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Isola Group Names Industry Veteran Sean Mirshafiei Global VP of Marketing
September 11, 2017 | Isola GroupEstimated reading time: 1 minute

Isola Group, the leading global and local manufacturer of copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs, has named industry veteran Sean Mirshafiei to a new position of Global Vice President of Marketing.
“Isola is pleased to announce Sean Mirshafiei will be joining Isola’s Sales and Marketing team. As Global VP of Marketing, Sean brings over twenty years of marketing experience to Isola,” announced Michael White, Isola Chief Revenue Officer.
Mirshafiei has held strategic marketing positions at MacDermid Enthone Electronics Solutions where he was Global Director of Market Strategy and at Alent plc (formerly Enthone) where he was Vice President of Global Electronics Marketing, as well as critical positions at Isola in the 2000s. He has extensive experience at successfully implementing strategic planning including being an active participant in the merger of MacDermid and Enthone.
“Sean is no stranger to Isola having held several positions in the company prior including Director of Strategic Marketing and Business Planning, Director of High-Speed Digital Products among others. We welcome Sean’s return,” White added.
Isola Group is the recognized leader in the global manufacture of high-performance base materials for advanced multilayer printed circuit boards. Isola is known for their best-in-class, high-speed digital laminates and prepregs as well as for materials suited for RF/Microwave applications. Critical industries like aerospace, military, automotive, high-end computing, and broadband utilize Isola products in part because of their acclaimed high-reliability. All Isola products are RoHS compliant and many are halogen-free.
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Isola designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-reliability, copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs used in high-speed digital and RF PCB applications. Isola, a leader in both global and local manufacturing, operates a network of factories worldwide.
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