Tony Denayer new CEO at CISSOID

Tony Denayer was previously with AMI Semiconductor as Senior Vice-President & General Manager of the Telecom and ASSP Business Unit, after several years as Sr VP of Product Development. He joined AMI Semiconductor from Alcatel Microelectronics where he held a variety of management positions, including Director of DSL development and General Manager of the Automotive, Industrial and Peripherals Business Unit.

“Tony Denayer brings to Cissoid more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. His background as a senior executive in global companies, both in technical and business management positions, will be a tremendous asset for the development and growth of Cissoid”, said Philippe Durieux, Chairman of the Board.

“Cissoid developed with the founder group tremendous skills on analog design and specific electronic markets based on SOI. With Tony Denayer experience, Cissoid is well positioned to achieve a new level of success and growth”, said André-Jacques Auberton, Director at Cissoid and CEO of SOITEC.

“Cissoid is a company with great talents and leadership in High Temperature Semiconductor Solutions and Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) products. I am very excited to join Cissoid while the company is at an inflexion point of its growth. SOI products bring solutions in high temperature systems, make possible environmentally friendly solutions, sustain high levels of radiations (Rad-Hard products) and open up new integration opportunities in Radio-Frequency (RF) applications. Thanks to its strong links with research activities at the “Université Catholique de Louvain”, Cissoid is a pioneer in SOI and capitalizes on more than 20 years research and development background. Cissoid will undoubtedly reinforce its leadership in this rapidly growing market”, said Denayer.