ManagementLitePoint is led by semiconductor and wireless industry veterans with a history of successfully creating new products and building new businesses. Executive Management
Board of DirectorsDr. Benny Madsen, Chairman and CEO, LitePoint Corporation. Richard L. Sanquini, retired CTO of National Semiconductor, for over 20 years managed business development and intellectual property protection and was the chairman of the board of two China joint ventures. While there, Sanquini managed key business units including microprocessors and microcontrollers. Before National, he was CEO of Information Storage Devices and the GM and Director of the Memory and Microprocessor Businesses at RCA. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Wisconsin. Sanquini, formerly Chairman of PortalPlayer, currently serves on the boards of Synaptics, Zilog, LitePoint, SiPort and G2 Microsystems. He also continues to consult with high-tech companies. Michael Goguen , Partner, Sequoia Capital , focuses on semiconductor and systems investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 1996, Michael spent 10 years in various engineering, research, and product management roles at DEC, SynOptics and Centillion, and was a director of Engineering at Bay Networks (NT). Michael was also a Technical Chairman of the ATM Forum. Michael has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.Robert Schwartz, Managing Partner, Third Point Ventures, has had decades of experience with electronic components and subsystems used in all aspects of the communications marketplace. As president of technical representation firm, RF Associates North, Rob has been instrumental in establishing long-term relationships with key companies in mobile- and fixed-wireless communications, cellular and satellite communications, GPS, telecom and datacom equipment, optical networking, digital microwave radio, communications test and measurement systems, and semiconductors. Schwartz also serves on the boards of Liga Systems, Sonoa Systems, Enphase Energy, Inapac Technologies, Sequoia Communications, and Technocom Wireless He holds two undergraduate engineering degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Dr. Benny Madsen, Chairman and CEO, has spent his entire career in the wireless industry. Dr. Madsen began the first 15 years of his career as a system architect with Dancall Radio in Denmark and later, before co-founding LitePoint, served as the Technical Director for National Semiconductor's wireless IC products group. Among Dr. Madsen's many accomplishments, he was the lead engineer on the team that designed the first GSM mobile phone. Dr. Madsen received PhD and MSEE degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aalborg in Denmark and holds nine patents in various areas of wireless system design. 
Spiros Bouas, COO and co-founder, comes with a long track record of building new and profitable businesses. Mr. Bouas understands the innovative process well and has taken numerous products from concept to customer delivery in various technology markets and for various organizations, including LitePoint and Silicon Graphics Inc. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and has direct and extensive experience in Sales, Operations and Finance. He is a graduate of the University of Rochester and Phillips Exeter Academy and is a US Patent holder in the area of 3G wireless systems. 
Dr. Christian Olgaard, CTO and co-founder, has extensive design experience using CMOS and BiCMOS technologies for RF ICs and mixed-mode systems. Prior to co-founding LitePoint, Dr. Olgaard was the system radio architect at National Semiconductor for the implementation of various wireless systems, including tri-band GSM, IS-95, and DECT. Dr. Olgaard received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, where he pioneered the use of sub-micron CMOS for RF circuits. Dr. Olgaard holds six patents related to wireless systems and circuits and has applied for nine more wireless system patents. 
Greg Ravenscroft, President of Advanced Development, has 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry with prior positions in engineering, sales, and marketing at such companies as National Semiconductor, Level One Communications, and Zeevo. Mr. Ravenscroft's industry focus has been to deliver semiconductor-based solutions for wireless applications, from RF components to integrated transceiver systems. Mr. Ravenscroft holds an MSEE degree from the University of Santa Clara and a BSEE degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). 
Niels Vinggaard, Vice President Engineering, is an accomplished cellular digital signal processing (DSP) and GSM engineering professional who for the past 18 years has helped lead the Motorola Mobile Device Business unit to a leadership position in the mobile device industry. He’s lead many large multi-national teams developing software and baseband chipsets for GSM, UMTS, WCDMA, and HSPDA telecom standards. Prior to this, Mr. Vinggaard was system engineer for Telecom Denmark. He earned an MSEE degree in Telecommunication, Aalborg University, Denmark, was a member of Motorola’s Science Advisory Board Associate, and holds two patents on GSM baseband receiver technology.
Kevan Smith, VP Business Development, has extensive semiconductor and telecommunications knowledge and experience having created products and developed markets. Lately from Vitesse Semiconductors as their Business Unit Manager, Mr. Smith established their Ethernet products and application group, which introduced 15 products in two years. Prior to that, he had a 15-year career at National Semiconductor as a director of marketing for wireless products where he created strategy plans and partnerships, high-demand products, and innovative applications groups that made it a leader in their space. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Plymouth UK.
Luc Schoups, Senior VP Sales, has over 20 years of experience in the test systems industry. Most recently, Schoups was vice president of Anritsu and general manager of its America’s sales region. He has been involved in executive sales positions at Anritsu for 18 years, beginning with its acquisition of Wiltron Company in 1990; and was sales manager at Wiltron prior to the acquisition. During these years Schoups oversaw the growth of different business units from a start-up level of around $20 million to sustained business levels well in excess of $100 million. He also set up and served as president of Anritsu’s independent Anritsu Company Ltd. (Hong Kong) and Anritsu Company S.A. de C.V. (Mexico). Schoups earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Leuven in Belgium. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the same university, and did post-graduate work in industrial engineering at Stanford University. Schoups also holds an MBA from the AEA/Stanford Executive Institute, a special accelerated MBA program for high-technology executives.
Rob Brownstein, VP Market Relations and Communications, has over 30 years of experience in the electronics industry. Most recently he was founder and chairman of Words & Images, a marketing services firm. Before that he was vice president and corporate fellow at Regis McKenna Inc., a well-respected Silicon Valley marketing and market-relations firm. Rob has co-authored five books on technology and business, including The New Industrial Revolution, co-authored with Benny Madsen. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the City University of New York's Queens College and did graduate work in electrical engineering at San Diego State University. 