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Ronald Rosenzweig is Chairman of the Board of ANADIGICS, a position he assumed in 1998 and was previously President and Chief Executive Officer for ANADIGICS, a position he held since co-founding the Company in 1985. ANADIGICS designs, manufactures and sells high speed, gallium arsenide (GaAs) analog integrated circuits (ICs) used in wireless and broadband communications applications. ANADIGICS is a NASDAQ listed company. He is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a proven track record in directing the process of creating a successful business based on state-of-the-art technology. In addition to ANADIGICS, Mr. Rosenzweig was also a co-founder of Microwave Semiconductor Corporation (MSC). He served as President & CEO of MSC for 15 years. MSC, a market leader in microwave silicon and GaAs transistors and amplifiers, was a publicly traded company, which was later acquired by Siemens Corporation. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors of General Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE). Mr. Rosenzweig has been Chairman of the New Jersey-Pennsylvania Council of AeA, a member of the National Board of Directors of the AeA, and was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Board. He is a member of the Board of Overseers for New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Engineering Advisory Board of City College University of New York, World President's Organization (WPO), and a former member of the Young President's Organization (YPO). Mr. Rosenzweig is a graduate of the City College of New York where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering. Mr. Rosenzweig was named, in 1994, winner of New Jerseys Master Entrepreneur of the Year founded by Ernst & Young, and sponsored nationally by Inc. Magazine and Merrill Lynch. He is married to Leslie and is the father of two daughters, Pamela and Rachel, and grandfather to Luke and Sophie Glassman. |