Management Team

Ben Naskar
CEO and Chairman of the Board
Mr. Naskar has more than 20 years of experience in the wireless semiconductor industry. Prior to joining SkyCross in November 2010, he was a corporate officer, vice president, and general manager of the Wireless Networking Business Unit at Atheros Communications. In this position, Mr. Naskar grew business unit revenue by 200 percent over three years, gaining market share in all product segments. Previously, he served as vice president and general manager of the Communications Group at PMC-Sierra. Mr. Naskar also has hands-on experience in Asia, where SkyCross has five facilities. For more than eight years, he was the China-based vice president and managing director of Asia at Analog Devices, growing a $55 million division to $650 million in revenue within six years. Naskar also headed a successful startup as CEO and president of Magfusion, a provider of RF MEMS devices, and has led M&A transactions valued at several hundred million dollars. Earlier, Mr. Naskar held senior management positions at National Semiconductor and Advanced Micro Devices.

Jeffrey Braden
Vice President of Global Operations and Quality
Mr. Braden’s 30-year career includes extensive experience in manufacturing, product development, product line management, M&A integration, and quality systems for both VC-backed start–ups and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining SkyCross, Mr. Braden was VP of operations at LV Sensors, a MEMS semiconductor company that manufactured wireless sensors for the automotive market, where he was responsible for all aspects of order fulfillment including manufacturing, supply chain management, and quality. Earlier roles included North American president of Signetics High Technology, VP of strategic operations and product line management at ChipPAC, and general manager of Olin Corporation’s Interconnect Technology business unit. Mr. Braden serves on the advisory board of MEPTEC, a semiconductor industry council, and was also a past chairman of JEDEC JC-11 and SEMI semiconductor standards committees. Mr. Braden holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University and graduated from the Executive Business Management program at the University of Michigan.

Frank M. Caimi, Ph.D., P.E.
Chief Scientist
Dr. Caimi has more than 30 years of experience in antenna and RF research and development. Most recently, he served as associate professor of electrical engineering at Florida Institute of Technology's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. During his career, Dr. Caimi has served as a consultant on communications and signal processing for industry and government organizations and has more than 18 years experience in technical and leadership management. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Katy Henry
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Henry has over 15 years of senior level finance and operations experience covering mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and corporate finance with high growth start-ups and large high-tech companies. Prior to joining SkyCross, she served as corporate controller and treasurer of AuthenTec, Inc., a semiconductor company focused on biometric fingerprint solutions for handheld and personal computing markets, where she was instrumental in the successful completion of its initial public offering in June 2007. Ms. Henry created and led Intersil Corporation’s worldwide outsourced manufacturing organization in which she developed key strategic partnerships which contributed significant cost savings to the company. In addition, she held various business unit controller positions where she targeted and led several M&A related activities and supported its highly successful IPO in 2000. She held various financial positions with Harris Corporation in which she led turnaround activities on three major government contracts. Ms. Henry earned a B.S. in Accounting from Rollins College.

Brian Hurst
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
With more than 25 years of experience in wireless technology sales, Mr. Hurst is an expert wireless sales executive. He focuses on assisting wireless device OEMs in designing compelling 4G devices for global markets. He is responsible for solving 4G device manufacturers ’ complex antenna and RF challenges with SkyCross advanced, tunable antenna modules incorporating patented SkyCross technology.
Prior to joining SkyCross in 2012, Hurst served as vice president of worldwide sales at WiSpry, Inc., RAYSPAN Corp., and Peregrine Semiconductor. A Peregrine employee for 13 years, he established global sales organizations and built customer support infrastructure in Korea, Taiwan, China, Europe, and the United States. Earlier, Hurst led global relationships with strategic Tier I customers at ANADIGICS, Inc.
Mr. Hurst earned a master’s degree in marketing from Southern Methodist University.

Young-Min Jo, Ph.D.
President of East Asia
Dr. Jo has extensive experience in the wireless industry, specializing in RF theory, measurement, and design. Prior to joining SkyCross, he worked on a smart antenna program funded by the U.S. Air Force as a lead researcher in the antenna systems laboratory at Florida Institute of Technology. He also has served in a variety research and product development positions with Samsung Electronics and Mac Trans International. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Korea University and master's and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Florida Tech. Dr. Jo owns more than 10 issued and pending U.S./international patents. He also has written several articles on RF technology and measurement and antenna design for a variety of industry publications.

K.L. Lee
President of Greater China
Mr. Lee has more than 15 years of senior-level business management and manufacturing operations experience with high-tech international companies. Prior to joining SkyCross, he served as general manager and business director of Pulse Suzhou wireless products group. During his five years with Pulse, Mr. Lee was charged with managing Pulse’s Asia/China business and led business development, manufacturing operations, sales, administration, and relationships with government agencies. Mr. Lee came to Pulse through its 2005 acquisition of Filtronics Telecommunications Products Company. At Filtronics, Mr. Lee held various management positions up to the level of general manager responsible for running day-to-day operations for approximately five years. Mr. Lee is Singaporean, but has been leading China teams and businesses for more than 15 years. Mr. Lee earned a mechanical engineering degree from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.

Paul Tornatta
Chief Technical Officer
Mr. Tornatta has more than 25 years of experience the aerospace, wireless, telecommunications and automotive industries. Prior to joining SkyCross, he served as vice president of the automotive business unit at Radiall Corp., a leading supplier of RF interconnect products. He also served in a variety of leadership positions at Larsen Antenna Technologies, Metricom, and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Tornatta earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University. He has written articles on RF design and electromagnetics for a variety of RF trade publications. He is a member of IEEE and the Society of Automotive Engineers.