Management Team
The Essensium team is committed to deliver state-of-the art and innovative solutions and to use its depth of experience to the benefit of its customers.
Essensium's management team has over 100 years of experience in telecommunications systems and chip design. This team has been instrumental in the design of many telecommunications ASICs and ASSPs and in the delivery of CMOS radio modems, especially Bluetooth and 802.11a/b/g radios.
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Johan Danneels (Founder and CEO)
Johan accumulated 30 years professional experience as Corporate Vice President of Alcatel, Groups Vice President of STMicroelectronics, CEO of Alcatel Microelectronics and STM-Belgium and as chairman of IMEC from 2000 to 2005.Johan obtained his Master of Science and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the KULeuven and an MBA degree from the Boston University.
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Frederic Stubbe (Co-founder, Technical Director)
Frederic worked 8 years for Conexant where he got the opportunity to build up an extensive experience in analog and RF design as well as engineering management. Frederic then joined STMicroelectronics Belgium, where he was in charge of the RF team. Frederic broadened the scope of his responsibilities by heading the RF Center of Competence across the telecom group in STMicroelectronics.Frederic received his MScEE degree from the KULeuven.
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Stephen Dunphy (Director Sales and Marketing)
Stephen Dunphy joined Essensium in October 2009, bringing 15 years of international engineering and management experience in ASIC development and Wireless Communications. He held ASIC design and project management roles in Ireland, the Netherlands and France before joining Agilent Technologies in 2001. As a member of Agilent’s Wireless Business Unit he held a number of positions in Belgium and the UK, including Senior R&D Manager for WLAN and Bluetooth product lines, Head of the European Wireless Operation Strategic planning group for Emerging Wireless standards, and Product Planning Lead for the Advanced Development ASIC section. He has an Electronics Engineering degree from the University of Limerick, Ireland. -
Adrien Ampelas (Director MIND Division)
Adrien has built-up 15 years of experience in the embedded software industry where he has had several sales and marketing roles. Before joining Essensium, Adrien was Sales & Marketing Manager for Western Europe at IAR Systems, one of the leading tools providers for Embedded Software development. In this role he developed a solid base of key-accounts as well as a strong network of distributors. Adrien also opened a new branch for the company in Belgium and was later appointed the responsibility for the UK office.
Adrien obtained his Master of Science from the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Arts et Metiers in Paris.
The Board of Directors
- André Oosterlinck (Chairman of Essensium's Board, Head of the KULeuven Association, former President of the KULeuven)
- Gilbert Declerck (CEO of IMEC)
- Adin Jarjis (Chairman of AQSB and Silterra)
- Johan Danneels (CEO of Essensium)
