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Dr. Michael A. Briere Executive Vice President Research & Development and Chief Technology Officer is responsible for the company's technology and product development strategies. Dr Briere joined IR in November 2003 as Vice President of Integrated Circuit Development. Prior to his promotion in October 2007 to his current role he served as Executive Vice President Research & Development.
Before joining IR Dr. Briere held technical and leadership roles at IBM Cherry Semiconductor ON Semiconductor and Vicor where he led a start-up IC subsidiary Picor. In addition to his time in the semiconductor industry Dr. Briere has performed research in physics as a member of the staff at leading research institutes including Hahn-Meitner-Institute (HMI) in Germany and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the United States.
Dr. Briere earned his Dr. rer. nat. (Doctorate of Science) in Solid State Physics from the Technical University of Berlin and his MS in Physics and BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. He served as Associate Adjunct Professor in Physics at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Briere is an active member of the IEEE and serves on the program committee of the International Symposium for Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD).
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