Executive Team

CEO

Bernd Lienhard is the Chief Executive Officer of VORAGO Technologies and brings more than 25 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.

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 30 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.

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 24 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 63 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 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.

Vice President of Finance

Sue Younglove is an innovative Finance leader with decades of experience. She has worked with a wide variety of organizations, ranging from startups to large publicly traded organizations in business segments that include technology, financial, manufacturing, non-profits, and construction.

Sue collaborates with executives, managers and individual contributors to achieve business and financial objectives and excels at identifying operational efficiencies and streamlining and improving processes. She is highly focused on enhancing organizational productivity and implementing technology solutions to strengthen financial operations and improve timeliness and accessibility of information for more accurate expense management, enabling the workforce, and maximizing performance and profitability.

Sue attended State Sonoma University and makes her home in Austin, Texas.

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.

Vice President of Marketing

Hadley brings nearly two decades of marketing and communications and market research expertise to VORAGO, including work with some of the world's biggest brands and technology leaders. Her deep experience in brand-level messaging and communications brings significant value to our executive team as we work to enhance our brand presence in the market, and her background in research and using data-driven insights to inform strategy will be critical as we enter a new phase of growth.

Hempel received her BA degree from the University of Southern California and served for many years as a board member and past president of the USC Alumni Club of Austin. She is passionate about mental health and women's issues and has served on the boards of several Austin-based nonprofits, including The Junior League of Austin, Integral Care Foundation (formerly New Milestones foundation) and Young Women's Alliance.

Ken Obuszewski is the Vice President of Business Development and Product at VORAGO Technologies. 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.