Raleigh, NC-based PowerAmerica announced Monday that Dr. Victor Veliadis has been named its executive director effective July 1.
Dr. Veliadis has given over 60 invited presentations/tutorials and keynotes at major conferences in India, Korea, China, Europe, and the U.S. He is an IEEE Fellow and an IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Veliadis has 25 issued U.S. patents, six book chapters, and 115 peer-reviewed technical publications to his credit. He is also professor in electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University. Dr. Veliadis received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1995 in electrical and computer engineering.
Prior to taking an executive position at Power America in 2016, Dr. Veliadis spent 21 years in the semiconductor industry where his work included design, fabrication, and testing of 1-12 kV SiC SITs, JFETs, MOSFETs, Thyristors, and JBS and PiN diodes, as well as operations and financial planning of a commercial foundry.