Allen Podell

VP of Technology,
Besser Associates, Inc.

 Allen Podell, an IEEE Fellow, has designed monolithic and discrete circuits in Gallium Arsenide and Silicon. With a solid foundation in device-circuit interaction, he specializes in the practical realization of modern circuit techniques. An author of over 70 technical papers, he founded three companies (Anzac Electronics, Podell Associates, and Pacific Monolithics) and he holds 46 US patents ranging from IMPATT diodes, silicon power transistors, and 3 decade bandwidth microwave components to stereo demodulators, food processors, pasta makers, antennas, and Gallium Arsenide integrated circuits. Recently, as VP of Technology at Besser Associates, he has created and taught advanced wireless design courses around the universe, and has provided consulting services from Turkey to Taiwan.