RUSS GARCIA
CEO
MENLO MICROSYSTEMS INC.
WHY: Leads Irvine-based Menlo Microsystems Inc., the maker of tiny electronic switches designed for nearly everything from smartphones to defense systems and medical equipment; its ideal Switch eliminates compromises and tradeoffs by combining the benefits of electromechanical and solid-state switches into the best of both worlds.
IN THE NEWS: Company said in September it had released to production a new differential double-pole/triple-throw (2x DP3T) switch at European Microwave Week in Paris.
NOTABLE: Settled on New York state for its first U.S. manufacturing plant.
QUOTABLE: “We’ll still keep our headquarters here in Southern California.”
