Stephen Rothrock

President & CEO

Stephen founded ATREG in 2000 in response to the global semiconductor industry’s need for strategic advisory services related to the monetization and disposition of complex and formerly illiquid assets. After initially focusing on buying and selling empty cleanroom facilities, the company’s transaction platform quickly expanded globally to include the transfer of business units and the sale of operational front-end as well as assembly and test (A&T) silicon wafer manufacturing fabs, intellectual property (IP), long-term supply agreements, and complete semiconductor manufacturing tool lines. ATREG’s objective is to master variability in response to volatile market conditions, advise clients to their best strategic outcomes, and provide exemplary service in complex and difficult assignments. Over the past three years, ATREG has added new advisory services to its core business of fab sale transactions in the realms of manufacturing strategy, IP licensing, bankruptcy liquidations, valuations, and the establishment of joint-venture manufacturing partnerships.

Since ATREG’s inception, Stephen has led projects for Atmel, Freescale, Fujitsu, IBM, Infineon, Matsushita (Panasonic), Maxim, Micron, NXP, Qimonda, Renesas, Sony, and Texas Instruments in the USA, Europe, and Asia. In 2012-2013, he spent 18 months in Japan to set up ATREG’s Tokyo office and oversee the firm’s Asian operations. Prior to founding ATREG, Stephen established Colliers International’s Global Corporate Services initiative and headed the company’s U.S. division based in Seattle, Wash. Before that, he worked as Director for Savills International commercial real estate brokerage in London, UK, also serving on the UK-listed property company’s international board. He also spent four years near Paris, France working for an international NGO.

Stephen holds an MA degree in Political Theology from the University of Hull, UK and a BA degree in Business Commerce from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.

Tom Morton

Senior Vice President & Legal Counsel

With a unique background in both accounting and business law, Tom provides ATREG’s clients with expert management advice in all aspects of finance and administration. Tom has diverse knowledge and practice working with companies undergoing change, both through the integration of acquired businesses and the development of new products or divisions.

Prior to joining ATREG in 2007, Tom’s extensive experience as a member of several executive management teams included working in legal matters, investor relations, human resources, compensation plans, risk management, tax matters, special finance projects, audit and compliance, reporting, controls, cash management, bank relationships, and the sale of companies. Tom has advised clients in domestic and international business as well as federal tax matters, including business formation, acquisitions, combinations, sales, and related tax planning.

Tom earned his Juris Doctor degree from Gonzaga University School of Law as well as a Master’s in Law (Taxation) from the New York University School of Law. He also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting from the University of Notre Dame. Tom is a member of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Washington State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Eric Larsen

Senior Vice President

As Senior Vice President, Eric is responsible for developing new business opportunities for the company and leads all research-related activities supporting ATREG’s client engagements. His ability to explore the possibilities, distill fragmented information, connect the dots, and link people together makes Eric a valuable resource within the semiconductor industry. Eric’s contributions have resulted in successful fab transactions on behalf of Atmel, Freescale, Fujitsu, IBM, Maxim, Micron, NXP, and Renesas among others.

Prior to joining the ATREG team in 2003, Eric served as Vice President with global commercial real estate services firm Colliers International. He holds a BA in Business Administration from Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, USA.

Muriel Guilbert

Head, Global Marketing

A seasoned professional with more than 15 years of international business experience, Muriel drives ATREG’s global corporate and client marketing communications functions. From strategic planning and budgeting to execution with internal teams and external vendors, Muriel has helped a number of technology businesses – large and small – all over the world launch and build strong brands, raise market awareness, establish thought-leadership, and generate qualified leads to enhance revenue and profitability.

Prior to joining ATREG in September 2010, Muriel served for four years as Managing Director, Global Marketing for consumer panel company Global Market Insite, Inc. (GMI). There, she was responsible for building a global marketing organization from the ground up, made of 15 international marketers and a network of 15 PR and creative agencies that eventually covered 17 markets worldwide. Under her tenure, Muriel helped grow company revenue by 250% from 2005 to 2008 and solidified GMI’s position in the online research industry’s top four global players.

Before GMI, Muriel served for two years as Vice President of Marketing at NetReflector, positioning the company as a new thought-leader in the emerging enterprise feedback management space and helping raise revenue from $1.5 to $5 million prior to the company’s acquisition by GMI. Before NetReflector, Muriel was Account Director for public relations and integrated branding firm Parker LePla in Seattle for five years, developing winning PR and brand strategies for accounts in CRM, telecommunications, healthcare, e-commerce, and outsourcing. Before moving to the USA, Muriel held various senior marketing and communications positions in both the UK and Germany.

A French national fluent in English and German, Muriel holds a Master’s degree in International Business Studies from l’Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, France. She volunteers for the British-American Business Council – Pacific Northwest and MIT Enterprise Forum Northwest, part of the MIT publication Technology Review.

Sage Newman

Vice President

Prior to joining the ATREG team as Vice President in the fall of 2013, Sage served as Director of Eurasia Group’s Corporate Advisory Services Practice in New York, working on client service and business development initiatives for the energy, natural resources, industrial manufacturing, industrial service, and infrastructure sectors. In addition, he served as the primary liaison in the PricewaterhouseCoopers / Eurasia Group strategic alliance and managed the group’s strategic and operational activities.

Prior to that, Sage was a Legislative Analyst at RAND Corporation where he managed congressional relations and outreach for RAND’s national security, international affairs, terrorism, and homeland security units. Previously, he served as Director of Special Projects for U.S. Senator Bob Graham, responsible for managing the Senator’s Washington, D.C. schedule and activities related to his chairmanship of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Sage holds a BA with honors cum laude in Government from Harvard University as well as an MBA and an MA in Government Studies from The Johns Hopkins University.

Saif Khan

Vice President

Saif joined the ATREG team in July 2013. As Vice President with the firm, he focuses on supporting the execution of strategic asset disposition assignments. Prior to joining ATREG, Saif served as a Senior Analyst in Canaccord Genuity’s Investment Banking Group where he focused on supporting the execution of sustainability and cleantech transactions within the biofuels, solar, and GIS sectors.

Before Canaccord, Saif worked for a number of years in the Business Development and Commodity Trading groups of J.P. Morgan’s Metals & Concentrates division where he was responsible for structuring and executing international metals finance (debt and equity) and offtake transactions. Saif graduated from Cornell University with a BS degree in Biological Engineering and a minor in Biomedical Engineering.

Yoshimichi Takizawa

Vice President, Asia

Based in Tokyo, Japan, Takizawa-san joined the ATREG team in May 2013 as Vice President, Asia, bringing extensive semiconductor industry experience to the company. He started his career as Staff Engineer at Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., engaged in the development and production of semiconductor devices. He went on to serve in a variety of positions, starting as an Assistant Manager, Sales Development for Fuji Electronic Components KK (FEC), a joint-venture between Siemens and Fuji Electric, selling Siemens products in Japan via Fuji’s existing sales network. Takizawa-san then became General Manager, IC Marketing Department in 1988 until 1995. In 1995, FEC changed its name to Siemens Components KK, and until 1999, Takizawa-san served as Director of Strategic Planning, responsible for Japanese operations and marketing strategy, including new product promotions (DRAM, MCU, automotive ICs, mobiles phone devices, power devices), corporate sales operation programs, mass market strategy, and key account management.

In April 1999, Siemens Semiconductor Group also spun off to become the company known today as Infineon Technologies AG. For the next two years, as Director & General Manager of Sales for Infineon Technologies Japan, Takizawa-san took charge of all the company’s sales and marketing activities, including channel strategy and new product introductions to the Japanese market. From 2001 to 2005, he served as President & CEO of EPCOS KK, the Japanese subsidiary of EPCOS AG, a division of Siemens AG that spun off in October 1998. During Takizawa-san’s tenure, the company’s revenue grew from 1.7BY (2001) to 2.4BY (2005), a record for electronic components from Germany in 24 years. In 2005, Takizawa-san returned to Fuji Electric and until 2012 was responsible for the company’s Business Development Division, leading strategic planning and alliance projects with well-known semiconductor manufacturers in Japan, USA, Europe, and Asia.

Takizawa-san holds a BS degree in Metallurgy (electro-chemical science) from Tokyo University’s Faculty of Technology, Japan.