Mike McKean

Mike has 30 years of experience in the design, marketing, business development and application of semiconductors and related systems. Mike is currently driving firmware engineering and business development for Encore Semi, Inc., a US based design services firm. He is also engaged in multiple consulting projects in the security and storage domains.

Prior to Encore Semi, Inc., Mike ran the Colorado operations for Synapse Design, another Design Services firm. Mike served as the Director of the SOC Business Unit at STMicroelectronics, based in Longmont, Colorado. He managed a multi 100 million dollar business unit, leading the customer, product and strategic marketing activities as well as all technical support for the product line. Before moving to Colorado in 2005, Mike served in a variety of business development and customer management roles at Agere Systems, both in North American and in Asia. The earlier years of Mike's career were with Motorola Semiconductor in Austin, Texas, Phoenix, Arizona and Japan where he was the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Distribution and Components businesses. While in Japan Mike led the spinoff of ON Semiconductor from Motorola as their Country Manager before joining Lucent to help with the spin-off Agere Systems.

Mike holds a BS in Engineering from Trinity University and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. He is an avid mountain biker, collects vinyl records, DJ's giant dance parties, and enjoys camping, hiking and skiing with his family.