English How to Buy | Partners | Investors Products & Solutions Services Industries Support & Resources About Us search Home » Investor Relations » Leadership Leadership Paul Pickle President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Pickle joined Lantronix as president and chief executive officer. Most recently, Mr. Pickle served as president and chief operating officer of Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor and system solutions, from November 2013 until Microsemi was acquired by Microchip Technology Inc. in May 2018. Prior to his position as president and chief operating officer, he served Microsemi as executive vice president, leading business operations of the company’s Integrated Circuits group, where he played an integral role in the planning, developing, and execution of Microsemi’s leading edge IC solutions for communications, industrial, aerospace, and defense/security markets. Mr. Pickle received his BSME, Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of South Florida – College of Engineering. Jeremy Whitaker Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Whitaker has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since September 2011. Mr. Whitaker returned to Lantronix after serving briefly as Vice President, Corporate Controller at Mindspeed from January 2011 to September 2011. Prior to Mindspeed, Mr. Whitaker served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting for Lantronix from September 2010 to January 2011, where he was responsible for managing all worldwide finance and accounting functions. Mr. Whitaker also served as Lantronix’ Sr. Director of Finance and Accounting from February 2006 to September 2010 and its Director of Finance and Accounting from August 2005 to February 2006. Prior to August 2005, Mr. Whitaker held vice president and director level finance and accounting positions with two publicly-traded companies. Prior to that, Mr. Whitaker served as an Audit Manager during his six years at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Whitaker earned a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from California State University Fullerton and a master’s degree in accountancy, from University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. Jacques Issa Vice President, Marketing Jacques Issa is Vice President of Marketing and brings to Lantronix a wealth of experience, having managed large P&L’s and establishing a strong ecosystem with strategic IC and software partners at such companies as Motorola, Zarlink, Microsemi, and most recently at Virtium. With a results-oriented focus on growth and profitability, he contributed extensively to the organic and acquisition growth of these companies. He has a strong background in Gateways (telephony, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet) and IoT applications (voice processing and PoE). He is a graduate of Purdue University with a BSEE and MSEE. Fathi Hakam Vice President, Engineering Fathi Hakam joined Lantronix in August of 2018 and serves as our Vice President of Engineering. Prior to Lantronix, Mr. Hakam served as the interim Sr. Vice President of International Operations at Viewstream. Before joining Viewstream, Mr. Hakam spent 20+ years at a number of large companies such as Motorola and Kyocera Wireless in various engineering leadership roles. Mr. Hakam has also been the founder of two technology companies in the networking and telecom segment. Mr. Hakam holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Software Engineering degrees from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Additionally, Mr. Hakam has been a professor at National University in San Diego, instructing undergraduate and graduate course of project management, six sigma and statistical process control. Roger Holliday Vice President, Worldwide Sales Roger Holliday joined Lantronix as Vice President of Worldwide Sales in January 2020. Prior to joining Lantronix, Holliday was executive vice president at Microsemi Corporation, where he was part of the management team that grew the company to $2 billion in revenue. He held a variety of sales and marketing positions before being promoted to General Manager of the company’s Communication Products Group, which accounted for a significant portion of Microsemi’s revenue. He joined Microsemi when the company acquired Linfinity Microelectronics in 1999. At Linfinity, he held various roles in product management, applications and sales management. Roger is a graduate of University of Michigan with a BSEE. Michael A. Fink Vice President, Operations Michael Fink joined Lantronix in February of 2012. As Vice President of Operations, Fink is tasked with managing the company’s world-wide customer support, manufacturing, and supply chain operations. Fink brings 20 years of experience as a global technology operations professional. He comes to Lantronix from Inphi Corporation, where he served as Director of Operations for Networking and Communication products. Prior to Inphi, Fink was Executive Director of Product and Test Engineering at Sierra Monolithics where he was responsible for directing the company’s back-end engineering and manufacturing operations. Fink also served at Mindspeed Technologies as Executive Director of Product and Test Engineering. He has also held management positions at Peregrine Semiconductor and Analog Devices in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and completed graduate work at Northeastern University in Boston in the Digital Communications field. David Goren Vice President, Business Affairs and Corporate Secretary David is Vice President, Business Affairs and Corporate Secretary of Lantronix (Nasdaq: LTRX), a global provider of secure turnkey solutions for the Internet of Things and remote environment management. Prior to joining Lantronix, David was part of the management team that grew Microsemi’s annual revenue from approximately $370 million to $2 billion. David played a key role in executing Microsemi’s acquisition strategy while building compliance programs and a legal department. He holds a J.D. degree from Duke University School of Law. Jonathan Shipman Executive Strategist Jonathan Shipman joined Lantronix in May 2019. Prior to joining Lantronix Jon had a tenured career at Twitch (acquired by Amazon), YouTube, and eBay to name a few. His responsibilities spanned global initiatives across infrastructure, procurement, engineering, product strategy, programmatic advertising, and emerging market content strategy where he built and scaled one of the world’s largest video networks. Additionally, he led the reformation of the product and engineering organizations into vertically integrated groups, emphasizing accountability and team empowerment along with building out network infrastructure and driving growth in emerging markets. In this Section Investor Newsletter Social Media Disclosure Info Request Non-GAAP Reconciliation SEC Filings Press Releases Analysts Corporate Governance Board of Directors Leadership Board of Advisors Questions? Contact Us Newsletter Signup Request Product Info Locate A Partner Terms of Use | © Lantronix, Inc. 2021. All Rights Reserved. | Policies/Legal Subscribe to our newsletter By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information Accept