Kumin said, “We are excited to join the innovative company driving the growth of the Wi-Fi HaLow market; The co-founder of Morse Microelectronics promotes a culture of hard work, innovation and purpose drive throughout the organization, and I am truly honored to be a part of that. As connected devices continue to grow, Morse Microelectronics is ready to implement a range of client applications at scale. I look forward to the challenge of building and leading a world-class sales team to achieve our goal of becoming the world’s largest iot company.”

Michael De Nil, co-founder and CEO of Morse Microelectronics, said: “We see a significant opportunity for Wi-Fi HaLow globally and are excited to have Phillip join us to drive sales and accelerate commercial outcomes. Phillip truly understands how to develop new markets and how to help customers solve their wireless connectivity challenges, both of which are fundamental to achieving business goals. We welcome Phillip to the Morse Microelectronics family and look forward to growing our customer base through an efficient sales team and strong partnerships.”

Prior to joining Morse Microelectronics, Kumin served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Sales Operations at Synaptics, where he managed a team of 139 people and grew sales to $1.34 billion during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to that, Kumin was the founder and managing partner of Paragon Technologies. Kumin holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, He currently serves on the West Coast Advisory Board of the Francis School of Engineering at UMass Lowell.

Morse Microelectronics’ comprehensive Wi-Fi HaLow portfolio includes the industry’s smallest, fastest, and lowest-power IEEE 802.11ah compliant SoCs. The MM6108 SoC supports 1MHz, 2MHz, 4MHz, and 8MHz bandwidths, delivers tens of Mbps throughput, and supports streaming high-definition video. Morse Microelectronics’ Wi-Fi HaLow SoC offers 10 times the range, 100 times the area and 1,000 times the capacity of traditional Wi-Fi solutions.