SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shocking Technologies Inc., the leading developer of next generation electrostatic discharge protection solutions, announces the opening of their Asia sales office in Singapore today.

We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Kim Soon Ong will join Shocking Technologies as Senior Director Asia Sales.

Mr. Ong is an industry veteran with more than 25 years experience managing business in Asia. He will work closely with our customers and representatives in Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan to achieve design wins and generate revenue, as we are seeing strong interest and demand from North Asia. Mr. Ong will also support our USA and European customers in their Asia operations together with PCB suppliers.

“Mr. Ong has a very long and deep knowledge of the cell phone and communications industry in Asia and in particular Korea and greater China. We are very excited to have Mr. Ong on the Shocking Team,” said Kenneth Engestang, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Biz Dev.

“I am pleased to join Shocking Technologies and to be part of launching this new and exciting ESD technology,” said Kim Soon Ong.

Mr. Ong joined Shocking from Amalfi Semiconductor, where he set up the sales team and secured multiple design wins in Asia. Prior to Amalfi Semiconductor, he was Director of Sales at Volterra. Mr. Ong also built Broadcom Asia sales team and drove the team to generate business in excess of US$500M per year.

About Shocking Technologies, Inc.

Shocking Technologies, Inc. is a privately held, venture-backed company developing “Voltage Switchable Dielectric™ (VSD™) materials. A VSD™ material is a polymer nano-composite that behaves like an insulator (dielectric) during normal circuit operation and becomes conductive when the voltage across the VSD™ material increases beyond a predefined threshold voltage. After the voltage drops below the threshold again, it switches back to an insulator. This unique property, coupled with the ability to tailor the response of the material, opens up several new areas in electronics. More information regarding the company is available at www.shockingtech.com.