June 10, 2004 —Akustica Inc. has hired Steve Harrell as its chief financial officer.
Harrell joins the Pittsburgh-based developer of acoustic system-on-chip products from Texas Instruments’ Semiconductor Industry Group, where he most recently served as director of finance and business operations for the Digital Signal Processor division. He also served as a financial consultant with KPMG International.
Akustica also hired Steve Kornachuk as vice president of engineering. He had led product-engineering efforts at SiberCore Technologies.