Management Team
William Colleran, President and CEO
Dr. Colleran brings more than 20 years of semiconductor-industry experience to Impinj, most recently as Director of Business Development for Broadcom Corporation. Prior to joining Broadcom, he was CEO of Innovent Systems, Inc, which he led from the company's inception through its sale to Broadcom. Dr. Colleran previously worked for Merrill Lynch's Technology Investing Banking Group, focusing on financial transactions and acquisitions in the technology sector. He also has extensive engineering-design experience, both as a consultant for several Fortune 500 companies and as a Senior Staff Engineer for TRW, Inc., where he developed high-performance data converters in silicon bipolar, GaAs HBT and GaAs MESFET processes. Dr. Colleran received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1993, his M.S. from USC in 1985, his B.S. from Notre Dame in 1983, all in Electrical Engineering, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1996.
Chris Diorio, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Chris Diorio is Impinj's Chairman and CTO. He also serves as an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, as a co-Chair of the EPCglobal Hardware Action Group, and as a Project co-Editor for ISO 18000-6. Dr. Diorio received his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1997, and has over 20 years of experience in semiconductor and radio engineering. He has published more than 70 journal and conference articles, has 35 issued patents, and has received numerous awards including the 2007 WSA Technology Innovator of the Year award, CMP Technology's 2007 RFID Visionary of the Year award, the 2007 AIM Global Ted Williams Award, the Wall Street Journal's 2006 Technology Innovator of the Year Runner-Up, the UW's 2001 Distinguished Teaching Award, and the 1996 IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award. He has also received Packard, Sloan, Presidential, and ONR Young Investigator fellowships. He has worked as a Senior Staff Engineer at TRW, Inc., as a Senior Staff Scientist at American Systems Corporation, and as a Technical Consultant at The Analytic Sciences Corporation.
Mark Gunning, Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer Mark Gunning has 25 years of financial management experience with both privately held and public companies and specializes in developing and executing business plans and asset management programs that allow early stage companies to move into phases of high revenue growth and profitability. Prior to joining Impinj in February 2007, Gunning was CFO at Expedia Inc. He also held positions as senior vice president of worldwide finance at AT&T Wireless, CFO of Nextlink Communications, CFO of PrimeCo Communications and corporate controller of AirTouch Communications where he helped grow the company from early stage to more than $5 billion in annual revenues. Gunning began his career with Price Waterhouse. He is a CPA and holds B.S. degrees in accounting and management from the University of Utah.
Ron Paulsen, Vice President Engineering
Dr. Paulsen brings more than 14 years of engineering and management experience to Impinj, most recently as Senior Director, Product Management at HPL technologies which he joined as part of the acquisition of TestChip Technologies. While at HPL and TestChip he had many responsibilities including engineering management, operation management, technology development, and quality assurance for both semiconductor intellectual property and software products. He also spent several years at Motorola in various engineering and management positions developing non-volatile memory products and technologies. Dr. Paulsen earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Iowa.
John Quist, Vice President Operations
Mr. Quist has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining Impinj, he spent 18 years at Cypress Semiconductor most recently as Director of Manufacturing responsible for Cypress' Pb-Free program. He has held a variety of operations positions in both the USA and Asia. Mr. Quist earned his B.S. in Industrial Technology from San Jose State University and was identified as a "2005 Pro to Know" by Supply & Demand Chain magazine.
Evan Fein, Vice President Finance and Administration
Mr. Fein leads the company's finance and administration activities. He brings 13 years of finance and operations experience to Impinj. Mr. Fein worked at T-Mobile (formerly VoiceStream Wireless) as a General Manager managing the company's financial planning activities and planning for several corporate acquisitions as the company grew from 100 employees to 12,000. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.B.A. from the University of Washington's Executive MBA Program.