Prior to joining Sonavation in October 2006, Mr. Regniere was Director, Engineering for Renesas Technologies America, Inc., a joint venture of Mitsubishi and Hitachi semiconductors divisions, responsible for deep sub-micron mixed-signal technology core development. Before Renesas Technologies, Mr. Regniere worked for Matrox Graphics, Inc., a leading PC graphics company, for 17 years and held several executive engineering positions, including general manager of its engineering operations.