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TriQuint’s Ralph Quinsey Receives Oregon Technology Executive of the Year Award
Semiconductor Executive will be Recognized at the TechAmerica Oregon Technology Awards Event in May
Portland, Ore. – February 6, 2009
The Oregon Council of AeA (formerly the
American Electronics Association) announced today the selection of Ralph Quinsey,
president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Hillsboro, Ore.-based TriQuint
Semiconductor, as the 2009 Technology Executive of the Year. Quinsey will be
recognized publicly for the honor at this year’s Oregon Technology Awards program
May 7, 2009 at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Ore. Quinsey’s company, TriQuint,
(NASDAQ: TQNT) is a leading radio frequency (RF) product manufacturer and foundry
services provider in the semiconductor industry.
Quinsey was selected as the Technology Executive of the Year based on his leadership
in his company, the greater Oregon community and the technology industry. Quinsey’s
results- and employee-oriented approach to guiding TriQuint has contributed greatly to
the company’s year-over-year growth over the past three years during a challenging
period for much of the semiconductor industry. In his spare time, Quinsey contributes to
his community in a variety of ways including his membership on the advisory board of
Portland State University’s Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science,
which receives input and funding from TriQuint.
Quinsey is widely recognized as streamlining the operations and focusing the market
direction of TriQuint since he joined the company in July 2002 as president and CEO.
While TriQuint has received mainstream exposure for its products’ place in many of the
industry’s leading smartphones, the company also supplies products for WLAN, GPS,
basestation, WiMAX, and defense and aerospace markets.
For this year’s award, Quinsey was chosen by a collection of the program’s previous
Technology Executive of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award recipients who
make up the Selection Committee. They evaluated nominations from the committee and
from the technology community at large.
“It truly is an honor to be recognized by one’s peers in the Oregon technology
community,” said Quinsey. “This award would not be possible without the determination
and innovation of my colleagues at TriQuint. I have been fortunate to work with such a
talented team during the past six years.”
To learn more about this year's Oregon Technology Awards event, please visit
http://www.oregontechawards.com. At the site, nominations are currently being
accepted for the following awards: System/Hardware Company of the Year, Software
Company of the Year, Technology-Service Company of the Year, Emerging Company
of the Year and Cool Product of the Year.
About TriQuint
Founded in 1985, we “Connect the Digital World to the Global Network”™ by supplying
high-performance RF modules, components and foundry services to the world's leading
communications companies. Specifically, TriQuint supplies products to four out of the
top five mobile device manufacturers, and is a leading gallium arsenide (GaAs) supplier
to major defense and space contractors. TriQuint creates standard and custom products
using advanced processes that include gallium arsenide, surface acoustic wave (SAW)
and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies to serve diverse markets including wireless
handsets, laptops, GPS/PND, base stations, broadband communications and defense
and aerospace. TriQuint is also lead researcher in a multi-year DARPA program to
develop advanced gallium nitride (GaN) amplifiers. TriQuint, as named by Strategy
Analytics in August 2008, is the number-three worldwide leader in GaAs devices and
the world’s largest commercial GaAs foundry. TriQuint has ISO9001 certified
manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Texas, and Florida and a production plant in Costa
Rica; design centers are located in North America and Germany. Visit TriQuint at
www.triquint.com/rf to receive new product information and to register for our
newsletters.
About AeA
AeA, the nation’s largest technology trade association representing all segments of the
high-tech industry, is dedicated solely to helping our members’ top line and bottom line.
We do this in partnership with our small, medium, and large member companies by
lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels, providing access to
capital and business opportunities, and offering select business services and
networking programs. For more information, please visit www.aeanet.org. AeA and
ITAA merged to become Tech Technology Association of America on January 1, 2009.
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