Aeluma Appoints Seasoned Semiconductor Industry Executive Craig Ensley to its Board of Directors

GOLETA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 20, 2023 / Aeluma, Inc. (OTCQB:ALMU), a semiconductor company specializing in scalable, cost-effective technologies for LiDAR (light detection and ranging), communication, and sensing, announced today that Craig Ensley was elected as a new member of its board of directors on December 14, 2023.

Commenting on the announcement, Aeluma's CEO and Founder, Jonathan Klamkin, Ph.D. said, "We are delighted that Craig has joined our board of directors. He brings a breadth of experience from the semiconductor industry across multiple market verticals including Sensors, Communications, Automotive, Mobile, PCs, Consumer, and AI. Craig provides a deep understanding of technology, and also of strategy, customer engagement, and supply chain. We believe we can leverage his experience driving high growth advanced semiconductor companies, for Aeluma, where we have been establishing a foundation for rapid growth. Craig's appointment is timely given our recent achievement of revenue, recent wins, and our plans to begin scaling our technology for large-volume consumer markets."

Mr. Ensley, age 73, has led global semiconductor businesses in Analog & DSP, MEMS & Sensors, and Communications (RF/Wireless, Optical, and Wired). His prior executive leadership roles include CEO of Atomica (formerly IMT), the largest MEMS & Sensors manufacturing foundry in the U.S.; CEO of DisplayLink, an enterprise video networking firm; President of Peregrine, a high-volume RF & Wireless devices company for 3G & 4G; and SVP at Cirrus Logic, a mixed signal circuits company for consumer applications. Earlier in his executive career, Craig helped build the communications semiconductor business at Rockwell International, which spun out as three public companies: Mindspeed, Jazz, and Conexant.

Mr. Ensley presently serves on the Boards of Mentium Technologies, an AI company, and the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group. Previously he was on the Boards of the Consumer Electronics Association Audio and Home Networking Divisions, and the KLRU Austin PBS Television Station. Craig earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University, a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, both from the University of California San Diego.