Meet the Analyst
Malcolm Penn (Founder) – Chairman and CEO
45+ Years Experience In The Electronics Industry
- 1962 – 66 Electronics Degree (London University)
- 1966 – 70 Electronic System Design (Test & Measurement)
- 1970 – 80 ITT Semiconductors (Logic, DRAM, ASSP)
- 1980 – 82 System House (ITTE Component Engineering)
- 1982 – 89 Founded Dataquest Europe (Market Research)
- 1989 Founded Future Horizons (Industry Analyst)
Alan Brown - Senior Industry Analyst
32+ Years Experience In The Semiconductor Industry
- Honours Degree In Physics -The University of Glasgow
- Chartered Engineer & Member of the I.E.T
- MBA - The Open University
- Failure Analysis & Reliability Engineering Manager - Motorola SPS
- Memory Marketing - Motorola SPS
- Marketing & Sales Manager - Hughes Microelectronics for semicustom products
- Senior Marketing & Project Manager for new ASIC products at Plessey Semiconductors
- Research Director for Applications & Mobile Phone Semiconductors at Gartner Dataquest
- Research Responsibility for Semiconductor Applications & The Fabless IC Industry
Sergey Orlov – Executive Director, East-West Electronics
17+ Years Experience In The Semiconductor Industry
- Project Manager Amsovinvest, one of the first Joint Venture companies in the former USSR
- Future Horizons Account Manager & Amsovinvest
- Executive Director East-West Electronics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Future Horizons
- Since 2001, Marketing & Commercial Director of Electronintorg, Future Horizons' Russian Affiliate
Mike Bryant – Chief Technology Officer
40+ Years Experience In The Electronics Industry
- Hewlett Packard, Telecommunications Division
Audio & PCM Test Equipment & Large Scale System Performance Monitoring Software - Fujitsu Microelectronics, Analogue & Digital VlSI ICs For ISDN, Voice Data Compression, X 25, Frame Relay Controllers & Telecommunications Systems/HDL & Logistics Synthesis
- Westell, ADSL & HDSL Modems, High-Performance ATM Switching & Network Interface Cards, SNMP Based Management System (DSLAM)
- Soundcraft, Professional Audio Mixing Equipment Using High-Performance DSP/24 Bit A-D & D-A with Ethernet, ATM, USB, Firewire, Bluetooth, ADAT & TDIF Interfaces
- European Commission, External Expert Project Reviewer