Appointments

SAS has announced the appointment of Bryan Harris to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Harris has more than 20 years of experience researching and developing analytic techniques, enterprise search technologies, distributed computing and cloud architectures, and user experiences for both the federal and commercial industries.

Vector Informatik has announced that it is expanding its executive board effective January 1st, 2021. Dr Stefan Krauß (51), who has been with the company for 19 years now, is joining the board of managing directors as its third member. With this step, Vector is taking account of the challenges of the company’s ongoing growth.

SiTime Corporation has announced that it has cumulatively shipped two billion units of its silicon MEMS timing solutions. Over a decade ago, SiTime saw the opportunity to siliconize the timing industry. 

HARMAN International has named Christian Sobottka as President of the Automotive Division, effective 1st January, 2021. Sobottka was most recently Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board at Robert Bosch Automotive Steering. He will also be appointed to HARMAN’s Senior Leadership Committee and will report to President and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Mauser. Sobottka will be based o...

Vicor has announced the appointment of David Krakauer as Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Channel Strategy. Krakauer will oversee all marketing activities including corporate branding, promotion, and communications, as well as channel marketing and sales enablement.

ON Semiconductor has announced that Hassane El-Khoury has been named as the company’s president, chief executive officer and member of its board of directors, effective December 7th, 2020.

Imagination Technologies has announced the appointment of Tim Whitfield as COE (Chief of Engineering) with responsibility for the majority of the company’s engineering activities. Whitfield joins Imagination from Arm where he was most recently VP Strategy, having held a range of management positions over a 20-year tenure.

Ultimaker appointed Jürgen von Hollen as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Jos Burger, who will retire and join the Supervisory Board. This change will be effective on January 1st, 2021.

Colt DCS has announced the appointment of its new Director of Energy and Sustainability, Scott Balloch. This announcement comes as Colt DCS continues to ramp up its commitment to energy efficiency, making sustainability a key strategic driver for its global operations.  

Pyreos, the supplier of integrated digital SMD pyroelectric detector systems for gas, flame and analysis markets, has announced that Gary Palmer has joined in the newly created role of Vice President of Operations.