Ben Quinones, Pakal Technologies CEO & Co-founder has thirty years of experience in startup formation, venture investing, strategic guidance, and business growth. Ben’s expertise includes fifteen years in power semiconductors with a focus on company building, strategic opportunities, business operations & commercialization of deep technology innovation. He has extensive international business experience in Europe and Asia.
As we electrify everything globally, more efficient power conversion is vital. This means we need more efficient power semiconductors. The incumbent silicon IGBT has diminishing returns with no major advances anticipated. So, the field has turned to wide-band gap materials for improved power conversion efficiency. But, silicon is not dead, and it is possible to achieve dramatic efficiency improvements in globally scalable and cost-effective silicon.