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- Sonia Vohnout
Director of Advanced Diagnostics & Prognostics Division - Academic Background
- Sonia Vohnout earned her MS in Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona in Tucson. With a diverse background and experience, Sonia is well-suited to manage Ridgetop’s Advanced Diagnostics and Prognostics Division.
- Career Background
- Sonia joined Ridgetop after successfully building an electronic subassembly business in Mexico, working as a systems engineer at IBM, and handling overseas installations of software with Modular Mining Systems (now part of Komatsu).
- During her career, she has held executive management and senior technical positions. In addition, Sonia has co-founded several companies. A U.S. Citizen, Sonia is also fluent in Spanish.
- Community Involvement
- Sonia is a board member of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT) (www.mfpt.org), an interdisciplinary technical organization strongly oriented toward practical applications.
- Sonia recently founded the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Professionals LinkedIn Group (www.linkedin.com), a fast-growing group whose objectives are to discuss PHM related topics, network with others in the PHM community, and increase awareness of PHM.
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- Andrew Levy, Director, Semiconductor and Precision Instrument Division
- Andrew Levy is Director, Semiconductor and Precision Instrument Division. Mr. Levy is responsible for Ridgetop's growing business providing advanced semiconductor test structures, IP cores, radiation-hardened ADCs and precision reliability characterization instruments.
- Career Background
- Mr. Levy brings a significant amount of industry experience to this new position. He is a co-founder of Teseda, a ground-breaking desktop test instrument firm, has served in various managerial roles in the semiconductor field, including Credence, Opmaxx, and IMS. He began his career at Intel Corporation, after receiving his BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from UCLA, and a MS in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
