management

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Juan Carlos Riveiro
 President & CEO



Juan Carlos co-founded Gigle
in September 2005, and is an acknowledged industry expert and pioneer in the field of powerline communications. Prior to Gigle, Juan Carlos was CTO and R&D Co-director of DS2, where he managed the R&D team. Juan Carlos joined the DS2 organization in November 1998 and led the creation of DS2’s 45Mbps product generation and 200Mbps product generations. Previously Juan Carlos has held a development role at R&D Ladel and undertaken a research project at UPC Digital Communication Group. Juan Carlos is a vocal advocate of the creation and implementation of industry standards and is a graduate of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Jed Hurwitz
CTO and VP Engineering



Jed co-founded Gigle in September 2005 and serves as CTO and VP Engineering. Prior to Gigle Jed co-formed ST Microelectronics mobile imaging business group, and led the specification and development of mobile camera modules which have shipped in high volume and delivered significant revenues. Jed also led the creation of an open mobile industry camera standard, SMIA. Jed became a leading figure in the imaging community and is an active member of IEEE, where he serves on the ISSCC technical committee. Previously Jed has held principal technology roles in Vision Group, Matra MHS and PSL, always in the area of mass market consumer mixed-signal CMOS ICs.
Michael Wilson
VP Corporate Business Development


Michael co-founded Gigle in September 2005 and is responsible for corporate business development. Michael has over 20 years experience of marketing and technical management. Prior to Gigle Michael was COO of Infinite Data Storage, where he established product supply relationships with several top tier consumer electronics companies. Previously Michael co-formed and led the mobile imaging business group at ST Microelectronics and established ST as a leading supplier of cameras for mobile phones. Michael has held business and technical management roles in Vision Group and Wolfson Microelectronics and holds an MSc in Electronics, and an MBA from Edinburgh Management School.
Håkan Fouren
VP Operations



Håkan co-founded Gigle in September 2005 and is responsible for operations. Håkan has 20 years experience in semiconductor product development, operations and marketing. Prior to Gigle, Håkan was responsible for strategic marketing, customer applications and back-end engineering at DS2. Previously Håkan was ASIC design lead at Hewlett Packard’s large format printer division, ran TEMIC’s ASIC design centres in Santa Clara and Sweden, and held project management and ASSP development roles at Matra-MHS in Sweden and France. In his career to date Håkan has participated in over 100 working ICs. Håkan holds a BSc in Electronics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.