Management Team

Keith Shelton: President, Chairman

Keith Shelton is a co-founder and co-owner of Custom Silicon Solutions, Inc. As President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, he is responsible for the overall direction of the company and oversees all Operations. Prior to founding CSS in 1996, Mr. Shelton was Marketing Manager for Silicon Operations at Hughes Microelectronics. Earlier positions at Hughes included Manager of Product Development and Manger of Custom IC Design. Mr. Shelton assisted Dr. Eli Harari in the development of floating-gate non-volatile memory technology at the Hughes Research Center and then led the product development of EEPROM technology at Hughes Microelectronics.

MSEE, 1975, University of California at Los Angeles; BSEE, 1963, Kansas University

Mr. Shelton is a lifetime member of IEEE and has authored several papers and holds a number of patents related to nonvolatile memories. He has chaired sessions at the IEEE Nonvolatile Memory Workshop and served on the IEEE Standards Committee for Floating-Gate Nonvolatile Memories. While at Hughes, he received the General Motors Research & Development Center’s “Most Valuable Colleague” award for work done in developing magneto-resistive sensors.

Frank Bohac: Vice President, Director of Engineering

Frank Bohac is a co-founder and co-owner of Custom Silicon Solutions, Inc. As Vice President and Director of Engineering, he directs all Integrated Circuit (IC) development at CSS, including the management of the Engineering and Test Development staff. He is also responsible for the technical aspects of IC development proposals and the production test Quality Assurance Program. Mr. Bohac has over 30 years of experience in the Integrated Circuit Industry. He has extensive experience in the design of integrated circuits, having personally designed over 40 mixed-signal ASICs. Typical applications of these designs include: electronic odometers, security systems, spread spectrum transmitters, hearing aids, display drivers, signal conditioners, magneto-resistive sensors and RF identification tags. Prior to founding CSS, Mr. Bohac was a Design Manager at Hughes Microelectronics responsible for the development of all mixed-signal IC designs. At Hughes, he designed the first 8K CMOS EEPROM which was presented at the IEEE Nonvolatile Memory Workshop. Earlier, Mr. Bohac participated in nonvolatile memory and CCD development work at the Hughes Research Center.

MSEE, 1977, Purdue University; BSEE, 1975, Purdue University

Frank has been issued 10 patents in the field of mixed-signal and EEPROM design. He has authored several papers related to nonvolatile memories at the IEEE Nonvolatile Memory Workshop and has received the Hughes Aircraft Division Patent Award.

Robert Shackelford : Operations Manager

Robert Shackelford manages Production Operations at Custom Silicon Solutions, Inc. Robert is also responsible for the Quality Management System at CSS. He has 20 years Aerospace engineering experience with Boeing and Northrop Grumman. Robert also served in the USAF reserves for 7 years.

BA,1986, California State University Long Beach.