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Market Cap:$216.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$122.5M
  • Public
  • US
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Entropic Communications, Inc. is a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets systems solutions to enable connected home entertainment. The company's technologies significantly change the way high-definition television-quality video and other multimedia content such as movies, music, games and photos are brought into and delivered throughout the home.

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board
Patrick Henry
Number of Employees 281
Contact Information

9276 Scranton Road

Suite 200

San Diego, California 92121

www.entropic.co...

(858) 625-3200

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Recent Events

  • SKYWORTH PICKS ENTROPIC'S TECHNOLOGY FOR ETHERNET-OVER-COAX SOLUTION

    10/26/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Skyworth Selects Entropic Communications' Access Technology for Ethernet-Over-Coax Solution for Mult

    10/25/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Entropic Communications Q3 Net Loss Narrows

    10/26/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Fresco Microchip receives $10 million funding

    10/08/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Entropic Communications Names Bradford Senior VP Of Worldwide Sales

    10/08/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

  • Short Sale Recap. Highest % Of Daily Trading Volume Short All Exchanges Combined

    9/24/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Entropic, Fresco team up to sell silicon into TVs

    9/14/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Intel Connects With Entropic

    8/11/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Entropic Posts Q2

    8/01/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Entropic and Sigma Announce MoCA Enabled Set-Top Box Collaboration

    7/30/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • EchoStar Deploys Entropic Communications' RF4400 Silicon Tuner

    7/23/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • EchoStar Adds Entropic Tuner

    7/21/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Entropic appoints new chief technology officer

    7/02/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CTO or CIO - View Story

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
David Lyle Cfo
Itzhak Gurantz Chief Technology Officer
Kurt Noyes Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President, Finance
Andre Chartrand Vice President, Broadband Engineering
Anton Monk Vice President, Technology
Charles Persico Vice President, Rf Engineering
Dale Hancock Vice President, Rf Technology
John Graham Vice President Marketing
Jonathan Masel Vice President, General Manager Entropic Israel
Lance Bridges Vice President of Corporate Development
Michael Economy Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Stephen Blake Vice President, Business Dev
Susan Huberman Vice President, Corporate Communications
Suzanne Zoumaras Vice President, Hr
Tim Pappas Vice President of Operations
Alex Hartigan Investor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Patrick Henry Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board
Amir Mashkoori Board of Directors
John Walecka Board of Directors
Kenneth Merchant Board of Directors
Rouzbeh Yassini Board of Directors
Thomas R. Baruch General Partner of Cmea Ventures, and Member of Entropic's Board of Directors
Umesh Padval Board of Directors

Mr. Henry brings more than 20 years of high technology experience to Entropic. Mr. Henry has served in executive management roles in companies ranging from small, innovative startups to large multinationals. Just prior to Entropic, he served as president and CEO of Pictos Technologies, developers of digital imaging products, and exited after completing a multimillion-dollar sale of the company to ESS Technology. Before that, Mr. Henry was CEO of LinCom Wireless, a chip company focused on 802.11 wireless LAN products. Mr. Henry also served as a vice president and general manager at LSI Logic, and was a senior vice president at C-Cube Microsystems, a pioneer in the development of digital video ICs. Mr. Henry has also held sales and marketing management positions at Hyundai Electronics America (now Hynix) and AMD. Mr. Henry has his MBA from the University of Southern California, and holds a Bachelor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, with high honors, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. President Current
Ccube Senior Vice President Former
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc. Senior Vice President Former

Mr. Lyle brings over 20 years of finance experience from both the semiconductor and commercial banking industries. He joined Entropic as CFO through the acquisition of RF Magic where he also served as CFO. He joined RF Magic from Broadcom Corporation, a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions. Prior to Broadcom, he was CFO at Zyray Wireless, a WCDMA baseband co-processor startup, which was acquired by Broadcom. Mr. Lyle also served as CFO at Mobilian Corporation, a wireless data communications semiconductor startup which was acquired by Intel Corporation. Prior to Mobilian, he served in various finance roles at Intel in the microprocessor and networking groups and also served in Intel Capital focusing on mergers and acquisitions primarily for the wireless communications and computing group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lyle worked in commercial banking focusing on leveraged buy-outs. Mr. Lyle received his undergraduate degree in business from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University as well as Master of International Management (MIM) degree from The Garvin School of International Management (Thunderbird).

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Cfo Current

Dr. Gurantz has more than 30 years of experience in developing advanced digital communications systems, products and components. He managed and led the development of numerous innovative system, products and integrated circuits solutions for digital DBS, digital cable STB and cable modems, digital wireless STB and others. After receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978, Dr. Gurantz worked at Linkabit Corporation until 1984 when he co-founded ComStream Corporation, holding engineering and R&D leadership positions. Following the sale of the Hi-Media division of ComStream to Rockwell Semiconductor (now Conexant Systems) in 1997, Dr. Gurantz served as vice president of engineering for the Digital Infotainment Division. His B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering degrees were received from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Chief Technology Officer Current
Multimedia, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Revolution Ventures Venture Partner Current
Multimedia, Inc. Developer Current
Symwave Chairman Current
Symwave Director Current
Rf Magic, Inc. Director Current
Conexant Systems, Inc. Vice President of Engineering Digital Infotainment Division Former
Linkabit Former
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering Former
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology M.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
Israel Institute of Technology B.S. and M.S. In Electrical Engineering Degrees Were Received Former
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering Former
University of California, Berkeley B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President, Finance Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President Finance & Administration Former
Cargo Technology, Inc. Director of Finance Former
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Former
Proflowers.com Former
Provide Commerce, Inc. Former
San Diego State University MBA Former
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse B.S. In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Broadband Engineering Current
TranSwitch Corporation Vice President, Engineering Former
Cradle Technologies, Inc. Former
University of Montreal B.S. and M.S. In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Multimedia Over Coax Alliance Cto Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Technology Current
Multimedia Over Coax Alliance Board of Directors Current
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Former
University of California, San Diego Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering Former
California Inc M.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
University of California, San Diego B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Rf Engineering Current

Mr. Hancock has over 18 years of industry experience in product design and development at RF Magic, Conexant, ComStream, and Linkabit. His expertise includes RF systems engineering, receiver and transmitter design, and design for high volume consumer applications. Most recently Mr. Hancock was the CTO, VP of Engineering and co-founder of RF Magic. Prior to RF Magic he led RF Systems Engineering at Conexant and ComStream. Mr. Hancock is credited with inventing a number of industry firsts, including the world's first silicon tuner for Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), the world's first high performance silicon tuner for reception of terrestrial television, and the world's first Channel Stacking Switch RFIC for DBS. Mr. Hancock holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Rf Technology Current

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, General Manager Entropic Israel Current
Arabellasw.Com President, CEO, Founder Former

Mr. Bridges has over 16 years of experience in general business and corporate law matters, with particular emphasis in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and working with technology companies. Prior to joining Entropic, he was a partner at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, where he practiced law since 1991. Mr. Bridges received a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), in 1990, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as associate editor of the California Law Review. He concurrently earned an M.B.A., concentrating in finance and strategic planning, from the Walter A. Haas School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley. In 1985, he received a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics from the University of California, San Diego. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Bridges worked for a regional investment banking firm as a financial analyst specializing in business valuations and M&A advisory services. Mr. Bridges is a member of the State Bar of California and the Business Law section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Bridges was selected for the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law category and the 2007 edition for the Corporate Law category.

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President of Corporate Development Current
Cooley Godward Llp partner Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. General Counsel Current
Commnexus San Diego Board Advisor Current
Phi Beta Kappa Board of Directors Current
Phi Beta Kappa Member Current
Cooley Godward Kronish Llp Partner Former
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law - Boalt Hall J.D. Former
University of California, San Diego B.A. Former
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law - Boalt Hall Degree Former

Mr. Economy has more than 20 years experience in semiconductor sales and marketing. Over the past several years he has managed the sales penetration and growth activities for a wide range of global accounts such as Compaq, HP, IBM, Dell, Northern Telecom, Sun Micro, Acer, ViewSonic, Creative Labs, and others. In addition, he brings a wealth of OEM and retail-channel experience to Entropic, a notable plus as the company expands into these key areas. Prior to joining Entropic Communications, he was vice president of OEM sales for graphics-chip maker Trident Microsystems, also helping to spearhead the nascent plasma and digital television display markets. Before that, he was vice president of marketing with Synergy Semiconductor where he gained extensive knowledge in managing the company's efforts in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Japan prior to the company being acquired by Micrel. His career began with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in product engineering, where he swiftly moved on to technical and product marketing management positions in EPROM and Flash memories, a category in which the company continues to lead. Mr. Economy holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in Solid State, Microwave and Quantum Electronics from the University of California, Davis.

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Business Dev Current

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Corporate Communications Current

Ms. Zoumaras has over 15 years of human resource and management experience in venture-backed start ups and fast-growing, multi-national organizations. Before joining Entropic, Ms. Zoumaras was the Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources for Biosite Incorporated where she lead the transformation of the human resources function to improve delivery of HR services, enhance employee relations and better manage talent acquisition. Prior to Biosite, Ms. Zoumaras held a variety of human resource positions at technology companies including Ensemble Communications, Conexant Systems and Cadence Design Systems. In addition to her corporate experience, Ms. Zoumaras also managed her own human resources consulting firm working with the executive teams of emerging companies in high tech and life sciences. Currently, she is an instructor in the HR certification program at San Diego State. Throughout her career, Ms. Zoumaras has held board positions at a number of human resources organizations and non-profits and is a regular speaker on the topics of talent acquisition and employee engagement. Ms. Zoumaras earned her B.S. in Business Administration and her Human Resources Management certification from San Diego State University.

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President, Hr Current

Mr. Pappas has more than 20 years of semiconductor product and test engineering experience. In his current role, Mr. Pappas manages Entropic's global supply chain, quality & reliability engineering, and product & test engineering. Before joining Entropic, he managed the product engineering group for Mindspeed Technologies which develops a range of advanced telecommunications and networking ICs. He served in similar roles at Conexant Systems and its predecessor company, Rockwell International, during a period of explosive growth in the company's DSL chipset business. Other experience includes senior product engineering positions with industry pioneers Brooktree and TRW, where he drove product qualification and commercialization efforts for a variety of communications, video and A/D converter products. Mr. Pappas holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.

Organization Position Status
Entropic Communications, Inc. Vice President of Operations Current
Product, LLC. Manager Current
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Manager Former
TRW, Inc. Senior Product Engineer Former
Conexant Systems, Inc. Former
Rockwell International Corporation Former
TRW Automotive Inc. Former
San Diego State University B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Kovio, Inc CEO Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Spansion Inc. Senior Vice President & General Manager Former
Trident Microsystems, Inc. senior vice president of operations and business development Former
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. vice president Former
San Jose State University Master's Degrees In Business Administration Former
San Jose State University Bachelor's Former

John Walecka is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures. Prior to founding Redpoint, John was a general partner with Brentwood Venture Capital, a firm he joined in 1984. John currently focuses on the core infrastructure and application services areas revolving around the next generation broadband Internet. John is involved in major platform companies such as: Avici Networks, TransMedia Communications (acquired by Cisco), Optimight Communications, Lightera Networks (acquired by Ciena), Promatory Communications (acquired by Nortel), Netro (NTRO), Rapid5 Networks and Ultraband Fiber Optics. He is also working with enabling semiconductor products companies including StratumOne (acquired by Cisco), MultiLink Communications, Multilink Technology, and Internet Machines. In the services, software and commerce areas, John has led investments in Rhythms NetConnections (RTHM), HelloBrain.com, Nuasis, Syndeo, StreamSearch.com, MediaCenters.com, Nexgenix and The Extraprise Group. John also serves as Director of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC) and is a Director of the Stanford Business School Venture Capital Trust. Prior to joining Brentwood, John worked at Hewlett Packard and the Stanford University Smart Product Design Laboratory. John received a B.S. and an M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Organization Position Status
Red Point Founder Current
Redpoint Ventures Founder Current
Redpoint Ventures Partner Current
Fortinet, Inc. Current
Analytic Concepts, Inc. Current
Menlo Park Atherton Education Foundation Director Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Tkmp Board of Directors Current
Solyndra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Avnera Corporation Board of Directors Current
Trapeze Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Intermolecular, Inc Board of Directors Current
Brentwood Venture Capital General Partner Former
Brentwood Venture Capital Technology Team Former
Hewlett-Packard Company NA Former
Syndeo Corporation Former
Multi-Link Telecommuncations Former
Bay Networks Former
Wellfleet Communications Former
Vitria Technology Inc. Former
Western Association of Venture Capitalists Director Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business M.B.A. Former
Stanford University M.S. In Engineering Former
Stanford University B.S. Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business B.S. Former

Ken Merchant holds the Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the University of Southern California. He is currently teaching in USC's Executive MBA and Global Executive MBA programs and is the ethics coordinator for USCa s undergraduate accounting program. Previously he served as Senior Associate Dean-Corporate Programs in USCa s Marshall School of Business (2003-04) and as Dean of USCa s Leventhal School of Accounting (1994-2001). Professor Merchant is also a research professor (part-time) at the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands). Before joining USC in 1990, and he previously taught at Harvard University (1978-1990) and the University of California (Berkeley) (1976-77). Professor Merchant is a graduate of Union College (BA), Columbia University (MBA), and the University of California, Berkeley (PhD) and is a Certified Public Accountant (Texas).

Organization Position Status
Universal Guardian Holdings, Inc. Director and Audit Chair Current
Business Expert Press Editor for The Managerial Accounting Collection Current
Universal Guardian Holdings, Inc. Director Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Diagnostic Products Corporation Director Current
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Board of Directors Current
Universal Guardian Holdings, Inc. Member Current
Ernst & Ernst Senior Consultant Former
The World Bank Consultant Former
Philip Morris International Management S.A. Consultant Former
East West Bank Consultant Former
Novellus Systems, Inc. Consultant Former
McGraw Hill Consultant Former
University of California Former
John Laing Homes Director Former
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. In Accounting Former
Columbia University M.B.A. In Operations Research Former
University of California, Berkeley M.B.A. In Operations Research Former
Union College M.B.A. In Operations Research Former
Union College B.S. In Industrial Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Yas Corporation Founder and CEO Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Former
Advanced Design Consulting USA, Inc Former
West Virginia University Ph.D. in Science Former
Merrimack College Ph.D. In Science Former
West Virginia University B.S. in Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Cmea Ventures Managing Director Current
Rf Magic, Inc. Managing General Partner of Cmea Ventures Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. General Partner of Cmea Ventures, and Member of Entropic's Board of Directors Current
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Trustee Current
Raven Biotechnologies, Inc. Current
Hasso Plattner Ventures Current
Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. Chairman Current
Intermolecular, Inc Chairman of the Board Current
Biocatalytics, Inc. Chairman Former
Monogram Biosciences, Inc. Board Member Current
Physiometrix, Inc. Board Member Current
Luminus Board of Directors Current
Symwave Board of Directors Current
Solyndra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
ChemConnect, Inc. Board of Directors Current
NewPath Ventures, LLC Board of Directors Current
Foveon, Inc. Board Member Current
Rf Magic, Inc. Board Member Current
Microwave Technology, Inc. CEO Former
Microwave Technology, Inc. founder Former
Cmea Ventures Founder Former
Cmea Ventures Owner Former
New Enterprise Associates Former
Symyx Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Flextronics International Ltd. Investor Former
Symyx Technologies, Inc. Investor Former
Netro Corporation Investor Former
Silicon Spice, Inc. Investor Former
Aclara Biosciences, Inc. Investor Former
Capital University Juris Doctor Degree Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute bachelor's degree in engineering Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute engineering degree Former

Organization Position Status
LSI Corporation Executive Vice President Current
IDT Corporation Board of Directors Current
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Avnera Corporation Board of Directors Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. Committee Member Current
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Ccube Chief Executive Officer Former
Ccube President Former
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc. President Former
VLSI Technology, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
VLSI Technology Senior Vice President Former
LSI Inc. Senior Vice President Former
VLSI Technology, Inc. General Manager Former
VLSI Technology General Manager Former
Elantec Board of Directors Former
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc. Director Former
Stanford University Masters In Engineering Former
The Pennsylvania State University M.S. In Engineering Former
The Bombay Company, Inc. Bachelor of Technology Former
Indian Institute of Technology Bachelor of Technology Former
Ccube Member Former

ALEX HARTIGAN is a Managing Director of Steamboat Ventures. Alex joined Steamboat Ventures in 2005, bringing his global venture capital and operating experience in the digital media and consumer technology sectors. In 2006, Alex moved to Shanghai in conjunction with Steamboat opening its China office. Alex currently serves on the boards of Duowan , 56.com and CTS. Alex started his VC career at Battery Ventures over 10 years ago. Subsequently, he became a Principal at Panasonic Ventures where his investment experience included: Raindance (NASDAQ: RNDC), Entropic Communications (NASDAQ: ENTR), Premier Retail Networks (acquired by Thomson), InterActual (acquired by Sonic), 2Roam (acquired by Air2Web), and Tensilica. Alex has covered a broad range of investment sectors in Technology, Media and Telecom: web services, broadband communications, digital home, retail services, new media advertising, wireless services, security, cable and Internet infrastructure. Alex has also held various sales and business development roles at startup companies such as Jotspot (acquired by Google) and DoDots. This included an overseas assignment in London for DoDots. Alex received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Government from Georgetown University.

Organization Position Status
Steamboat Ventures | Contact Managing Director Current
Steamboat Ventures, LLC Principal Current
Raindance Communications, Inc. Investor Current
Interactual, Inc. Investor Current
Entropic Communications, Inc. Investor Current
Battery Ventures Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Georgetown University BA In Government Former

Executive News

  • 'Printed chips' could be boon for consumers

    Philadelphia Inquirer - 8/12/09 - View Story

  • Intel Connects With Entropic

    Light Reading - 8/11/09 - View Story

  • Entropic Collaborating With Intel Digital Home Group

    TradingMarkets - 8/11/09 - View Story

  • Broadcom Stirs Up Trouble for Entropic

    Light Reading - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • Entropic Communications Collaborates With Intel Digital Home Group to Demonstrate World's First UPnP QoS 3.0 Over MoCA On a Set-Top Box Platform At the CableLabs(r) Summer Conference 2009

    RBC Dain Raushcer - 8/10/09 - View Story

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     ENTR $3.06 -0.07 (-2.24% )
Average Volume 430,450
Shares Outstanding 70.83M
Market Cap 216.7M
Year High 3.53
Year Low 0.411
Earnings Per Share -1.96
P/E Ratio -1.56
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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