company’s business. William Ang has spent over 30 years working in high technology general management, business development, sales, business development, product marketing, supply chain, consulting, and finance. He is a transformational, dynamic turn-around specialist with proven track records of building and leading high-performance teams by transforming underperforming enterprises into successful profitable companies around the globe. William holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Marketing from University of Hull, UK & he is also a public volunteer writer in Singapore. Apart from being the MD & GM of Abacus Semiconductor for the Asia Pacific & Japan Region, William also serves as Vice President of Sales & Marketing of a leading semiconductor distribution company. For more information on William please refer to his page here.

Tom Tafolla, Corporate Advisor and Business Development Officer

Tom Tafolla has joined Abacus Semiconductor Corporation to provide contracts management support, government regulatory compliance, and business development services. He has over 30 years of experience working in various corporate legal departments, where he has provided support to executive management in the areas of intellectual property, contracts management, and general legal services. His corporate experience includes working for Cromemco, Inc., Watkins Johnson Company, John Fluke Manufacturing, Racal Vadic, ADAC Laboratories, Applied Biosystems, Intertrust Technologies Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment of America, ESS Technologies, and LTX-Credence. Tom holds a law degree from the University of San Francisco and received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Santa Clara University. For more information on Tom please refer to his page here.

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