Management Team

Mr. Côté is an accomplished technology executive with nearly 30 years of success in growth-oriented, high technology environments from start-ups to publicly traded companies. Mr. Côté served as CEO and president of Packeteer, a publicly-traded communications company specializing in WAN optimization, from 2002 to June 2008 when it merged with Blue Coat. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Côté was General Manager and Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing for IDT, where he founded and grew a major new division and executed a successful repositioning of the company. Previously, he held marketing leadership positions at ZeitNet (sold to Cabletron) and earlier at SynOptics (Nortel Networks), where he was a key contributor to the company’s accelerated growth. Prior to that, Mr. Côté spent ten years at Apple Computer in a number of marketing roles.

Dr. Armstrong joined Symmetricom in 2006 as vice president of engineering and now serves as the EVP & GM of the Communications Business Unit. Prior to joining Symmetricom, Dr. Armstrong was president of Movidis, Inc., a privately held company that develops high-performance networking equipment for OEM and enterprise markets. From 1998-2002, he served as vice president of software development at DIVA Systems, a provider of interactive, on-demand television products and services. Dr. Armstrong holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University.

Mr. Minor joined Symmetricom in 2006, bringing over 25 years’ experience in human resources, business and finance. Prior to Symmetricom, Mr. Minor directed global human resource practices at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. Previous to Cypress, Mr. Minor directed worldwide human resource strategies and programs for Lam Research Corporation. He also held senior-level human resource positions at KLA Instruments and the Electric Power Research Institute. Mr. Minor holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University at Hayward, and a Masters in Business Administration from Notre Dame de Namur University.

Mr. Bourekas joined Symmetricom in 2009, bringing more than 20 years of technology experience including marketing, applications engineering, and product definition.  Prior to Symmetricom, Mr. Bourekas held a variety of executive positions at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. including leading IDT’s worldwide marketing group and management roles in the PC Audio, Internetworking Products and Advanced  Microprocessor divisions. Mr. Bourekas earned Bachelor of Science degrees in both electrical engineering and computer science, from the University of California at Irvine and holds 11 patents in the field of microprocessor architecture. 

Mr. Dewar joined Symmetricom in 2009, bringing extensive experience in global sales management.  Most recently, Mr. Dewar was Vice President, Worldwide Sales at WildCharge, Inc., a start-up wireless charging technology company, and CEO/Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Services at Tira Wireless, which provides software technology and services to the wireless content industry.  From 1996-2006, Mr. Dewar held a variety of sales and management positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc., including VP Media and Entertainment of Global Industry Sales.  From 1992-1996, Mr. Dewar was Director of International Sales at Symmetricom.  Mr. Dewar holds a degree in Chemistry from the University of Madrid.

Mr. Halbert joined Symmetricom in 2011, bringing over 30 years operations management experience, including over 20 years with Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies.  Most recently he was Chief Operating Offer at Wagic, Inc. a consumer products and design consulting company, Senior Vice President of Operations at Brilliant Telecommunications and Executive Vice President of Global Operations and IT at Acterna.  Mr. Halbert is a seasoned executive leader in building and managing all aspects of operations functions as well as customer service and quality.  Mr. Halbert received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Trinity College.