Management Team – STATHERA

George Xereas, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

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Dr. Xereas obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in 2017, under a fellowship from Les Vadasz Foundation – Intel. The results of this work lead to a MEMS oscillator that for the first time achieved compliance with the stringent phase-noise GSM specifications. The intellectual property developed in his PhD resulted in 14 publications, and 2 USPTO utility patent applications. He is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stathera, Inc.

Danny Gangapersaud, MBA

VP Business Development & Marketing

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Danny has 20+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry. In his most recent role, Danny was responsible for account & business development in Eastern Canada for Honeywell Sensing & IoT where he received the President’s club award for new business growth with sensors. Prior to that he was Director, Technical Marketing at Bosch, the world’s leading MEMS sensor manufacturer where he was responsible for the MEMS microphone portfolio and drove global business development / customer acquisition and go-to-market strategies for wearable, IoT, smartphones and other consumer devices. Earlier in his career he was a staff engineer at NEC Electronics America (now Renesas) with responsibility for then-emerging automotive infotainment market segment, where he drove the design-in efforts for MCU/SoC and was recognized for his contribution in achieving world’s #1 market share position for V850 32-bit microcontroller. Danny earned a BSc. Electronics Engineering from DeVry University and an MBA in International Business from LeTourneau University. He leads the business development & marketing strategies for MEMS timing solution at Stathera, Inc.

Vahid Tayari, PhD

Director of Characterization & System Integration (CSI)

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Vahid received his Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Concordia University in 2014. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow in Nanoelectronics at McGill University from 2014 to 2017. Vahid has 14 years of relevant industry and academic experience designing, microfabricating, and integrating MEMS sensors. Prior to Stathera, Vahid worked at MY01 & NXTSens Microsystems where he developed MEMS pressure and gas sensors. Vahid joined Stathera in 2017 as a Director of MEMS characterization and system integration.

Stanley Che, M. Eng.

Director of ASIC Development

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Stanley has 20+ years of experience in integrated circuit design. He started his career at Analog Devices in Boston for 10 years. He then joined Qualtre Inc, a startup company developing MEMS gyroscope, which was later acquired by Panasonic. Stanley obtained his BASc. from University of Toronto and M. Eng. from Cornell University. He joined Stathera in 2024 as Director of ASIC Development with responsibility for ASIC engineering.