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WiTricity Appoints Two Tech Industry Veterans to Drive Wireless Charging Product CommercializationWiTricity, the pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance, today announced two strategic additions to its senior leadership team: Ara Nazarian, senior vice president of engineering, and Sanjay Gupta, vice president of product management. The two are responsible for helping drive the company's product and engineering efforts while accelerating the commercialization of solutions based on WiTricity's foundational wireless power transfer technology that enables charging over distance. WiTricity is attracting the technology industry's top talent as the wireless power market continues to heat up. With a growing list of licensees, WiTricity is poised to catalyze the commercialization of its wireless charging solutions. Nazarian and Gupta are tasked with helping existing and prospective licensees optimize their product development processes and go-to-market strategies through an expanding library of reference designs, and continued research and development of WiTricity's ground-breaking technology. "Consumers are clamoring for a flexible and efficient wireless charging experience, and WiTricity's magnetic resonance technology is poised for mass adoption across several markets," said Alex Gruzen, CEO, WiTricity. "As our licensees in the consumer electronics, automotive, medical and industrial fields hone their products and bring them to market, we are ensuring that we offer technology leadership to support their efforts. Ara and Sanjay will be instrumental in the development and commercialization of the game-changing wireless charging solutions that will be available in the next few months." Nazarian is recognized for successfully developing and delivering high volume products in semiconductors, hardware systems, and software platforms. Prior to WiTricity, he held executive engineering positions at Broadcom, and Western Digital (News - Alert). He also co-founded two start-up companies, Versifi and Peripheral Tchnologies. Nazarian has deep experience growing and leading engineering teams and delivering high volume production for mobile cellular Systems on Chips (SoCs), set-top box SoCs, modems, hard disk drives, power management devices and software products. He has authored a technical leadership book titled "Technical Minds," and holds more than 20 U.S. patents. Nazarian has BSEE and MSEE degrees from California State University, Los Angeles. Gupta is an entrepreneurial technology executive with a proven track record of conceptualizing, building and delivering innovative solutions and products. He most recently served as vice president of product development at a startup where he was responsible for all aspects of product and technology development. Before that, he was vice president of product management and development at Motorola (News - Alert), where he led the commercialization of innovative consumer electronics products for wearable and mobile devices and accessories markets. Gupta holds more than 15 patents and has more than 40 publications in archival journals and leading academic conferences. He received his Ph.D. in Systems and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and received his B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. About WiTricity WiTricity Corporation provides the foundational technology to enable wireless power transfer over distance using magnetic resonance. Through deep domain expertise, a strong IP portfolio and an extensive reference design library, WiTricity works with innovative companies to incorporate WiTricity technology into their products and solutions. With a growing list of global licensees in the consumer electronics, automotive, medical devices and defense industries, the company has emerged as the leader in wireless power transfer over distance. For more information, visit www.witricity.com, or follow WiTricity on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and YouTube. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150630005716/en/ |
