BNET Industries

Market Cap:$1.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$156.4M
  • Public
  • US
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Hittite Microwave is an innovative designer and developer of high-performance integrated circuits, or ICs, modules and subsystems for technically demanding radio frequency, or RF, microwave and millimeterwave applications. Products include amplifiers, attenuators, data converters, frequency dividers and detectors, frequency multipliers, mixers and converters, modulators and demodulators, oscillators, phase shifters, power detectors, sensors, switches and synthesizers. Hittite's products are used in a variety of applications and end markets including automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, fiber optic, microwave and millimeterwave communications, military, space, and test and measurement. The company utilizes radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC), monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC), multi-chip modules (MCM) and microwave integrated circuit (MIC) technologies.

CFO & Vice President
William W. Boecke
Number of Employees 332
Contact Information

20 Alpha Road

Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

www.hittite.com

978-250-3343

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Recent Events

  • Hittite Launches Integrated Synthesizer Module

    12/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Hittite Introduces PLL With Integrated VCO Product Line

    11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Casenet raises $3M in convertible debt

    10/27/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Hittite Releases I/Q Mixer/IRM For 10 To 16 GHz Microwave Radio And VSAT Applications

    10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Hittite Microwave Q3 Profit Declines; Provides Q4 Guidance - Quick Facts

    10/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Hittite Microwave Posts 2Q Financials

    7/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Hittite Microwave Corporation Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2009

    7/24/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

earnings and hittite microwave corp. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
William W. Boecke CFO & Vice President
Michael J. Koechlin Executive Vice President, Engineering & Operations
Norman G. Hildreth Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Yalcin Ayasli Chairman
Cosmo S. Trapani Board of Directors
Franklin Weigold Board of Directors
Rick D. Hess Board of Directors
Stephen G. Daly Board of Directors

William W. Boecke has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since March 2001. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Boecke served as Vice President, Corporate Controller of PRI Automation, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor manufacturing automation systems. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Boecke served as Director of Finance of LTX Corporation, a developer of automated semiconductor test equipment.Mr. Boecke received a B.S. from St. John’s University and an M.B.A. from Boston College, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation CFO & Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation Executive Vice President, Engineering & Operations Current

Norman G. Hildreth, Jr. has served as our Vice President of Sales and Marketing since January 2004. From February 2002 to January 2004, he served as our Director of Product Development. He was employed by Sirenza Microdevices, a designer and supplier of RF components, from August 2000 to February 2002 as Vice President, Wireless Products and Director of Fixed Wireless Products. From February 1992 to August 2000, Mr. Hildreth held various positions at Hittite including Director of Marketing, Director of Sales, Engineering Sales Manager and Senior Engineer. Mr. Hildreth received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation Chairman Current

Cosmo S. Trapani has served as a member of our board of directors since 2000. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Trapani served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PRI Automation, Inc. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Trapani was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Circor International, Inc., a manufacturer of fluid control systems. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Trapani was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Unitrode Corporation, a manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. Prior to Unitrode Mr. Trapani was Vice President Finance for Instron Corporation, a testing products company, and Corporate Controller and General Manager of Computervision CAD/CAM Division, an integrated computer systems company. Mr. Trapani was a member of the board of directors and Chairman of the audit committee of Ibis Technology, a manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor industry. Mr. Trapani is a Certified Public Accountant and has been a member of various societies including AICPA, Massachusetts Society of CPAs, Board of Directors of Massachusetts Society of CPAs and Chapter President of IMA. Mr. Trapani received a B.S. from Boston College and was a Commanding Officer in the U.S. Army.

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation Board of Directors Current

Franklin Weigold has served as a member of our board of directors since 2003. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Weigold served as Vice President and General Manager of The Micromachined Products Division of Analog Devices, Inc., and from 1992 to 1999 was Vice President and General Manager of its Transportation and Industrial Products Division. Prior to joining Analog Devices, Mr. Weigold served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Unitrode Corporation. Previously, he was President of Silicon General Inc. Mr. Weigold is also a member of the Board of Directors of Enpirion, Inc. and Siimpel Corp. Mr. Weigold received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation Board of Directors Current

Rick D. Hess has served as a member of our board of directors since 2005. Mr. Hess is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Konarka Technologies, a developer of photovoltaic cells on plastic. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Hess was Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc., a developer of micro-fuel cell systems. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Hess served as President of M/A-COM, a subsidiary of Tyco Electronics. Mr. Hess received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation Board of Directors Current

Stephen G. Daly has served as our President since January 2004, as our Chief Executive Officer since December 2004 and as our Chairman since December 2005. Since joining Hittite in 1996, Mr. Daly has held various positions, including Applications Engineer, Principal Sales Engineer, Director of Sales and Director of Marketing. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Daly held sales management positions at Alpha Industries and M/A-COM, which are RF and microwave semiconductor companies. From 1988 to 1992, Mr. Daly held various microwave design engineering positions at Raytheon’s Missile Systems Division and Special Microwave Device Operations Division. Mr. Daly received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University.

Organization Position Status
Hittite Microwave Corporation Board of Directors Current
Hittite Microwave Corporation Chairman, President & CEO Former

Executive News

  • Hittite Microwave Corp. Sets Date to Release Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

    TradingMarkets - 7/10/09 - View Story

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     HITT $39.52 +0.56 (1.44% )
Average Volume 181,277
Shares Outstanding 30.12M
Market Cap 1.2B
Year High 40.75
Year Low 23.26
Earnings Per Share 1.54
P/E Ratio 25.66
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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