Parade Technologies Announces Appointment of Joe Montalbo to Senior VP of TrueTouch Business
Posted August 31st, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif., – August 30, 2015 –Parade Technologies, Ltd. (Taipei Exchange: 4966.TWO), a leading video display and interface IC supplier, today announced that Joe Montalbo is appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, TrueTouch Business.
“Joe brings a wealth of experience to his role and his appointment reflects his capabilities at managing successful business over his long tenure in semiconductor industry,” said Jack Zhao, CEO of Parade Technologies. “In his role as SVP of TrueTouch, Joe will focus on overseeing and driving TrueTouch business success.”
Mr. Montalbo served as the Vice President of Cypress’s TrueTouch Business Unit since December of 2013, prior to the closing of acquisition of TrueTouch by Parade. Prior to that he served as VP & GM of LV MOSFETs and Power MCM’s at Fairchild Semiconductor. Before that he was SVP at Synaptics where he drove the development of their first multi-touch platform and spearheaded the acquisition of a display driver team which resulted in the first display integrated touch solution in the industry. Prior to that he served as CEO of Pixim Inc., a venture backed image sensor startup, spun out of Stanford. Joe started his career at National Semiconductor and ultimately became VP & GM for several businesses at National Semi, including ASIC, Image Sensors, Microcontrollers and Displays. He has a BEEE from The Cooper Union in New York and has been awarded 7 patents.
About Parade Technologies, Ltd.
Parade Technologies, Ltd. (Taipei Exchange: 4966.TWO) is a leading fabless supplier of mixed-signal ICs for a variety of popular display and high-speed interface standards used in computers, consumer electronics and display panels. Parade’s portfolio of IC products serves the growing demand for DisplayPort™, eDP™ (Embedded DisplayPort), HDMI™, MHL®, SATA, and USB ICs for display, storage and interface applications.
Parade leverages its close relationships with market-leading Tier-1 OEMs to develop ICs that provide unique system capabilities. Many of the company’s devices integrate proprietary technologies that offer superior system signal integrity, advanced system integration and enhanced power efficiency. As a result of the company’s “Standard-plus” design philosophy, Parade ICs have been designed into products offered by nearly every leading computer and display vendor worldwide.