GREENSBORO, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guerrilla RF, Inc. announced today the appointment of Susan Barkal to its Board of Directors. Following the appointment, the board will be comprised of 7 directors.
“We are absolutely delighted to welcome Susan to our Board of Directors,” said Ryan Pratt, CEO and founder of Guerrilla RF. “Susan brings with her extensive quality, operational, and technical expertise. Her incredible depth of experience and insight will be very beneficial to us as we continue to grow as a public company.”
Susan Barkal is currently the Senior Vice President of Quality, Supply Chain Executive, Chief Compliance Officer, and CFIUS Security Officer at Yageo Corporation. In this role, she has overseen global quality and compliance functions for over 30,000 employees in 40 manufacturing sites and oversaw 20 research and development centers that span 16 countries. Of note, she has served as an Inside Board Director for the KEMET / TOKIN Electronics Joint Venture, a $200 million acquisition where she provided input and oversight of the acquisition financing strategy. Following Yageo’s acquisition of KEMET Corporation in 2020, Ms. Barkal was promoted to her current role of SVP of Quality, Supply Chain Executive, and Chief Compliance Officer. Throughout her career, she has gained extensive experience in global quality and compliance as well as technology and chemical manufacturing. Ms. Barkal is an experienced executive in the technology sector with a proven track record of driving global technology roadmaps, portfolio management strategies, and new product development. Ms. Barkal holds a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University.
About Guerrilla RF, Inc.
Founded in 2013 and based in Greensboro, NC, Guerrilla RF develops and manufactures high-performance monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) to wireless OEMs in multiple market segments – including 5G/4G macro and small cell base stations, cellular repeaters/DAS, automotive telematics such as SDARS/V2X/GPS/DAB, mission-critical military communications, navigation, and high-fidelity wireless audio. Guerrilla RF has an extensive portfolio of over 100 high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave semiconductor devices. The existing product line includes ultra-low noise amplifiers, gain blocks, driver amplifiers, mixers, RF switches, and linear PAs (power amplifiers) – the critical building blocks for mission-critical, performance-driven wireless applications. To date, the company has shipped over 100 million devices and has repeatedly been included in Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list. Guerrilla RF recently made the top Inc. 500 list for the second year in a row, coming in at No. 421 and 489 for the 2020 and 2021 rankings, respectively. For more information, please visit https://guerrilla-rf.com/ or follow the company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
