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Menlo Micro Appoints Rich Simoncic As Chief Executive Officer

PRIVATEAug 19, 2026•about 3 hours ago

Position

Chief Executive Officer

Company

Menlo Micro

Richard Simoncic
Irvine

Description

Menlo Micro has announced the appointment of Richard 'Rich' Simoncic as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Simoncic joins the company with 35 years of semiconductor experience, previously serving as COO at Microchip Technology. He succeeds Russ Garcia, who led Menlo Micro through a pivotal period of growth and technology validation.

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Company

Menlo Micro

Location

Irvine, California, United States

About

Menlo Micro is on a mission to create a more energy efficient and sustainable world, with an entirely new category of electronic switches. The Ideal Switch eliminates compromises and tradeoffs by combining the benefits of electromechanical and solid-state switches into the best of both worlds. Menlo is bringing more than 99 percent reductions in size, weight, power, and cost to dozens of industries such as medical, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, consumer electronics, industrial IoT, and test and measurement. For more information, visit menlomicro.com.

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