About Pharrowtech

Carl co-founded Pharrowtech and brings more than 23 years of experience in analog RFIC design and management, and a passion to engage people in innovation, with a focus on consumer electronics. He began his career at RF Magic, an early phase RFIC Startup in San Diego, CA, where he became design manager and helped build the start-up ahead of its merger and IPO. In 2013 he returned to Belgium to join design services house AnSem (now part of Cyient) where he architected NFC and RFID ASICs for pre-IPO customers. Since 2015, Carl has consulted for a tier-1 smartphone chip supplier where he built the team that subsequently developed a significant RFIC IP which is now utilized in many of the world’s most popular mobile phones. Carl holds a MSc in Electrical Engineering and a PhD, both from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Kees leads Pharrowtech’s Operations and Manufacturing activities. He combines 25 years of industry experience in semiconductor and telecommunication, covering various technical and managerial roles in start-ups and large multi-nationals. Through his career he has focused on network architecture and chip design, followed by leading product development and quality initiatives to enable mass manufacturing. Prior to its acquisition by Qorvo, he led GreenPeak’s operations from scratch towards company profitability in a highly competitive and cost-sensitive market, through multiple consecutive years of exponential growth, and shipping over 100M devices. Kees holds a MSc in Applied Physics and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

Peter manages Pharrowtech’s finances. He brings more than 30 years of experience working as a hands-on financial leader for global technology businesses. He has worked with large tech companies such as IBM and DEC as well as various telecoms and semiconductor startups.  As Finance Director at National Semiconductors, Peter partnered in the management buy-out of its Netherlands based DECT design center. He was part of the leadership team that grew Sitel Semiconductors into an established international fabless IC company through to its strategic sale in 2011 to Dialog Semiconductors. After that, as Chief Financial Officer of CM.com, Peter was a leading force in the company’s growth to become a mature conversational commerce platform company with subsidiaries in more than 10 countries, ahead of its IPO in 2020. Peter holds a MSc in Business Administration from Newport University (CA).

Micky is responsible for Wireless Architecture at Pharrowtech and leads the Digital System and Software group.  Prior to joining Pharrowtech, Micky was CEO of Celestia UK and before then co-founder and VP of Modem at Blu Wireless.  Over the past 25 years, Micky has managed several large technical programmes in Silicon and System design, developing products based on 3GPP, 802.11 and 802.16 standards; often with changing commercial priorities and financial constraints.  He is an expert in PHY and MAC layer topics – with specialities in Radio Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Detection Theory, Stochastic Signal Processing, Control Theory, CDMA and OFDM.  Micky is entrepreneurial by nature and enjoys the thrill of building and working in start-ups.  He has a PhD from University of Southampton and is a Senior Member of the IEEE (SMIEEE).

Claudia drives the strategy and process of building, developing, and engaging an exceptional team to achieve Pharrowtech’s mission.  She brings an extensive experience in international Human Resources, most recently as HR Lead for EMEA and APAC at OneSpan. Prior to that, she held various International HR Business Partnership roles at DellEMC. Claudia holds a BA in History and a Masters’ degree in Communication Studies from the Université Catholique de Louvain.

Christian is responsible for building Pharrowtech’s presence in North America. Prior to joining Pharrowtech, he was Vice-President of Engineering at Hortau. In his 25+ year career in high-technology, Christian has led marketing and engineering teams at companies in Silicon Valley and Canada, including Broadcom, Altera, Actel and Tabula. Christian has an MBA from Queen’s University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Université Laval in Canada.