about us

Leadership Team

Ruud van der Linden

Managing Director

Ruud is a 25 year veteran in the semiconductor Industry and has a master degree in Science. Ruud was previously CEO, Chief Marketing Officer and Board member of the Irish company Redmere and Senior VP for Philips Semiconductors where he was responsible for the Display Solutions Business Unit worldwide.

Jerome Py

CEO

Jerome brings over 20 years of Semiconductor expertise in product marketing, business development, and Strategy. Prior to joining Silicon Line in 2019, he held senior positions at Infineon Technologies and Intel Corporation. He holds a master’s degree in physics from INSA in Lyon.

Martin Groepl

Founder and CTO

Martin has 20 years of experience working in the field of RF, wireline and optical communication systems and holds several patents on ultra-low power circuit design and innovative IC circuit architectures. He is the inventor of the world’s lowest power consuming chipset for optical data communication.

Jörg Geppert

Senior Finance Manager

Jörg has more than 10 years of experience in Finance and Controlling acquired in different industries such as QuEST Global Engineering, Digital Charging Solutions, LEGO, and Keller Group. Jörg holds a diploma as Commercial Teacher gained at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.