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October 20, 2004
MOTIA NAMES MALCOLM CARABALLO PRESIDENT
AND CEO
Experienced Leader to Guide Motia’s
Next Phase of Growth and Product Development;
Paul Sun Named Chairman of the Board
PASADENA, CA – October 20,
2004 – Motia, Inc., a fabless
semiconductor company focused on enabling
smart antennas with RFICs, today announced
that it has selected semiconductor
and telecommunications industry veteran
Malcolm (Mal) Caraballo as its new
president and CEO. Mal will assume
these responsibilities from company
co-founder Paul Sun, who today was
named Chairman of the Board.
“Mal has the experience to
lead Motia through its next phase
of development and beyond,”
said Paul Sun. “His start up
and public company experiences in
the wireless and semiconductor industries
will further advance Motia’s
growth potential, and help us identify
and develop additional market leading
applications for our smart antenna-enabling
technology.”
Mal was most recently with Adimos,
a fabless semiconductor company providing
wireless multimedia solutions for
the home. Prior to that, he was the
president and CEO of WJ Communications,
a publicly-traded RF semiconductor
company that focused on the design
and manufacture of high-quality devices
and multi-chip modules for wireless
communications, fiber optic and cable
networks. Prior to becoming the president
and CEO of WJ Communications, Mal
served as president of the Wireless
Products Group and the Microwave Products
Group. Previously, he also managed
WJ’s sales and marketing organization
as well as having other operations
and engineering management responsibilities.
Motia’s standards-compliant
Javelin semiconductor works with any
existing baseband and RF chipset,
and easily integrates into customers’
existing products, providing vendors
enhanced performance and range in
their Wi-Fi or WiMax products. Javelin
has been selected by market innovators
for integration into their Wi-Fi product
lines. Motia has also applied its
smart antenna technologies to the
mobile in-vehicle satellite television
market through its Cross Country mobile
direct broadcast satellite (DBS) reference
design. Delphi has used Motia’s
smart antenna technology to demonstrate
a compact antenna system that tracks
a satellite signal from a moving automobile
or truck.
Paul Sun, Motia’s co-founder,
will take over the role of Chairman
of the Board from Dr. Bob Gilbertson,
who is retiring from the Board. As
Chairman, Paul will still remain active
in Motia’s operations and overall
corporate vision. “We’d
like to thank Dr. Bob Gilbertson for
his guidance over the years to build
Motia into the company it is today,”
added Paul. “We wouldn’t
be where we are without him.”
“Over the past 4 years Paul
has successfully guided Motia from
its inception through three rounds
of funding in an extremely tough economic
climate for start ups,” stated
Mal. “We are fortunate to have
him as Chairman, so we can continue
to draw upon his firsthand knowledge
of the company and the industry.”
About Motia
Motia is a fabless semiconductor company
focused on enabling smart antennas
for wireless systems providers. The
Company's standards-compliant adaptive
beamforming technologies easily integrate
into customers' wireless products
to enhance overall functionality and
performance. Motia was founded in
2000 and is backed by Kodiak Venture
Partners, Axiom Venture Partners and
Carrot Capital. For more information,
please visit www.motia.com or call
(866) IC-MOTIA.
For more information, visit www.motia.com
or contact info@motia.com.
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