NuCurrent Appoints New Vice President of Business Development
Chicago (PRWEB) February 18, 2015 -- NuCurrent, a leader in wireless power antenna technology, announces the appointment of Michael Gotlieb as vice president of business development. With over 20 years of technology experience in embedded electronics, software and services, Gotlieb will be responsible for expanding revenue globally.
“Michael brings a wealth of business development experience, corporate strategy expertise and a proven track record of results that make him a strategic asset to the NuCurrent team,” said Jacob Babcock, CEO, NuCurrent. “His valuable combination of Fortune 500 business development and strategy experience as well as hands-on leadership of growth companies will certainly position NuCurrent for continued growth and success in the wireless power antenna space.”
Prior to joining NuCurrent, Gotlieb served in several leadership positions at Motorola and spinoff Freescale Semiconductor, where he helped enter and lead markets, build and enhance organizations, grow and improve revenues, and develop and execute a successful turnaround corporate strategy. During his tenure, Freescale launched its IPO and successfully transformed the corporate profile, resulting in the sale of the company in a $17.6B leveraged buyout. Before Motorola, Gotlieb exceeded goals in various sales and business development roles for Analog Devices, Inc. His vast experience extends to software and services through a variety of startup companies as an angel investor and advisory board member.
“I am excited to join the NuCurrent team and be a part of a brand built on technology leadership and industry-validated antennas for wireless power applications,” said Gotlieb. “Wireless power is experiencing significant growth and the demands of OEMs, partners and integrators align smartly to the unique strengths of NuCurrent to delight their end customers without sacrificing size, performance or charge times. NuCurrent, with its leading, high-efficiency solutions for a variety of applications including smartphones, consumer electronics, and automotive, is well positioned for its own aggressive growth.”
NuCurrent recently announced a $3.48 million Series A round of funding and a strategic partnership and investment from Molex, helping to expand the global manufacturer of electronic solutions’ wireless power capabilities. NuCurrent has also been selected as the reference antenna for the systems of other wireless power industry leaders including Broadcom and Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC). Already supporting solutions across Wireless Power Consortium (Qi) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standards, NuCurrent’s high-efficiency resonators were also selected for the first commercially available Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) certified products. The company’s high-efficiency antennas were also selected as the Wireless Power Consortium's standard antenna for in-car charging (i.e. charging a mobile phone by placing it on the center armrest of a car).
To learn more about NuCurrent, please contact [email protected] or visit http://nucurrent.com.
About NuCurrent
NuCurrent is a leading developer of high-efficiency antennas for wireless power applications. Compliant across Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), Wireless Power Consortium (Qi) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standards, NuCurrent works closely with electronic device OEMs and integrators to custom-design, rapid-prototype and integrate the optimal antenna for a broad range of applications. NuCurrent’s patented designs, structures and manufacturing techniques mitigate typical high frequency effects, offering higher efficiency, smaller sizes, higher durability and lower cost with wireless power application development. For more information, visit http://nucurrent.com and follow us on Twitter @NuCurrentTweets (https://twitter.com/NuCurrentTweets).
Ryan Greives, NuCurrent, http://nucurrent.com, +1 (773) 850-1282, [email protected]
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