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.

Annie Yu

Vice President of Finance

Annie Yu brings over two decades of financial leadership experience across the semiconductor, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Before joining VORAGO Technologies, she served as Chief Financial Officer at Coherent Logix, where she led global finance and accounting operations, implemented scalable systems and processes, and supported key strategic initiatives. Prior to that, Annie has held progressive leadership roles at Dell Technologies, Watts Water Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor, and Motorola, where she consistently drove financial transformation, operational efficiency, and business growth. She has a proven track record in financial controllership, corporate FP&A, SOX compliance and internal controls, ERP implementation, and finance talent development.

Annie holds an MBA from St. Edward’s University, a Bachelor of Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and is a Certified Public Accountant (AICPA).

Jim Ramsey

Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing

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.