Camgian Microsystems has an experienced management team covering all aspects of the technical, programmatic, and financial facets of doing business in the commercial and military markets.
Dr. Gary Butler
Dr. Gary D. Butler is the founder, president 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 two 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. David Lamb
Dr. David Lamb is the Chief Operating Officer of Camgian Microsystems. Prior to joining Camgian, David was CEO of Theseus Logic Inc. He has over 30-years experience in the semiconductor field and has held senior industry and university positions in both the USA and UK. He has extensive experience in developing advanced technologies and was Associate Director at the Honeywell Technology Center where he managed a broad portfolio of technology areas including data acquisition systems, wireless communications, photonics, information processing systems, and flat panel/head mounted displays. He received the Lund Award, Honeywell's highest award for managerial excellence. David has Ph.D. and M.Sc degrees from London University, as well as, B.A. and M.A. degrees from Oxford University.
Mr. Larry Fullerton
Mr. Larry Fullerton is the Chief Scientist of Camgian Microsystems and is a recognized expert and pioneer in the field of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications and radar. Mr. Fullerton has played an integral role in the development of modern UWB technologies and has been a key performer on several DARPA-funded advanced sensor technology programs in the areas of low-power, long-endurance unattended ground sensor networks, vehicle protection radar, and through-wall sensor systems. Mr. Fullerton is named as a co-inventor on over 150 UWB patents and pending patent applications and has been featured in national media including The New York Times, USA Today, Discover, and US News and World Report. Mr. Fullerton has published a number of technical papers and has presented his findings at key technical conferences. Mr. Fullerton has a BSEE from the University of Arkansas.
Mr. Ryan Jorgenson
Mr. Jorgenson is Vice President of Engineering of Camgian Microsystems, and has more than 19 years of experience in the development of electronic systems, ASIC products and clockless design methodologies. He has managed and worked on a wide variety of ASIC and product development projects for consumer, industrial and scientific applications in fields as diverse as oil-field instrumentation, telecommunications, bio-medical, data logging/tracking systems, and digital audio consumer electronics. Prior to joining Camgian Microsystems, he was the Vice President of Engineering for Theseus Logic. Ryan has a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Engineering from the University of Calgary.
Mr. Danny Merchant
Danny Merchant is the Vice President Advanced Microelectronics 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.