Anokiwave Appoints John D. McClellan to its Board of Directors

San Diego, Calif.,  May 12, 2020-- Anokiwave, Inc., a provider of highly integrated mmW IC solutions for 5G communications, mobile satellite communications, and aerospace & defense markets, announced today that John D. McClellan has joined the company's Board of Directors, effective February 1, 2020.

McClellan joins the Anokiwave Board of Directors with over 30 years of experience in corporate leadership, private equity, and strategy consulting. He is a partner at Pear Tree Pear Tree Partners, L.P, which provides investment and advisory services to early stage and growth capital companies. His previous positions include CEO of Palladium, Inc., Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners, CEO of Sprague Energy Corp., and President of EPIK Communications, which he founded. He started his professional career at the strategy consultancy, Monitor Group, where he was a leader in their telecommunications practice and rose to the Board of Directors and served as CEO of its software division, Decision Architects.

McClellan holds an M.B.A. with high honors from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Political Economy from Williams College and has served as an outside director on the boards of Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, The Access Group, and ESM Software Group, and also currently serves on the board of SciAps, Inc.

"We are pleased to welcome John to our Board of Directors at this important stage of Anokiwave’s evolution," stated Nitin Jain, Anokiwave Founder, CTO, and President of the Board. "As a highly respected and seasoned executive with valuable financial strategy and investment industry experience, we look forward to John's expert engagement and assistance in guiding our objectives to bring breakthrough mmW IC solutions to market."