News: Microelectronics
4 December 2024
Navitas appoints GeneSiC founder Ranbir Singh to board
Gallium nitride (GaN) power IC and silicon carbide (SiC) technology firm Navitas Semiconductor Corp of Torrance, CA, USA has appointed Dr Ranbir Singh (formerly executive VP at Navitas and founder & CEO of GeneSiC Semiconductor) to its board of directors.
“Ranbir has led the industry with over 20 years of SiC innovation as the founder and CEO of GeneSiC; and 8 years prior to that at Wolfspeed (formerly Cree Inc) and brings deep industry knowledge to the board,” comments chairman, president & CEO Gene Sheridan. “We look forward to his contributions as we grow our business with next-generation, clean-energy power for an efficient and sustainable future.”
Singh joined Navitas with the acquisition of GeneSiC Semiconductor, which he founded in 2004. He is accredited with several awards, over 200 journal and conference papers, a book and over 40 US patents.
“I am excited to be joining the Navitas board at this pivotal moment as the company leads technical innovation with disruptive, wide-bandgap technology, into fast-growing AI, EV and mobile markets,” says Singh.
Singh has a Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and both Master’s and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering – Power Semiconductors, from North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, NC. He was inducted into NCSU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Alumni Hall of Fame in 2022.
