Management Team

Victor Ren
President and CEO

Victor brings nearly 30 years of experience in high-technology startups and large semiconductor companies alike to Quintic.  His proven track record in driving startups will help Quintic achieve its goal to become the finest mixed-signal fabless semiconductor company serving the portable and mobile electronics industries.

Prior to joining Quintc, Victor was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Auvitek, a fabless semiconductor company focused on the DTV market where he successfully led the company to both a shipping product and successful round of financing.  Earlier, he was the Vice President of Marketing at ESS Technology, where he led all facets of the company’s marketing, to and including strategic and tactical marketing, marketing communications, and project management.  Before that, he was the Vice President of product marketing at Cirrus Logic, and prior to Cirrus, he was the Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Stream Machines.  In addition to Quintic, Victor has been President and CEO of Onward Electronics as well as numerous marketing and product management roles at companies such as Ramtek and IKOS systems throughout his illustrious career.

Victor received his Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an Honor’s Degree/Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics at Marquette University.

Mukund Marathe
Vice President of Finance and CFO

Mukund brings over 30 years of finance, operations and management experience from startups to billion dollar companies across international locations including Japan, China, India, Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. His extensive background in tactical and strategic business management through periods of rapid growth will help Quintic build a solid foundation for its success. Prior to joining Quintic, Mukund was Chief Financial Officer at Crossbow Technology, Inc, a leading end-to-end solutions supplier in wireless sensor networks and inertial sensor systems, where he successfully led the finance, HR, IT and Operations functions managing strong financial performance as well as onshore and offshore manufacturing and business planning activities. Earlier, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Stream Machine Company, where he successfully managed two rounds of financing raising over $30M and a strategic sale to Cirrus Logic. Before that, he was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at MMC Technology, A Hyundai Company, and Director of Finance at Cirrus Logic and Read-Rite Corporation. Mukund received his MBA degree in Information Systems from Mississippi State University and BS degree in Finance and Accounting from University of Bombay, India. Mukund is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India.

Kou-Hu Tzou
Vice President of Product Marketing

Kou-Hu brings over 25 years of technical marketing, product development, and scientific research experience in wireless communication, multimedia processor, digital video and networking. He is renowned worldwide for his contributions to the field of digital video.

Prior to joining Quintic, he was Chief Architect of the Multimedia Group with Shanghai-based Huahong International, where he was responsible for new product planning and the development of digital multimedia applications. Earlier, he was VP of Product Marketing at Divio (acquired by ESS Technologies), responsible for the pioneering development of MPEG-4 codec chip for digital camera/camcorder application. Kou-Hu has also held the position of VP of Engineering at ioWave, where his team successfully delivered high-capacity wireless data terminals based on 2.4 and 5.8 GHz ISM band for data communications. He spent his early professional career in several world-class research institutes including GTE labs, Bellcore, and COMSAT labs.

Kou-Hu received his Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. He has been awarded 10 US patents. He is an IEEE Fellow and an SPIE Fellow.

Mark Cao
Vice President of Operations