Executive Team
Bernd Lienhard
CEO
Bernd Lienhard is the Chief Executive Officer of VORAGO Technologies and brings more than 30 years of global semiconductor experience to the company. He leads the company's business strategy, P&L management, technology development, engineering, sales and marketing as well as operations.
Immediately prior to joining VORAGO, Bernd was the Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Client Business Unit at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Before AMD, Bernd served as Vice President and General Manager of both the Networking Processor and Multimedia Application Divisions at Freescale Semiconductor. Bernd has also held leadership roles at Conexant Systems, Inc., Infineon Technologies, Siemens Semiconductor and Siemens Defense Electronics. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from Munich University of Applied Science in Germany.
Garry Nash
Chief Operating Officer
Garry Nash is the Chief Operating Officer at VORAGO Technologies. Since 2013, Mr. Nash has led the alignment of operations in such areas as Quality, Operation, HR, Test Engineering, Application Engineering, Design, Procurement, Logistics, Project Management and Global Supply Chain Management. He has more than 35 years of semiconductor leadership experience in the areas of Quality & Supply Chain Management, Reliability, Operations & Process/Product Engineering. Prior to joining VORAGO, Garry worked for SMSC as Vice President of Global Quality & Supplier Engineering and also served as Vice President of Automotive Product Engineering. His previous positions include Corporate Quality Operations Systems Director for LSI Logic, Director of Quality Assurance for Sony Semiconductor, Quality Assurance Manager for AMD, and Front End Process Control Manager for United Technologies MOSTEK. Garry earned a BBA in Business Management from the University of North Texas.
Patrice Parris, PH.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Patrice is Chief Technology Officer for VORAGO and is responsible for the company’s technological vision and the continued development of its groundbreaking and patented HARDSIL® technology. This includes guiding future application for HARDSIL® across foundries, partners and customers. He also represents the company on its Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and is a key spokesperson and thought leader.
With over 30 years in the Semiconductor field, Patrice has led technical organizations and been a part of core teams focused on developing next-generation technologies. In the course of his career he’s had 70 U.S. patents issued in SMARTPower, NVM and More-than-Moore CMOS and BJT-based devices. Prior to VORAGO Technologies, he was most recently a Master Innovator and Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at NXP and Freescale, and also held numerous technology development roles at Motorola. He holds Ph.D., S.M. and S.B. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and S.B. in Physics from MIT.
Jennifer Lennarz
Interim CFO
Jennifer is a versatile executive with more than 35 years of accounting and finance experience in leading companies through start-up, turnaround, continuous profitable growth, and exit situations. A hands-on problem solver with an extensive background in accounting, auditing, financial modeling, M&A, fundraising, systems implementations and related.
Jennifer has had executive roles and extensive experience in industries such as aerospace, defense, semi-conductors, computer hardware, medical devices, biosciences, and cybersecurity/cyberwarfare. In addition, Jennifer is Board Member of a private defense contractor, as well as Chair of the Compensation and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Jim Ramsey
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Jim Ramsey is the Vice President of Worldwide Sales at VORAGO Technologies. Jim brings more than 35 years of semiconductor and high-tech industry experience to Vorago and its customers. He leads a team responsible for developing global customer relationships, delivering value to those customers, and growing revenue.
Prior to joining VORAGO, Jim held a variety of executive leadership roles at Maxim Integrated and National Instruments. His experience includes private/public companies, global/Americas regions, and spans across functions from quality assurance, M&A, partner programs, to sales leadership of direct, rep, and distributor sales teams. He particularly enjoys helping people reach their potential. Jim earned a BA degree in Economics from UCLA.
Ken Obuszewski
Vice President of Business Development and Product
Ken brings 35 years of technology industry experience with 30 years in semiconductor. Ken is responsible for driving the product roadmap and strategy for VORAGO, along with building strategic relationships within the Space industry.
Prior to VORAGO, Ken was the general manager of global automotive sales and business development at NetApp, Inc. Previously Ken held leadership positions at Intel, Motorola, Freescale and Blackberry, with responsibilities spanning across product management, business development, sales, and customer support. He is known for building strategic relationships with customers and partners. Ken holds a BS degree in Microelectronic Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Hadley Hempel
Vice President of Marketing
Hadley brings over 20 years of marketing and communications expertise to VORAGO. Prior to joining VORAGO, Hadley was the head of marketing at Acumera Inc, a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of edge computing, managed network security, visualization and operation solutions. Hadley previously held leadership roles at IBM, including product marketing manager and program director for the IBM Power Systems business and head of the global social media team for IBM Storage. Her earlier career included 10+ years in agency-side roles working with leading global brands across a variety of industries, including technology brands such as Microsoft, AMD, and Adobe. She was Vice President of the Research+Data Insights group at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, where she specialized in developing and executing custom market research studies and using data insights to advise clients on brand and product level positioning and messaging.
Hadley received her BA from the University of Southern California and served for many years as a board member and president of the USC Alumni Club of Austin.