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William J. Pratt the company’s chief technical officer and co-founder has over 33 years experience in the semiconductor industry. He received his BSEE from Villanova University. His career started with an engineering job at RCA Corporation where he designed radar equipment. In 1971 Mr. Pratt accepted a senior engineering position at Computer Labs Inc. which was later acquired by Analog Devices Inc. After obtaining over 15 years of technical management experience with ADI he left the company in 1991 to start RFMD. As the founder of RFMD Mr. Pratt set the overall business concept and strategy for the company and has managed all of the product development engineering functions. Mr. Pratt also designed many of RFMD’s initial products and holds patents on the company’s most important products including the HBT power amplifier circuits which constitute a large share of the company’s business. As CTO he continues to oversee the technical aspects of the company’s business. Mr. Pratt is a member of the board of directors and served as Chairman of the Board from 1991 until August 2002. | 