Timothy S. McCune

Timothy S. McCune (born March 30, 1963) is an American businessman and former journalist. He was former president of Integrated Wave Technologies, Inc. and former president of Linear Integrated Systems, Inc. He is currently a semiconductor industry consultant and author. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Early life and education

McCune was born in Plainfield, New Jersey to Robert Franklin McCune and Mary Elizabeth (Maurer) McCune. ^[4] Along with his sister, Barbara, the family moved to Sandwich, Illinois in 1967 when his father, a Bell Laboratories engineer, was transferred to the new Indian Hill research facility in Naperville, IL. McCune attended public schools in Sandwich, IL.

Career

In 2004, McCune became president of Integrated Wave Technologies, Inc., a company founded in 1992 to combine the talents of Silicon Valley pioneer John H. Hall with former Soviet scientists who had worked with speech recognition. McCune oversaw several generations of system development, which led to successful deployment of devices in combat operations. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} IWT received US Air Force funding for an advanced version of the device that provided for limited recognition of foreign language responses. ^{[9] [10]} McCune traveled extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan to complete testing and development of IWT’s flagship product, the Voice Response Translator (VRT). ^{[11] [12]}

In 2010, McCune was named as sole inventor in a patent related to IWT’s work for DARPA, US Patent 7,707,035. ^[13] DARPA in 2011 awarded IWT with a contract for the purchase of 2,000 licenses for the digital version of the highly successful VRT application for Android systems. This application, called “MilTrans,” was the first app completed for DARPA’s TransApps (Transformative Apps) program and available in its Mobilize App Store. ^[14]

In 2014, McCune was named president of Linear Integrated Systems, Inc., after the death of company founder John H. Hall. At Linear Systems, McCune devised and led implementation of the first production-quantity sub-nanovolt testing capability. ^[15] In 2024, McCune retired from Linear Systems to pursue other opportunities. ^{[16] [17]}

McCune published a novel in December 2017 based on his travels to Afghanistan and Russia entitled, “Last Call in Kabul.” The book peaked at No.1 on Kindle in the Russian Fiction subcategory and No. 8 in the War Fiction subcategory. ^[18]

In July 2024, McCune accepted a position with Qorvo, a large semiconductor design and manufacturing company, to develop and implement new marketing strategies for its QSPICE circuit simulation software authored by Mike Engelhardt. ^[19]

References

1. "Tim McCune". Electronic Design. 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
2. McCune, Timothy S. (2024-07-26). "Training the Semiconductor Workforce to Build the Next Generation of Weapons". Defense Opinion. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
3. McCune, Timothy S. (2022-09-13). "Washington's Support for Defense-Critical Semiconductors Won't Fix What Ails Industry". Defense Opinion. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
4. "Robert F. McCune, 1937-2019". WSPY NEWS. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
5. Ferrechio, Susan. "3 Minute Interview: Timothy McCune | WashingtonExaminer.com." Washington Examiner. January 12, 2009. Accessed March 24, 2015. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/3-minute-interview-timothy-mccune/article/106053.
6. Sridharan, Vasanth. "Timothy McCune President and Co-Owner, Integrated Wave Technologies - San Francisco Business Times." June 4, 2009. Accessed March 24, 2015. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/06/08/smallb3.html.
7. John H. Hall (inventor)
8. "Archived | the Voice Response Translator: A Valuable Police Tool | National Institute of Justice".
9. McCune, Timothy (September 2004). "Air Force Dual-Use Science & Technology Two-Way Voice-To-Voice Translator" (PDF). Air Force Research Laboratory.
10. "The Art and Science of War". April 2007.
11. Gossage, Bobbie. "10 Companies at War." Inc. Magazine. September 1, 2008. Accessed March 24, 2015. http://www2.inc.com/ss/10-companies-at-war?slide=1#1.
12. Siriwardane, Venuri. "The Business of Iraq." Inc. Magazine. September 1, 2008. Accessed March 24, 2015. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2008/articles/iraq.html.
13. "Autonomous integrated headset and sound processing system for tactical applications".
14. "DARPA awards translation software license contract to Integrated Wave Technologies". 2013-11-20. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
15. "Industry's First 100% Noise Tested, Ultra-Low Noise, Monolithic Dual, N-Channel JFET". 21 January 2020.
16. "Linear Systems President Retires to SPICE Things up". 17 September 2024.
17. "Tim McCune". 17 September 2024.
18. Last Call in Kabul.
19. "Tim McCune". 17 September 2024.