Camgian Microsystems® has an experienced management team covering all aspects of the technical, programmatic, and financial facets of doing business in the government, industrial and commercial markets.
Dr. Gary Butler
Dr. Gary D. Butler is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Camgian Microsystems® Corporation. Since its formation in 2006, Dr. Butler has led the development and execution of the company's business strategy, which has included two acquisitions. These include fabless semiconductor company Theseus Logic, a leader in asynchronous integrated circuit technologies, and an engineering group and design facility of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. He has also established strategic relationships with a number of large corporate partners, including Camgian's selection as a protégé company to DRS Technologies, one of the world's largest suppliers of advanced military electronic systems.
Today, Camgian has corporate offices in three states, annual multi-million dollar revenues and technology development efforts in areas related to advanced embedded networking technologies and ultra-low power integrated circuits supported by organizations such as the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Camgian's current intellectual property portfolio includes more than twenty patents in the area of advanced low-power semiconductor technologies. In 2009, Camgian received the Governor's Cup Award from the Mississippi Development Authority, was named as one of Mississippi's Companies to Watch by the Mississippi Technology Alliance and the Edwin Lowe Foundation and was listed as one of Mississippi's top 100 private companies by the Mississippi Business Journal.
Prior to founding Camgian, Dr. Butler was a senior staff member in the Washington, DC office of Internet pioneer BBN Technologies where he led technology development programs in the areas of advanced networks, ultra-wideband communications and radar, and signal processing technologies. At BBN, Dr. Butler was elected for membership in the company's senior science organization, a rank representing approximately the top 10% of the research and development staff, received BBN's annual best DARPA revenue award, and was elected as a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Over his career, he has captured and led research programs totaling more than $25M in funding, co-authored publications on the application of wavelets to signal analysis and has been awarded patents related to the application of genetic algorithms to signal classification and multi-static ultra-wideband radar signal processing.
Dr. Butler received his PhD from the University of Cambridge where he studied engineering and was a member of Churchill College. He received the Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management, an MS degree in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University and a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Tulane University. At Tulane, Dr. Butler was a scholarship athlete, a four-time varsity football letterman, and named an NCAA and Entergy Corporation Winning for Life Scholar Athlete.
Dr. Butler is a member of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Committee of Visitors, the Oxford and Cambridge Club of London, the Golden Triangle Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors and the Tulane University Athletics Advisory Council. He also serves as a regional contact for Cambridge in America.
Mr. Danny Merchant
Danny Merchant is the Vice President of Engineering at Camgian. He has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and has 5 patents related to ASIC design methodology. Prior to joining Camgian, Danny was the Senior Director of worldwide CAD for Cypress Semiconductor where he was responsible for the electronic design automation software and the design methodology used to design all Cypress products. Danny has managed geographically dispersed teams of more than 40 people, has managed profit and loss centers, and has extensive experience negotiating multi-million dollar software contracts. Danny has a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Mississippi State University where he has also been a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department advisory board. In addition to his role as Vice President, Danny is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Mississippi State.
Mr. John Reece
John Reece is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Camgian. Johns career in the high-tech industry spans 47 years dating back to 1965, where for 25 years he held management positions in production and financial planning for IBM. In the 22 years since his journey with "Big Blue" he has remained on the forefront of the technology evolution by providing operational management and leadership, ranging from financial planning and analysis, manufacturing and quality control to customer support and site operations, for innovative technology enterprises specializing in computer hardware and software and e-commerce.
Prior to joining Camgian, John served as President and CEO of ClearOrbit (now Take Solutions), a global technology solutions and service provider of life sciences, supply chain management and enterprise solutions. He was responsible for developing and implementing ClearOrbit's strategic vision, and ultimately engineering its complete turn-around, resulting in its acquisition by Take Solutions in June 2007.
John's strong finance background and proven executive leadership skills were also instrumental in the success of two emerging technology firms, for whom he held stints as Chief Financial Officer. These include Tantau Software, where he raised $40M from investors and was instrumental in the merger/sale of the company within 20 months of its founding for $375M, and Reliant Data Systems, where he raised more than $7M of venture funding and played a key role in the company's acquisition by Compuware in May of 1999.
From 1990 - 1997, John held managerial finance positions with Tandem Computers, including his role as Vice President and Corporate Controller, with global responsibility for accounting, financial planning, SEC reporting, indirect purchasing, and contracts. At that time, Tandem was a $2.3 billion company, and the dominant manufacturer of fault-tolerant computer systems for ATM networks, banks, stock exchanges, telephone switching centers, and other commercial transaction processing applications requiring maximum uptime and zero data loss.
Additionally, John has also served on various boards including Intrinsity Inc., a venture backed fabless semi-conductor company acquired by Apple in 2010.
Mr. Derrick Savage
Derrick Savage is the Vice President of Commercial Solutions at Camgian. He spent nearly 14 years in various design and management roles in the Semiconductor Industry working for Cypress Semiconductor and has 3 issued patents related to ASIC design methodology. Prior to joining Camgian in 2009, Derrick was the Senior Design Center Manager for Cypress' design center located in Starkville, MS as well as the company's manager of the worldwide Intellectual Property Development organization where he was responsible for several IP Centers of Excellence including IO's, Memory Compilers, ESD, and Standard Logic Cell Libraries. Derrick has managed international, geographically dispersed teams of more than 20 people and managed profit and loss centers. Since joining Camgian, Derrick has managed and lead multiple DoD related R&D programs related to Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and now leads the development of Camgian's commercial business. Derrick has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University.