Meet the Team

Michael Slattery is a 30+ year veteran of the semiconductor industry. He has built a design service business on strong fundamentals – quality, innovation, flexibility, quickness, and trust. Slattery’s strong belief in good methodologies and design practices has led to a track record of successful designs and satisfied customers. The end result – ASIC North has been recognized repeatedly as a top growth company and a “Best Place to Work”.

Slattery leads a growing organization. His responsibilities include contracts, business development, operational execution, project staffing, and marketing. Prior to stepping into the leadership role, Slattery filled various ASIC design and verification roles for multiple ASIC North customers. Formerly, Slattery managed a design department in the IBM Microelectronics Worldwide Field Design Center developing PowerPC™ based SOCs and developed data compression, imaging, and graphics subsystems.

Slattery graduated with a BSEE from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Stephen Stratz is a Director on the ASIC North Board of Directors. Stratz was appointed to this position in 2000. Additionally, he has held the positions of Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. During his tenure on the ASIC North Board of Directors, ASIC North has grown by over 20 times in size. Stratz was responsible for business development, sales support, project oversight, and operational strategy.

Stratz began his Engineering career at AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1981 where he worked on digital compression systems as well as the CDMA multiplexing of high speed telephony channels. In 1988, Stratz moved to IBM Microelectronics focusing on VLSI analog circuit design and the development of converters for high speed video and high resolution audio. In April of 2000, Stratz became a partner in the newly formed ASIC North, Inc., where he founded the ASIC North circuit design line of business. In 2008, Stratz was responsible for opening ASIC North’s second design center in Tempe, AZ where he is presently site executive.

Stratz holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with high honors from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Additionally, he has completed a variety of graduate level circuit design courses at the University of Vermont. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.

Judy Stroh is Director of Operations and Secretary at ASIC North, Inc., joining the company in 2007. She oversees the operational side of the business, including Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology and overall company compliance.

Stroh joined ASIC North in 2007 after over 20 years of experience in finance and management roles. She has worked in various industries, including public accounting, higher education, banking and semiconductors. Prior to joining ASIC North, Stroh was Vice President of Treasury Management Services at the Chittenden Corporation. She has also held several volunteer positions, including Treasurer of The Converse Home assisted living facility and Treasurer of the Shelburne Community School PTO.

Stroh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of West Florida, and a Master’s degree in business administration from St. Michael’s College. She holds both her CPA and SPHR certifications.

Kip Freeman is a Business Director for Military Aftermarket at United Technologies Aerospace Systems Sensors & Integrated Systems Division in Burnsville, MN. In this role, Freeman is responsible for the strategy and execution of business growth at a higher rate than the market segment. Prior to his current position, Freeman has been a Business Director of other aerospace market segments and has held successively more responsible positions within the Engineering and Program Management organizations.

Freeman has served on the ASIC North board since 2005. Additionally, he serves on the board for the Vertical Lift Consortium and its predecessor organizations from 2005 through 2012, holding the position of Chairman of the Audit committees for 6 years. Kip also served 6 years as a director, two of which as Chairman, on the Board of Directors at Porter Hospital in Middlebury VT. He also served 2 years as a Director and member of the Executive Committee on the Board of Directors for Porter Medical Center, the parent organization for the hospital. Since 2005, Kip has also served on the technical advisory board for the Pennsylvania State Vertical Flight Research Laboratory.

Freeman graduated with a BSEE from the University of Lowell, Lowell, MA in 1982. In his career, he has worked at various UTC facilities in Connecticut, Vermont, and Minnesota.

Steve Wyatt is Vice President at ASIC North. In this role he leads technical teams responsible for analog and mixed-signal IP development and champions ASIC North’s quality management system.

Wyatt joined ASIC North in 2017 after a 32 year career at IBM Microelectronics. At IBM he developed phase-locked loop circuits across a wide range of CMOS technologies ranging from 500nm to 7nm. He also led development teams responsible for mixed-signal IP such as SerDes and DDR PHY.

Wyatt holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. He is an inventor on 31 US Patents.

Kevin Grosselfinger is the ASIC Design Manager at ASIC North. In his role, he leads the technical teams responsible for digital based ASIC designs as well as manages the company’s semiconductor characterization lab and services.

Grosselfinger joined ASIC North in 2010 after a 14 year career in technical and management positions at IBM. In his work at IBM, he worked on ASIC products and was responsible for third party IP integration, physical design methodology, and semiconductor packaging design and qualification.

Grosselfinger holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Alfred University and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from National Technological University.

Chris Hughes is the Director of Engineering and Supply Chain at ASIC North. He has a background in analog IC design with specialties focusing on high-speed SerDes design, signal integrity analysis, full-chip AMS simulation and RF program direction. His duties at ASIC North include leading technical teams and providing program management for customer IP and turn-key IC programs.

Chris joined ASIC North in 2011 as an IC designer and moved into management in 2016. Prior to joining ASIC North he had 8+ years of design experience at Mitsubishi Electric, Renesas and Freescale, working on many diverse projects such as 16-bit audio, power line communications and high speed serial links. He also owned and operated his own business in the hotel & food service industry for 4 years.

Hughes holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s of Science in Electrical Engineering. Both degrees are from North Carolina State University.

Peter Croce is the Characterization, Test and Methodology Manager at ASIC North. In his position, he is responsible for the characterization and test of IP, both for customers and ASIC North, as well as any tool and IP methodology issues.

Prior to joining ASIC North in 2008, Croce enjoyed a 20 year career at IBM. His early years were spent in product development of graphic adapters before moving to memory compiler design for ASICs. He worked on ROMs, SRAMs, and Register Arrays and various memory cell designs.

Croce holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University.

Jerry Heath is the Layout Manager at ASIC North. In his role, he leads technical teams responsible for the physical design of analog, mixed signal and full custom digital designs. Heath joined ASIC North in 2011 after a 20 year career in the semiconductor industry.

Prior to joining ASIC North, Heath served in various technical leadership roles at Qimonda and Digital Equipment Corporation where he was responsible for all aspects of the physical design process. Heath was also responsible for cross site training in layout methodology and verification strategy.

Heath holds an Associates in Electrical Engineering degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology and is veteran of the United States Navy.

Lance Pickup is the Design Center Manager at the ASIC North design center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Pickup has been with ASIC North since 2013 and currently manages a digital design and verification team.

Prior to joining ASIC North, Pickup had 25 years of experience at IBM in various technical roles including the Electronic Design Automation group where he worked on simulation and timing tools, bootstrapping the IBM ASIC business unit, developing the first IP re-use methodology, and project managing reference flow and IP development for the IBM Foundry business unit.

Pickup earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Vermont. He is an IEEE Senior member.

Judy Stroh is Director of Operations and Treasurer at ASIC North, Inc., joining the company in 2007. She oversees the operational side of the business, including Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology and overall company compliance.

Stroh joined ASIC North in 2007 after over 20 years of experience in finance and management roles. She has worked in various industries, including public accounting, higher education, banking and semiconductors. Prior to joining ASIC North, Stroh was Vice President of Treasury Management Services at the Chittenden Corporation. She has also held several volunteer positions, including Treasurer of The Converse Home assisted living facility and Treasurer of the Shelburne Community School PTO.

Stroh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of West Florida, and a Master’s degree in business administration from St. Michael’s College. She holds both her CPA and SPHR certifications.

Philip Witham is the IT Manager at ASIC North. In this role he leads the team that is responsible for the company IT strategy, design, implementation, IT security and daily operational activities.

Witham joined ASIC North with more than 23 years of IT Support in various roles. His background spans Tech Support, Technical Project Management, System Administration, SAN Administration, and Data Center Design.

Prior to joining ASIC North in August of 2016, Witham came from 9 years in Enterprise Storage Management at Fidelity Investment. In this position, he was responsible for the architecture and installation of the enterprise storage systems in Fidelity’s data centers. Additionally, he was responsible for leading the storage operations team’s day-to-day operations and purchasing of the shared storage platform for Fidelity’s enterprise infrastructure.

Witham holds his CDCDP certification for Data Center Design, a Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University, and an Associate’s in Science from Champlain College.