MACOM Facts
MACOM advertises itself as offering approximately how many products?
What is 8,000+?
This is Rob's official job title.
What is Principal Paralegal?
This is Rob's favorite type of wine.
What is chianti?
The 2000 Summer Olympics took place here.
What is Sydney?
One of Rob's fond memories of a time with this colleague is visiting a castle together.
Who is Ambra Roth?
Founded in 1950, MACOM was initially a small supplier of these devices to the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
What are magnetrons?
In addition to IP work, Rob sometimes helps clear shipments to support this team.
Trade Compliance
This is Rob's favorite place to drink his favorite wine.
This survival reality show premiered in 2000, with Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize on its first season.
What is Survivor?
This is the member of the Legal team with the most siblings.
Who is John Donnelly?
MACOM produces semiconductors using these materials, abbreviated as GaAs, GaN, SiC, InP, Si, and SiGe.
What are gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, silicon carbide, indium phosphide, silicon and silicon germanium?
This is the new IP management system that Rob recently implemented after many, many hours of project management, calls with the developer, and training sessions for outside counsel.
IP Folio
This is the state where Rob travels to watch Spring Training.
What is Arizona?
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, this country topped the medal table with 97 total medals, including 40 gold.
What is the United States?
When Rob needs something from this individual, he sets a reminder to swing by the coffee machine in the breakroom around 4pm.
Cristiano Bazzani
This is MACOM's Mission Statement
What is: "To be a leading semiconductor supplier to the industry."
A big part of Rob's job involves preparing for and running these quarterly meetings where engineers and the IP team make decisions about patent activities.
What are IP Committee meetings?
This is Rob's favorite football team.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
This film starring Russell Crowe as a Roman general who becomes a slave won Best Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards.
What is Gladiator?
This HR leader is a member of a Grateful Dead tribute band with regular shows around the greater Boston area.
Who is John Gilleeny?
In 2015, MACOM received a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for developing technology that enables this type of infrastructure.
What is broadcast video switching and routing?
This is the approximate number of patents currently in MACOM's patent portfolio that Rob plays an integral role in managing.
What is 1700?
This is Rob's family dog.
Who is Luna?
In 2000, this company launched its online DVD subscription service, 7 years before they would introduce streaming.
What is Netflix?
This music aficionado, who is an IP champion and current MACOM business unit leader, is in a band named "The Retroactives"
Who is Dave Runton?