AKHAN Semiconductor names new executives

GURNEE - AKHAN Semiconductor has named Bill Alberth as Chief Technology Officer and Kristie King as Chief Financial Officer.

The two new executives join current CEO and Founder Adam Khan and COO Carl Shurboff as leaders of the company.

Alberth brings nearly 30 years of experience in the mobile device and wireless technology sector. Before joining AKHAN, Alberth spent 25 years with Motorola Mobile Devices along with Shurboff, overseeing the architecture and commercialization of wireless LTE, CDMA, UMTS, WI-FI, Bluetooth and NFC Products. In 2012, he founded Innovations Technologies Consulting Inc., where he has served as president.

King has over 20 years of senior leadership experience with Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions. She has worked with several startups and Fortune 100 companies, and has used her financial modeling skills, financial system design expertise, contract negotiation and financial management leadership to achieve these companies' business goals. Kristie is also currently on faculty at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, where she designed and teaches the Entrepreneurial Finance course.

"Each with a proven track record of success in technology commercialization and research-to-product deployment, their respective skills, talent, and expertise will be invaluable in growing and maintaining our global lead in diamond semiconductor," Khan said.