ClariPhy Management Team

Dr. Paul Voois, Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Voois, a co-founder of ClariPhy, previously served as Chief Executive Officer of 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), a provider of voice over IP technology. Before assuming the CEO role at 8x8, he led the development of 8x8's consumer videophone product line. Dr. Voois received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where his research focused on digital communications and signal processing. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, summa cum laude. Dr. Voois is an inventor on 10 issued U.S. patents.

Dr. Norman L. Swenson, Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Swenson, a co-founder of ClariPhy, previously served as CTO and VP Engineering at Kestrel Solutions, a maker of optical networking systems for local exchange carriers. Prior to Kestrel, he was Chief Engineer and Program Manager for Advanced Communications at Lockheed Martin, where he directed research in multi-gigabit communication systems. Dr. Swenson received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he developed novel applications of signal processing for fiber optic communication channels. He received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Physics and Computer Science from UC Berkeley. Dr. Swenson has sixteen patents issued or pending and has authored several journal and conference publications.

Dr. Oscar E. Agazzi, Vice President and Chief Systems Architect

Dr. Oscar E. Agazzi is a recognized expert in the fields of Communications and Signal Processing. Prior to joining ClariPhy, Dr. Agazzi worked at Broadcom Corporation, where he was the chief architect of the BCM5400 family of Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) transceivers. He also played an instrumental role in the development of Broadcom’s 10-Gigabit Ethernet optical and copper transceivers. Previously he served at Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories and was appointed Bell Labs Fellow, the most prestigious distinction awarded by Bell Labs to its research staff.

Dr. Agazzi holds an Electrical and Electronic Engineer degree and a Licentiate in Physics from the University of Cordoba, Argentina and a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He has 40 patents issued or pending, has published more than 40 technical papers in journals and conferences and is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Christopher Kitching, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Kitching has worked in the world of semiconductors and communications for more than 15 years. He began his career as a mixed signal IC designer at MicroLinear Corporation specializing in 100 Mbit/s Ethernet transceiver development. Subsequently, Mr. Kitching became a Principal at Forrest Binkley & Brown Venture Capital, where he was a board member and observer for a multitude of startups in the optical and communications areas including SpectraSensors, Vativ, Modetek, Teradient, and Comcore. Mr. Kitching earned a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa, and received an MBA from Harvard University.

Andre Chartrand, Vice President of Engineering

During his 28-year career in the semiconductor industry, Mr. Chartrand has held executive engineering management positions at Cradle Technologies, Velio Communications, Bitblitz Communications and Transwitch Corporation. Most recently, he was vice president of engineering for Entropic Communications, where he helped the company achieve a successful IPO in December 2007. Mr. Chartrand earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The École Polytechnique de Montréal.

Reza Norouzian, Vice President of World Wide Sales and Business Development

Mr. Norouzian brings to ClariPhy over 25 years of executive level sales and general management experience in communications and storage semiconductors. He joined ClariPhy from Link-a-Media Devices where as a co-founder he helped introduce iterative coding technology to the hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive markets. Mr. Norouzian’s prior roles include vice president of worldwide sales at Vixel Corporation where he was instrumental in re-engineering Vixel to be a successful merchant storage system on chip (SoC) supplier to market leaders such as HP, IBM, NetApp and Fujitsu prior to its acquisition by Emulex; vice president and general manager for multi-service ASSPs at Transwitch; and general manager at Exis where he led the effort to establish an alliance between NEC and DataPath as a market leader for HDD read channels and SoCs. Mr. Norouzian worked 10 years at GEC Plessey where he held variety of management roles in marketing, sales and business unit management in storage and wireless communications. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University.