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This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Semiconductor space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Manu Gulati
Senior Vice-President of Silicon Engineering of Nuvia
Manu Gulati is the SVP of Silicon Engineering at NUVIA. Prior to co-founding NUVIA, Manu was the lead SoC Architect for consumer hardware at Google, playing a key role in defining the company’s silicon and product roadmaps. Before joining Google, Manu spent eight years at Apple as the lead SoC architect responsible for numerous Apple leading-edge mobile SoCs across a range of devices. Before joining Apple, nearly a decade at Broadcom holding a range of senior SoC engineering roles. Manu started his career at AMD and 8×8 and has over 58 issued patents to date. Manu holds a BSEE from I.I.T. Dehli and an MCSE from UC Irvine.
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About Nuvia: Nuvia develops processors intended to create high-performance silicon design for a compute-intensive world.
John Bruno
Senior Vice-President of System Engineering of Nuvia
John Bruno is the SVP of System Engineering at NUVIA and has over 23 years of industry experience. Prior to co-founding NUVIA, he was a System Architect at Google, driving such areas as SoC definition and competitive performance and power analysis. Before joining Google, John spent five years at Apple in a similar role in the company’s platform architecture group where he founded Apple’s silicon competitive analysis team. John started his career in 1996 as an ASIC designer at ATI Technologies Inc. where he climbed the ranks to become the ASIC team leader responsible for multiple mobile GPUs and integrated chipsets. After AMD’s acquisition of ATI, John became the Chief Engineer for the Trinity Fusion APU. John has a BaSC in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
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About Nuvia: Nuvia develops processors intended to create high-performance silicon design for a compute-intensive world.
Steve Rizzone
Chairman, President & CEO of Energous Corporation
Stephen R. Rizzone serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Energous Corporation.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Neeraj Sahejpal
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategy of Energous Corporation
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Yoram Cedar
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of SanDisk
Yoram Cedar has served as executive vice president and chief technology officer since October 2010. Previously, he served as executive vice president of OEM and corporate engineering, and prior to that, as senior vice president of engineering and emerging market business development. Cedar began his career at SanDisk in May 1998 when he joined the company as vice president of systems engineering. He has more than 30 years of experience in design and engineering management of electronic systems as well as product definition, marketing and development of systems and embedded flash-based semiconductors. Before joining SanDisk, he was vice president of new business development at Waferscale Integration, Inc. Cedar earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer architecture from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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About Omega Point, SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Atsuyoshi Koike
Senior Vice President of SanDisk
Atsuyoshi Koike is senior vice president of technology and fab operations and president of SanDisk (Japan) Limited, the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Japan. He joined SanDisk in August 2006 from Renesas Technology where he was a corporate chief engineer. Prior to that, Koike was president and chief executive officer of Trecenti Techologies, Inc. He also held various management positions at Hitachi Ltd. including general manager of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Center. Koike earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in material science from Waseda University, Japan and his doctorate in electrical engineering from Tohoku University, Japan.
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About SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Milo Azarmsa
Senior Vice President, Finance of SanDisk
Milo Azarmsa has served as senior vice president of finance since February 2008. He joined SanDisk in June 2005 as vice president of operations finance. Previously, Azarmsa was vice president of finance and controller for worldwide sales at Palm, Inc. Prior to that, he held financial and business development positions at Verifone, Pacific Telesis and VoiceCom Systems. Azarmsa earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Abadan Institute of Technology and his master’s degree in business administration from the School of Business and Economics at California State University, Hayward.
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About SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Hock Tan
President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom
Hock Tan is Broadcom President, Chief Executive Officer and director. He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since March 2006. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of Integrated Device Technology. Prior to becoming chairman of IDT, Hock. Tan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Circuit Systems from June 1999 to September 2005. Prior to ICS, Hock Tan was Vice President of Finance with Commodore International from 1992 to 1994, and previously held senior management positions with PepsiCo and General Motors. Hock Tan served as managing director of Pacven Investment, a venture capital fund in Singapore from 1988 to 1992, and served as managing director for Hume Industries in Malaysia from 1983 to 1988.
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About Broadcom, Broadcom Wireless Infrastructure Backhaul Business, Micro Networks, Sandburst Corporation: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Bryan Ingram
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division of Broadcom
Bryan Ingram is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Broadcom Wireless Semiconductor Division (WSD). Mr. Ingram served as Chief Operating Officer of Avago Technologies from April 2013 until October 2015. In this role, he led all Avago product development and manufacturing. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division where he oversaw the development, production and marketing of Avago RF and wireless components used in handsets, cellular infrastructure and satellite applications. From 2005 to 2007, he was Vice President of WSD. Prior to the founding of Avago from the Agilent Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) in 2005, Mr. Ingram was Vice President and General Manager of the SPG Wireless Semiconductor Division. Mr. Ingram holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Michael E. Hurlston
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Connectivity Products Division of Broadcom
Michael Hurlston is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division. He is responsible for the company’s mobility products. Prior to his current role, he held senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and General Management. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2001, Mr. Hurlston held senior marketing and engineering positions at Oren Semiconductor, Avasem, Integrated Circuit Systems, Micro Power Systems, Exar and IC Works. Mr. Hurlston earned a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A from the University of California, Davis.
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About Broadcom, Synaptics: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Boon Chye Ooi
Senior Vice President, Global Operations of Broadcom
Boon Chye Ooi is Senior Vice President, Global Operations at Broadcom, responsible for managing worldwide manufacturing, outsourcing, procurement and logistics, planning and quality programs. He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since January 2009. From November 2003 until 2008, Mr. Ooi was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Xilinx, where he was responsible for all worldwide plant operations, supply chain processes, inventory controls, as well as contract electronic component manufacturers. Prior to Xilinx, Mr. Ooi had a long career at Intel, where he served in a variety of management positions.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Lorenzo Longo
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Physical Layer Products Division of Broadcom
Lorenzo Longo is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Physical Layer Products Division at Broadcom, responsible for the company’s physical interconnect and automotive Ethernet products. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2000, Mr. Longo served as Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering at Newport Communications. He also held senior engineering positions at Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Newbridge Networks and Bell-Northern Research. Mr. Longo earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University at Ottawa, Canada.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Hassan Hussain
Vice President and General Manager, Motion Control Products Division of Broadcom
Hassan Hussain is Vice President and General Manager of the Motion Control Products Division. He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since 2006. He oversees the development, production, marketing and sales of motion control products used in factory, industrial and office automation. Prior to his current role, Mr. Hussain held a variety of management positions within the Optoelectronics and Disk Drive divisions at H-P and Agilent. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Hussain was a Process Engineer at Motorola Semiconductor.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ed Redmond
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Compute and Connectivity Division of Broadcom
Ed Redmond is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Compute and Connectivity (CCX) division at Broadcom. In this role, he is responsible for Ethernet controllers, connectivity switches, Knowledge-Based Processors and ARM-based SoCs. Mr. Redmond joined Broadcom in 2010 after serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager at NextWave Wireless, where he led a merchant silicon chipset business unit delivering a leadership 4G wireless solution including a broadcast over WiMax service. Prior to joining NextWave he served in various engineering leadership roles at Intel in both wired and wireless networking, including where he delivered the first several products and customer programs for the launch and subsequent volume ramp of Intel’s Centrino Mobile Technology Wi-Fi modules. Mr. Redmond received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University and an M.S. in Communications and Digital Signal Processing from Santa Clara University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Rich Nelson
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Set-Top Box and Cable Modem Products Division of Broadcom
Rich Nelson is Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Set-Top Box and Cable Modem Products Division at Broadcom, responsible for driving worldwide set-top box and cable modem strategies to enable services to and throughout the home, with system-on-a-chip solutions targeting end products and end markets. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1995, Mr. Nelson served as a U.S. consumer accounts sales manager at LSI. Mr. Nelson earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Anthony Maslowski
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom
Anthony Maslowski is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Broadcom. Mr. Maslowski joined Avago, now Broadcom, in 2006 as Vice President of Internal Audit. Prior to that role, Mr. Maslowski served as the Chief Financial Officer for Allegro Manufacturing and before that, he held senior finance management positions at Lam Research and Hitachi Data Systems. Mr. Maslowski holds a B.A. in Business Administration from University of Michigan.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Jim Bland
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Controller Division of Broadcom
Jim Bland is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Data Controller Division at Broadcom. In this role, he is responsible for silicon solutions for the hard disk drive and custom solid-state drive (SSD) markets. Previously, he was vice president of sales and marketing for the Data Controller Division and Storage Peripherals Division at LSI, with responsibility for marketing and sales of LSI SoCs and preamplifiers to hard disk drive, tape storage and solid-state drive customers. Prior to joining LSI in 2005, Mr. Bland was senior vice president of sales and marketing, as well as a board member, for two European wireless startups, which were subsequently acquired. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Bland was vice president of sales and marketing for Siemens/Infineon HDD business unit based in Munich, Germany. Mr. Bland began his 40-year semiconductor career in operational roles with Intel, Amdahl and Zilog. From 1986 to 1996, he formed a sales representative company concentrating on custom semiconductors for the HDD business.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Greg Fischer
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Carrier Access Products Division of Broadcom
Greg Fischer is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Broadband Carrier Access Products Division. In this role, he is responsible for driving carrier access semiconductor solutions, enabling wireline and wireless broadband services to and throughout the home. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2004, Mr. Fischer served in various executive roles with Conexant Systems, including Vice President of Marketing and Vice President and General Manager of the Video Products Group. Mr. Fischer earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and an M.B.A from the University of Iowa.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Tom Swinford
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Group of Broadcom
Tom Swinford is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center Solutions Group at Broadcom, responsible for developing and delivering silicon, software and adapters for data center storage solutions to cloud service providers, enterprise customers and embedded OEM systems. Prior to his current role, he was the general manager of the data center solutions group at LSI, responsible for PCIe Flash, hard disk drive and solid state drive adapters and associated software. Prior to joining LSI, Mr. Swinford was the Vice President and General Manager of the Connectivity and Networking Group in Intel’s Data Center Group, providing Ethernet silicon, software, and adapters to data centers, OEMs and embedded customers. Mr. Swinford received a B.A. in mechanical engineering from Washington State University, and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Mitchell Fields
Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optics Products Division of Broadcom
Mitchell Fields is Vice President and General Manager of the Broadcom Fiber Optics Products Division (FOPD). In this role, Dr. Fields leads the business unit responsible for developing and manufacturing devices used in optical communications including lasers, detectors, integrated circuits, planar light circuits and diffractive optics. He has been at Avago Technologies, now Broadcom, for more than 10 years and has held various positions that include Field Applications Engineering, Strategic Marketing, and, most recently, Senior Director of Marketing for FOPD. Prior to joining Avago, Dr. Fields was an optical engineer at Sycamore Networks, architecting and designing optical interconnect solutions for the SN16000 core optical switch. Earlier, he was a staff scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, where he was Chief Scientist of the Advanced Concepts Laboratory for Adaptive Optics. Dr. Fields received his B.S. in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Fatt Lun Ho
Vice President and General Manager, Optoelectronic Products Division of Broadcom
Fatt Lun Ho is Vice President and General Manager of the Optoelectronic Products Division at Broadcom. In this role, He oversees the overall development, marketing and sales of LED lighting products used in industrial, automotive and consumer applications. Based in Singapore, Mr. Ho began his career in 1977 as a Product Line Manager and has held a variety of management positions across several different product lines at H-P/Agilent/Avago. Most notably, he served as Manufacturing Manager from 1985 to 1998, and was SPG’s Operations Manager for many years until assuming his current position in 2008.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Patrick Henderson
Vice President and Co-General Manager, Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division of Broadcom
Patrick Henderson is Vice President, General Manager and Co-Leader of the Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division, responsible for growing share and revenue in the high volume Mixed Signal ASIC market. Prior to his current role at Broadcom, he served in sales roles of increasing responsibility up to Senior Vice President of America Sales. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1998, Mr. Henderson held a variety of sales and marketing leadership positions at Integrated Device Technology and National Semiconductor. Mr. Henderson earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ah-Chee Neo
Vice President, Worldwide Quality of Broadcom
Ah-Chee Neo is Vice President of Worldwide Quality, responsible for product quality across all Broadcom business divisions. Mr. Neo was instrumental in establishing the quality system, product compliance and in-depth failure analysis and reliability lab capabilities at Avago. Neo joined Avago, now Broadcom, as part of the spin-out from Agilent. Previously, Neo was the quality manager for Agilent’s Semiconductor Products Group and Quality Director for Singapore. Prior to joining Agilent, Neo worked at Bell Labs, AT&T and Lucent in various supply chain and quality roles for the company’s Asia Pacific region.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Bob Mantz
Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis of Broadcom
Bob Mantz is Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. He joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition in May 2014. Previously, he held positions as Vice President Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Unit and Operations Controller for LSI. Prior to that, he was vice president, Business Unit and Operations Controller for the Semiconductor Solutions Group, supporting LSI’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Mantz joined LSI as part of the company’s merger with Agere Systems in April 2007. Before joining LSI, Mr. Mantz worked at Agere Systems as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, BU and Operations Controllership. He has held various financial planning, business unit and operational controllership roles during his career with AT&T Microelectronics, Lucent Technologies and Agere Systems. Mr. Mantz holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Stetson University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Frank Ostojic
Senior Vice President and General Manager, ASIC Products Division of Broadcom
Frank Ostojic is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the ASIC Product Division (APD). He has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since 2007. In this role, he is responsible for product strategy that enables APD to grow in market share and revenue in the Networking and Data Center ASIC market. He is also responsible for the development of IP design that enables APD to be the leader in SerDes-based ASICs. Mr. Ostojic came to Avago as a design engineer for computer ICs in 1996 through a series of acquisitions and roles with H-P and then Agilent. Mr. Ostojic has held a variety of senior research and development, and marketing management positions. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Sally Doherty
Vice President and General Manager, PreAmp Components Division of Broadcom
Sally Doherty is Vice President and General Manager of the Preamp Components Division at Broadcom. In this role, Dr. Doherty leads the business unit responsible for developing analog and mixed signal products and technologies for storage markets. Dr. Doherty joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition where she served as Vice President of Research and Development for the Storage Peripherals Division. In that role, she was responsible for product development, silicon germanium technology development and led the LSI global expansion strategy in China. Since 2009, Dr. Doherty has been an inside Director for Silicon Manufacturing Partners Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Before joining LSI, Dr. Doherty worked at Lucent Technologies and its spinoff, Agere Systems, in a variety of engineering and management roles. Dr. Doherty received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Ivy Pong
Vice President, Global Taxation of Broadcom
Ivy Pong is the Vice President of Global Taxation, responsible for worldwide tax planning, reporting, compliance, audit and inquiry, and local statutory compliance functions. She has held this position at Avago, now Broadcom, since September 2008. Prior to joining Avago, Ms. Pong was with KLA-Tencor and Altera, where she was responsible for the International Tax function. Pong started her career in tax with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where she spent seven years serving public high-tech clients. Pong is a senior tax executive with extensive experience in offshore tax structures, development and execution of tax strategies, foreign governmental interactions for tax incentives and rulings, transfer pricing, business restructuring and reorganizations, cash repatriation, improvement to tax processes and controls, and income tax accounting and reporting.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Myles Wakayama
Vice President and Co-General Manager, Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division of Broadcom
Myles Wakayama is Vice President and Co-General Manager of the Mixed Signal ASICs Products Division, responsible for developing Custom Mixed Signal ASICs. Prior to his current role, he held a variety of engineering design and management positions, including Senior Vice President of Central Engineering for all Mixed-Signal/RF and Library IP Development. Prior to joining Broadcom in 1996, Mr. Wakayama held research positions at Toshiba Research and Development Center and Hitachi Central Research Laboratory. Mr. Wakayama earned a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Mark Terrano
Vice President and General Manager, IP Licensing Division of Broadcom
Mark Terrano is Vice President and General Manager of the Intellectual Property Licensing Division, responsible for all worldwide outbound patent licensing programs. Mr. Terrano has more than 20 years of experience in the protection, licensing, and litigation of intellectual property in various technology areas. Mr. Terrano joined Avago, now Broadcom, through the LSI acquisition, having served as Senior Director and Managing IP Counsel of the LSI IP litigation and licensing team. He joined LSI through its merger with Agere Systems in 2007. Prior to joining Agere in 2006 as a Senior IP Counsel, he was a Senior IP Counsel at Ericsson for eight years, where he was primarily responsible for managing the Ericsson IP litigation in North America. Before that, Mr. Terrano practiced IP litigation with the law firm of Fenwick & West in the Bay Area. He was also an electrical engineer at MCI Telecommunications prior to attending law school. Mr. Terrano holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from the Franklin Pierce Law Center at the University of New Hampshire.
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About Broadcom: Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
Martin Anstice
President and CEO of Lam Research
Martin Anstice is the FORMER president and chief executive officer of Lam Research who was let go for sexual harrassment claims. Mr. Anstice joined the company in April 2001, was promoted to chief financial officer in 2004, appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer in September 2008, and promoted to president in December 2010. In January 2012, Mr. Anstice was appointed chief executive officer and in February 2012, appointed to the Lam Research Corporation board of directors. He began his career at Raychem Corporation where, during his 13-year tenure, he held numerous finance roles of increasing responsibility in Europe and North America. After Tyco International, Ltd. acquired Raychem in 1999, Mr. Anstice assumed responsibility for supporting mergers and acquisitions at Tyco Electronics Corporation. Mr. Anstice serves as a director of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) and of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG). Mr. Anstice is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the United Kingdom.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Dave Hemker
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Corporate Technology Development. of Lam Research
Corporate Technology Development David Hemker is senior vice president and chief technology officer at Lam Research, where he is responsible for long-range research and technology development. Prior to joining the company in 1998, Dr. Hemker was vice president of Technology for PMT/Trikon, where he managed research and development, technology, and engineering. He also spent five years in various technology roles at Applied Materials. He has spent the past 25 years in the semiconductor equipment industry focusing on advanced technology development, holds more than 35 patents, and has authored numerous technical publications and presentations in the areas of semiconductor processing and thin-film applications.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
David Fried
Vice President Computational Products of Lam Research
David M. Fried, is Vice President Computational Products of Coventor, where he is responsible for the company’s strategic direction and implementation of its SEMulator3D virtual fabrication 3D process modeling solution. He leads the execution of technology strategy for technology platforms, partnerships, and external relationships. His expertise touches upon such areas as Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI), FinFETs, memory scaling, strained silicon, and process variability. Fried is a well-respected technologist in the semiconductor industry, with 56 patents to his credit and notable 14-year career with IBM, where he was involved in successive process generations from 65-nanometer and lower. His most recent position was 22nm Chief Technologist for IBM’s Systems and Technology Group. He has Masters and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Kaihan Ashtiani
Corporate Vice President & General Manager of Lam Research
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Jason Shields
Vice President Advanced Equipment & Process Control of Lam Research
Jason Shields is a Vice President of Equipment Intelligence at Lam Research, where he oversees company strategy across all product lines for this important area within the company. Prior to joining Lam in 2015, he was Vice President of Integrated Metrology at Nanometrics. Earlier, he served as Vice President of Brion Fab Products at ASML and held various technical marketing and program manager positions at KLA-Tencor. He began his career working in the areas of process, process integration, and yield enhancement at semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices. Mr. Shields earned an MBA from Santa Clara University and a B.S. degree in physics from Texas A&M University.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Paramesh Gopi
President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Micro Circuits
Dr. Paramesh Gopi joined us as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2008 and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2009. On April 29, 2009, Dr. Gopi became a member of our Board of Directors. From September 2002 to June 2008, he was with Marvell Semiconductor, a provider of mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits to broadband digital data networking markets, where he most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded and Emerging Business Unit. At Marvell, Dr. Gopi held several executive-level positions including Chief Technology Officer of Embedded and Emerging Business Unit and Director of Technology Strategy. From June 2001 to August 2002, Dr. Gopi was Executive Director of Strategic Marketing and Applications at Conexant Systems, Inc., a mixed-signal processing company. He joined Conexant Systems, Inc. as part of its acquisition of Entridia Corporation in 2001. Dr. Gopi founded Entridia, a provider of Network Processing ASICs for Optical Networks, in 1999. Prior to Entridia, Dr. Gopi held principal engineering positions at Western Digital and Texas Instruments where he was responsible for the development of key mixed signal networking products. Dr. Gopi holds a PhD in Electrical and Computing Engineering and a Masters and Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Applied Micro Circuits, Starthub Nation: Applied Micro provides computing and connectivity solutions for cloud infrastructure and data centers.
William Caraccio
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Chief Legal Officer of Applied Micro Circuits
L. William Caraccio joined us in June 2010 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. In December 2002, he was a co-founder of RMI Corporation (formerly Raza Microelectronics, Inc.), a privately held fabless semiconductor company where he was most recently Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and, following RMI Corporation’s acquisition by Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. in October 2009, he served a transition role at Netlogic as Senior Counsel until January 2010. From March 2000 to January 2003, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Foundry Holdings, Inc., a privately held investment firm and incubator of high technology companies. From June 1992 to March 2000, he was at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP), an international law firm where he was most recently a Partner and co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Securities and Technologies Group. Mr. Caraccio earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Applied Micro Circuits: Applied Micro provides computing and connectivity solutions for cloud infrastructure and data centers.
Andrew Cowell
Senior Vice President of Power Management of Intersil
Andrew Cowell is Senior Vice President of Intersil’s Mobile Power Products. Mr. Cowell joined Intersil from Micrel Semiconductor in 2011, where he served for four years as Vice President of Analog Marketing. Prior to this, Mr. Cowell served as the head of Micrel’s Strategic Applications division with responsibility for new product definition for power products. He also served in the role of Marketing and Applications Manager for the power product line. Prior to joining Micrel, Mr. Cowell worked for Siliconix Semiconductor where he held a variety of technical positions throughout the world. Mr. Cowell began his career as a design engineer at Advanced Power Supplies. Mr. Cowell holds a First Class Honors degree in Electronics from Middlesex University in the UK.
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About Intersil, Renesas Electronics Corporation: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Vern Kelley
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Intersil
Vern Kelley is Intersil’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Kelley joined Intersil in February 2003 from National Semiconductor where he was Vice President of Human Resources for the product divisions. In his 19-year tenure at National, Mr. Kelley held a variety of leadership positions within human resources and oversaw HR activities associated with National’s acquisition, divestiture, and joint venture activities. His HR management experience includes development and implementation of performance management, success sharing, productivity improvement, and training and development programs. Before joining National in 1983, Mr. Kelley was a division employee relations manager for Allstate Insurance Company. Mr. Kelley earned a Master of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific. He is a recipient of the 2007 HR Symposium “HR Excellence” Award. He also served on the Board of Directors of the United Way Silicon Valley from 2005 to 2008.
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About Intersil: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Joseph Macri
Vice President/CTO of AMD
Joseph Macri is Vice President at AMD.
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About AMD: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Raghunath Nambiar
Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of AMD
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About AMD: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Pat Kelly
Vice President of AMD
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About AMD: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Ali Salehpour
Senior Vice President, General Manager New Markets and Service Group of Applied Materials
Ali Salehpour is senior vice president and general manager of the New Markets and Service Group at Applied Materials where he is extending the company’s materials engineering leadership into significant growth opportunities. He leads the services business supporting customers in all market segments, and is also responsible for the Display and Flexible Technology group. Under his direction, Applied is driving the flat panel display industry roadmap to enable enhanced touch panels, flexible substrates and OLED displays. Mr. Salehpour joined Applied in 2012 with more than 28 years of industry experience and a successful track record of developing products, delivering customer satisfaction, growing market share and new businesses, building high-performance teams, and developing a competitive supply chain. Prior to Applied, he was a senior vice president and general manager at KLA-Tencor, and spent ten years with Schlumberger Test Systems (formerly Fairchild Test Systems). Mr. Salehpour received his bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from California State University at Long Beach.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Omkaram Nalamasu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Applied Materials
Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu is senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) of Applied Materials, Inc. He brings extensive experience and passion to the role of CTO, where he leads the development of disruptive products to address new markets and businesses and secures government funds for strategic projects. Omkaram Nalamasu has built a world-class leadership team that maintains Applied’s technology leadership in the industries it serves and enables its entry into new markets and businesses while achieving profitable growth. As president of Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital fund of Applied Materials, he also oversees the financial and strategic investments in early and growth-stage privately held companies. A world-renowned expert in materials science and technology and one of our industry’s respected forward-thinkers, Omkaram Nalamasu has championed a renewed focus on the company’s innovation culture through various internal development programs and open innovation methods. He has strengthened Applied’s strategic relationships with universities and research institutes around the world. Omkaram Nalamasu joined Applied in 2006 after serving as vice president of research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He has held key research and development leadership positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, and Agere Systems, Inc., and was director of Bell Laboratories’ Nanofabrication Research Laboratory, MEMS and Waveguides Research, and Condensed Matter Physics organizations. His research interests include nanomanufacturing, nanopatterning, electronic and photonic materials, and lithography, with special emphasis on applying patterning and materials expertise for device fabrication for electronics, photonics and energy applications. Omkaram Nalamasu has made seminal contributions to the fields of optical lithography and polymeric materials science and technology. He has received numerous awards, authored more than 180 papers, review articles and books, and holds more than 150 world-wide issued or pending patent applications. Omkaram Nalamasu is a member of the board of directors of Semiconductor Research Corporation and The Tech Museum, and serves on the National Academies Panel on Materials Science and Engineering. He also sits on several technical advisory boards and university advisory committees. Omkaram Nalamasu received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Jay Kerley
Group Vice President & Chief Information Officer of Applied Materials
Jay Kerley joined Applied Materials in 2006 and has been chief information officer (CIO) since 2011. He was promoted to group vice president in July 2013 and is responsible for providing a long-term technology vision that supports the company’s strategies and operating requirements. He leads the Global Information Services (GIS) organization to enable worldwide business solutions and infrastructure that support the company’s market needs. Additionally, he is an external advocate of GIS and promotes awareness of end-user technology trends that link to Applied’s strategic capabilities. Mr. Kerley has more than 25 years of industry experience across business verticals including pharmaceutical R&D, global logistics and high-tech, leading IT transformation and globalization. Under his leadership, he and his teams have been recognized for IT excellence by various organizations, including The National Diversity Council’s 2016 list of “Distinguished Chief Information Officers,” Computerworld’s “100 Best Places to Work in IT” (10 years running) and “Premier 100 IT Leaders,” the “InformationWeek 500” and CIO’s “100 Business Technology Leaders.”
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Prabu G. Raja
Vice President of Applied Materials
Vice President at Applied Materials.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Gino Addiego
Senior Vice President, Engineering Operations and Quality of Applied Materials
Gino Addiego is senior vice president of Engineering at Applied Materials, Inc. He works closely with all of the company’s business units to drive effective and efficient innovation, product creation, and engineering development critical to creating a pipeline of winning products for sustained and long-term profitable growth. Gino Addiego brings a unique perspective to Applied having successfully developed winning products and leading cross-functional groups that remain focused on the customer. Previously he was president and chief operating officer at Ultra Clean Technology (UCTT:NASDAQ), a supplier of critical subsystems for the semiconductor capital equipment, medical device, energy, research, and flat panel industries with several factories in China, Singapore and the U.S. Before joining Ultra Clean Technology, he was executive vice president at Novellus Systems for six years responsible for HR, Information Technology, Operations, Facilities, and Central Engineering, as well as executing on the company’s growth strategy and managing several European companies in the surface science area. Gino Addiego spent more than nine years at Applied Materials, from 1996 to 2005, leading various successful product groups such as CMP and PDC, as well as key global organizations including Global Operations, Manufacturing, Foundation Engineering, and Information Technology. Gino Addiego received his bachelor of science and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He holds several patents and was nominated for the National Inventor of the Year Award in 1993.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Gary Dickerson
President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Materials
Gary Dickerson was named president of Applied Materials, Inc. in June 2012 and appointed chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors in September 2013. Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Mr. Dickerson is a long-time industry leader with more than 35 years of semiconductor experience and a strong track record of delivering profitable growth and gaining market share while achieving recognition for outstanding customer satisfaction. For each of the past three years, Mr. Dickerson has been named one of the “World’s Best CEOs” by Barron’s for delivering solid performance and a compelling growth strategy. He also ranked among Forbes’ list of “America’s Most Innovative Leaders” for 2019 and Harvard Business Review’s “Best-Performing CEOs in the World” for 2018. He currently serves on the board of directors of the U.S.-China Business Council. Prior to Applied Materials, he was CEO of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. for seven years, until its acquisition by Applied Materials in 2011, and spent 18 years at KLA-Tencor Corporation where he held a variety of operations and product development roles before serving as president and chief operating officer. He began his semiconductor career in manufacturing and engineering management at General Motors’ Delco Electronics Division and AT&T Technologies. Mr. Dickerson holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering management from the University of Missouri, Rolla, and an MBA degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Thomas F .Larkins
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Applied Materials
Thomas Larkins was named senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Applied Materials, Inc. in November 2012. He is responsible for all legal affairs, worldwide intellectual property and global security, and brings to Applied a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, global commercial transactions and operations, corporate finance, securities, and corporate governance. Prior to joining Applied, Thomas Larkins served as vice president, corporate secretary and deputy general counsel of Honeywell International Inc., a diversified global technology and manufacturing leader, from September 2002 to November 2012. His areas of responsibility included corporate governance, public reporting, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, real estate and procurement. He joined Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal) in 1997 and served in various positions, including vice president and general counsel of its Automation and Control Solutions business segment. Prior to joining Honeywell, Thomas Larkins served as senior vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of L.A. Gear from 1994 to 1997. Before that, he was in private practice (mergers and acquisitions, securities and general corporate) in Los Angeles for seven years, most recently at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Thomas Larkins received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his J.D. from the University of Southern California.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Sanjay Mehrotra
President and CEO of Micron Technology
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About Micron Technology: Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
David Zinsner
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Micron Technology
David Zinsner is the senior vice president and chief financial officer at Micron Technology. Mr. Zinsner joined Micron in February 2018 with more than 20 years of financial and operations experience in the semiconductor and technology industry. Mr. Zinsner most recently served as president and chief operating officer at Affirmed Networks. Previously, he was senior vice president of finance and CFO at Analog Devices. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Intersil Corp. Mr. Zinsner holds a master’s degree in business administration, finance and accounting from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Micron Technology: Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
April Arnzen
Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Micron Technology
April Arnzen is human resources senior vice president at Micron Technology. She is responsible for aligning team members to Micron’s business strategy. She was appointed to her current position in 2015. Since joining Micron in 1996, Ms. Arnzen has held various positions of increased responsibility and worked across many functions within the Human Resources department. She helped shape many of Micron’s team member programs, including performance management, human resources business partners, total rewards, leadership development, succession and integration. Prior to her current position, she was the global director of Micron’s human resources business partner organization. Ms. Arnzen earned a bachelor’s degree in human resources management and marketing from the University of Idaho.
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About Micron Technology, Micron Technology: Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
Jeff VerHeul
Senior Vice President, Nonvolatile Engineering of Micron Technology
Jeff VerHeul is the senior vice president for corporate engineering where he oversees the development of SanDisk’s growing portfolio of SSD, embedded and removable products and solutions. VerHeul brings 30 years of engineering and management experience to SanDisk where joined from Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), now a part of Microchip Technology. At SMSC he was senior vice president of engineering. Prior to that, he held executive roles at AMD in platform solutions engineering and silicon design. Verheul began his career at IBM where he spent 25 years in positions that included the vice president of server development, vice president of product development for microelectronics, and vice president of engineering and technology services. VerHeul holds a master’s degree in management of technology from MIT, and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Iowa State University.
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About Micron Technology: Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
Weili Dai
Co-Founder & President of Marvell
Weili Dai is one of the most successful women entrepreneurs in the world today. Widely considered a technology visionary, she is the only woman co-founder of a global semiconductor company, and since it began in 1995, she has helped Marvell’s rise to become one of the top semiconductor companies in the world. Dai’s business acumen, strategic thinking, product leadership, endless passion and personal network have contributed greatly to Marvell’s fast rise to success. Her close relationship with her customers and the foundation of the trust shared with them has given her a strong reputation for professionalism and integrity throughout the technology industry.
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Neil Kim
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Marvell
Neil Kim is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Marvell Technology. In this role, Neil oversees Marvells advanced technology and process development efforts. Prior to joining Marvell in 2017, Neil served as the Executive Vice President of Operations and Central Engineering at Broadcom, where he was responsible for all centralized engineering development, global operations and procurement. During his 17-year tenure at Broadcom, he also held a variety of senior management positions in engineering. Prior to joining Broadcom in 2000, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Western Digital. A holder of 33 patents, he earned his BSEE from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Dan Christman
Executive Vice President of Storage Group of Marvell
Dan Christman is the Executive Vice President of the Storage Business Group at Marvell Technology. In this role, Dan oversees Marvell’s HDD, SSD and Networked Enterprise Storage solutions. Dan joined Marvell Technology in 2016 as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning, before assuming his current role in 2017. Previously, Dan served as Chief Marketing Officer at ESS Technology, where he was responsible for product roadmaps and strategy, as well as marketing and global customer relationships. Earlier in his career, Dan spent 17 years at Maxim Integrated in various executive and general management roles, where he earned a reputation for his ability to identify new market trends, grow new revenue streams and transform struggling business units into profitable growth engines. Dan earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in Physics from SUNY Oneonta.
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Matt Murphy
President & Chief Executive Officer of Marvell
Matt Murphy is President and Chief Executive Officer of Marvell Technology. He has led the company since joining in July 2016 and also serves as a member of company’s Board of Directors. In his role as CEO, Matt is responsible for leading new technology development, directing ongoing operations and driving Marvell’s growth strategy. Prior to joining Marvell, Matt worked for Maxim Integrated, where he advanced through a series of business leadership roles over two decades. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of Business Units and Sales & Marketing, overseeing all product development and go-to-market activities. In prior roles, Matt led the company’s communications, data center, and automotive business groups, all of which experienced significant growth under his leadership. Matt earned a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College, and is also a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Nigel Alvares
Vice President of Solutions Marketing of Marvell
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Mitch Gaynor
Executive Vice President, Chief Administration & Legal Officer of Marvell
Mitch Gaynor is Marvell Technology’s Chief Administration and Legal Officer. In this role, he oversees the company’s Human Resources, Legal, Compliance and Government Affairs teams. Mitch has more than 20 years’ experience as an executive officer at publicly-held tech companies where he lead their legal departments. Prior to joining Marvell in 2016, Mitch was an executive officer and General Counsel at Juniper Networks, Portal Software and Sybase, Inc. He started his legal career at the San Francisco law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Mitch previously served as Marvell’s acting Chief Human Resources Officer in 2016, working to transform the company’s work environment into one in which employees can do their best work, grow their careers, and share in the company’s success. Mitch earned a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Syed Ali
CEO, President, & Founder of Cavium
Syed B. Ali is one of our founders and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors since the inception of the company in 2000. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Ali was Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Malleable Technologies, a communication chip company of which he was a founding management team member. Malleable Technologies was acquired by PMC Sierra, a communication IC company in 2000. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Ali was an Executive Director at Samsung Electronics where he started the Flash memory and CPU businesses and put together the business plans that drove sales in each line to over a $100M in less than two years. Prior to that, he had various positions at Wafer Scale Integration, a division of SGS-Thompson, Tandem Computer, and American Microsystems. He received a BSEE from Osmania University, in Hyderabad, India and an M.S.E from the University of Michigan.
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About Alif Semiconductor, Cavium: Cavium Networks develops and markets semiconductor processors for intelligent and secure networks.
Syed Zaheer
Vice President Operations of Cavium
Syed A. Zaheer has served as our Vice President of Operations since 2001. Prior to joining us, from 2000 to August 2001, Mr. Zaheer served as Director of Product and Test Engineering for the Internetworking Products Division of Integrated Device Technology, an integrated circuit supplier, where he brought several high volume processor and PHY products to production. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Product Engineering manager for Centuar Technology, a subsidiary of IDT. He received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India and an MSEE degree from Arizona State University.
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About Cavium: Cavium Networks develops and markets semiconductor processors for intelligent and secure networks.
Anil Jain
Founding Member & Corporate Vice-President, IC Engineering of Cavium
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About Cavium: Cavium Networks develops and markets semiconductor processors for intelligent and secure networks.
Krunali Patel
Vice President Information Technology of Texas Instruments
Krunali Patel is Vice President Information Technology for Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). During her 21 years at TI, she has shown skilled leadership in negotiating complex business models, making strategic investment decisions and driving flawless execution in new product development. In her current role, she oversees a global team of 350 people who provide critical design tools and new product design support for TI. She is also the executive sponsor of TI’s New Product Development Execution initiative, and is instrumental in implementing and measuring product development best practices across the company. Additionally, Krunali serves as a member of the Executive Steering Team for TI’s Women for Technical Leadership (WTFL) program.
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About Texas Instruments: Texas Instruments develops semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors and analog semiconductors.
Terri West
Senior Vice President of Texas Instruments
Terri West is a senior vice president of TI and has global responsibility for the company’s communications, investor relations and public affairs functions. Before her current assignment, she was vice president and manager of strategic communications for TI, responsible for development of the key communications programs and leading cross-functional teams on critical projects. Earlier in her career, West managed the company’s media relations efforts. West joined TI in 1978 as a student intern while attending college. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The University of North Texas in 1982. West is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute and the Conference Board, and is a founding member of the Women of TI Fund. She also is vice president of the Texas Instruments Foundation.
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About Texas Instruments: Texas Instruments develops semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors and analog semiconductors.
Paul Hagelin
Vice President, MEMS Engineering of SiTime
Paul is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. He joined SiTime in 2005 to direct the development and fabrication of SiTime’s microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator devices. Under Paul’s leadership, SiTime delivered the industry’s first production MEMS used in timing and launched revolutionary technologies such as TempFlat™ MEMS, which delivers best-in-class performance, size and reliability for mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables. Prior to joining SiTime, Paul co-founded C Speed Corporation in 1998, where he led the development of MEMS micromirrors for optical switching. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, a Master’s of Science degree in Mechatronics and Optical Engineering from Loughborough University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from U.C. Davis. He holds over 30 patents in the fields of micromachining and optical systems.
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About PowerFlare, SiTime: SiTime Corporation is an analog semiconductor company offering MEMS-based silicon timing solutions.
Doug Bailey
Vice President Marketing and Applications Engineering of Power Integrations
Vice President Marketing & Applications Engineering│Power Integrations│Brand Value In Global Markets.
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About Power Integrations: Power Integrations designs, develops, markets, and manufactures high-voltage, analog integrated circuits.
Yoshinori Yamashita
President and CEO of Ricoh Company
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
David Levine
Vice President Information Security, CISO of Ricoh Company
David Levine is Vice President of Information Security and CISO for Ricoh USA, Inc. In this role, he has responsibility for operational security, security policy, access management, eDiscovery and litigation support and HIPAA compliance. Levine chairs Ricoh’s Security Advisory Councils, leads Ricoh’s Global Virtual Security team and is routinely engaged in customer opportunities to discuss risk and security. Levine has held a wide and diverse variety of positions during his 23-year tenure with the company, giving him a great perspective on technology, the business and security. Levine is a Governing Body Co-Chair with Evanta, a member of Forrester Research’s Security and Risk Leadership Board and the FBI’s InfraGard Program. He holds a BA degree in information systems from Eckerd College.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Bruce Nelson
Vice President, Support Services of Ricoh Company
Bruce Nelson leads the customer support services division at Ricoh. His areas of expertise include technical support, engineering, customer support, remote monitoring, and global support. Bruce has held various positions at Ricoh over the past 25 years, including director of business development, VP of field operations, and VP of support services. With a deep expertise in developing, launching, and improving processes and procedures, Bruce has shared his vast knowledge at Oracle Open World and IQPC.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Dipti Vachani
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Automotive and Embedded Line of Business of Arm Holdings
Dipti Vachani is vice president in the Internet of Things Group and general manager of the Strategy and Solutions Engineering Division at Intel Corporation. Vachani’s organization is responsible for driving the overall strategy, technology direction, industry standards and IoT Edge product portfolio for IOTG.Prior to joining Intel, Vachani served as vice president and general manager of Power, Lighting and Display at Skyworks, maker of analog semiconductors. In that role, she managed product development, applications and operations.Before that, Vachani worked at Texas Instruments for 17 years, where her most recent position was vice president and general manager of the Single Core Processors group , a multinational business unit consisting of ARM MPU, video security and DSP. Also, while at Texas Instruments, Vachani led the creation of the company’s Sitara brand of ARM MPUs.Vachani holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Texas A&M University and an executive MBA degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a graduate of the executive education program at both the Harvard and Cambridge business schools.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Surajit Datta
Vice President of Arm Holdings
Surajit Datta is the Vice President of Corporate Development at Arm since 2017. His role includes leading merger and acquisitions transactions and investments across multiple sub-sectors in technology, including emerging memory, IoT and security. Prior to joining Arm, Surajit was Managing Director at Evercore Partners in New York. He has over 15 years of investment banking experience on Wall Street, leading origination and execution of advisory and capital raising transactions in technology, media and telecom sectors at JPMorgan and Evercore. He has closed over $100 billion of M&A and over $20 billion of financing transactions. Surajit has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a Bachelors of Technology (Honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Rene Haas
President Intellectual Property Group of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Avi Katz
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gigpeak
Founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of GigOptix, Inc. Dr. Avi Katz has served as the Chairman of the board of directors, Chief Executive Officer & President of GigOptix LLC since inception in May 2007 and through its public offering in December 2007. Previously, Dr. Katz served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of iTerra Communications LLC, Intransa Inc., from 2003 to 2005, and Equator Technologies Inc., from 2000 to 2003. Earlier he served in various sales, marketing and operational executive positions following his tenure service as a Member of the Technical Staff in AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, between 1988 and 1995. Dr. Katz is active in philanthropy and among others serves as a board member for the Israeli Venture Network (IVN), a NFP social philanthropy network. He holds more than 70 U.S. and international patents, has published approximately 300 technical papers and is the editor of a number of technical books. Dr. Katz received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Technion-IIT, Israel, and is a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy.
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About Gigpeak: GigOptix provides semiconductor and optical components that enable high-speed information streaming.
Sue Lee
Senior Vice President and General Counsel; Corporate Secretary of Entegris
Sue Lee joined Entegris in April 2016 and is responsible all legal matters for Entegris, including commercial contracts, securities law, and intellectual property. Prior to joining Entegris,Sue Lee was general counsel and corporate secretary with CYREN, a network security firm. Previously she served as general counsel for Harmonix Music Systems, was vice president of business & legal affairs for MTV Networks, and was counsel at Genzyme Corporation. Sue Lee also worked at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York. Sue Lee received her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from Harvard University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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About Entegris: Entegris products purify, protect, and transport critical materials within diverse industries such as semiconductor, data storage, chemical
Bertrand Loy
President and CEO of Entegris
Bertrand Loy has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Entegris, Inc., since November 2012. Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer since 2008 and Chief Administration Officer in charge of global supply chain from 2005 to 2008. Bertrand served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mykrolis from 2001 until the 2005 Merger with Entegris. From 1995 to 2000, Bertrand was the Controller and head of Manufacturing for Millipore’s Laboratory Water Division, before moving to the position of Corporate Chief Information Officer. He began his career with Sandoz Pharmaceuticals (now Novartis) where he held various positions from 1989 to 1995 in Strategic Planning and Finance while based in Europe, Japan and Latin America.Bertrand Loy serves as a Director of Harvard Bioscience, a global manufacturer of a broad range of life science solutions. He also sits on the International Board of SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International).Bertrand holds an MBA from ESSEC Business School in France.
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About Entegris: Entegris products purify, protect, and transport critical materials within diverse industries such as semiconductor, data storage, chemical
Todd Edlund
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Entegris
Todd Edlund is responsible for business unit operations representing over $1 billion in annual revenue. In this position he leads R&D, product management, strategic planning and has P&L responsibility for all product lines.Prior to this role, Todd Edlund served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Entegris’ Critical Materials Handling segment, a business which delivers solutions used in advanced high-technology manufacturing processes. Previously, he led the Contamination Control Solutions Division which specialized in filtration and fluid handling solutions. Todd Edlund began his career at Entegris in 1995 as a marketing manager for fluid handling products and progressed through a variety of leadership management positions. In 2003, he was named Vice President of Semiconductor Sales, a role he served in until 2005 when he was promoted to head the Liquid Systems Business Unit.Before joining Entegris, Todd Edlund held a variety of engineering and management positions at Goodrich Aerospace, Aircraft Sensors Division.
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About Entegris: Entegris products purify, protect, and transport critical materials within diverse industries such as semiconductor, data storage, chemical
Corey Rucci
Vice President, Business Development of Entegris
Corey Rucci joined Entegris in 2008 as part of the Poco Graphite, Inc. acquisition. In his current role, Corey Rucci is responsible for commercialization of emerging businesses, as well as merger and acquisition activities. He is currently leading Entegris’ integration of ATMI, a company it acquired in 2014. Previously, Corey Rucci was Vice President and General Manager of the Specialty Materials Division at Entegris. Prior to that, he held CEO, COO, CFO and President positions at Poco Graphite (now an Entegris business) and served its prevous owners, Unocal Corp, in accounting, marketing and M&A positions since 1981.Corey Rucci received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981 and gained his CPA certification in 1982. He later received an MBA with a concentration in finance from Depaul University in 1991.
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About Entegris: Entegris products purify, protect, and transport critical materials within diverse industries such as semiconductor, data storage, chemical
Gregory Graves
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Entegris
Gregory Graves joined Entegris in September 2002 and was named CFO in September 2006. In his current role, he is responsible for all financial matters for the company, as well as the company’s information technology (IT) function.Gregory Graves previously served the company as the Chief Business Development Officer where he directed the company’s merger, acquisition and strategic planning efforts. Prior to joining Entegris, Gregory Graves established a strong track record of service and achievement in investment banking and corporate development, including positions with Piper Jaffray, RBC Capital Markets, The Pillsbury Company and Deloitte & Touche.Gregory Graves earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Alabama. He then achieved an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
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About Entegris: Entegris products purify, protect, and transport critical materials within diverse industries such as semiconductor, data storage, chemical
Joe Murphy
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Entegris
Joe Murphy is responsible for leading global human resources (HR) activities for Entegris, a position he’s held since joining the company in 2005. He is charged with supplying and developing top industry talent, compensation/benefit programs, recruiting and retention strategies and effective organization development. Entegris employs over 3,500 people in 37 locations throughout 10 different countries. Prior to joining Entegris, Joe Murphy held global HR leadership positions for a variety of companies across different industries, including Cadence Design Systems, Ericsson and General Electric, where he served for 20 years.Joe Murphy received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia
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About Entegris: Entegris products purify, protect, and transport critical materials within diverse industries such as semiconductor, data storage, chemical
Steve Sanghi
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Microchip Technology
Mr. Steve Sanghi was named the President of Microchip in August 1990, Chief Executive Officer in October 1991 and the Chairman of the Board of Directors in October 1993. Before joining the Company, Mr. Sanghi was Vice President of Operations at Waferscale Integration, Inc., a semiconductor company, from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Sanghi was employed by Intel Corporation from 1978 to 1988, where he held various positions in management and engineering, the most recent serving as General Manager of Programmable Memory Operations. Mr. Sanghi holds a Masters of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics and Communication from Punjab University, India.
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About Microchip Technology, Microchip Technology Ireland: Microchip Technology develops and manufactures semiconductor products for various embedded control applications worldwide.
Sean Chen
President of Ambiq Micro
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About Ambiq Micro: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Raouf Halim
President & CEO of Spectra7 Microsystems
Beginning in 2014, Raouf Halim served as CEO and co-founder of icClarity, developing a disruptive 3D video capture solution for applications in AR/VR, mobile, and automotive markets. Prior to icClarity he served for ten years as president, CEO, & board member of Mindspeed Technologies, where he rebuilt the executive team, repositioned their product portfolio, and executed a successful growth strategy for high-performance analog. Previously, Halim was a senior vice president and general manager at Conexant Systems, Inc., formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems. Mr. Halim joined Rockwell in 1991 and held a number of senior business and technical positions, including vice president, and design leader for VLSI engineering. He began his career at Hayes Microcomputer Products developing first-of-their-kind technologies and applications. Mr. Halim’s Master’s degree in electrical engineering was earned at Georgia Institute of Technology, and his bachelor’s degree in communications and electro physics was received from the University of Alexandria, Egypt. Mr. Halim holds 14 patents, and is active in a number of industry and community organizations as well as several advisory roles within the University of California, Irvine.
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About icClarity, Spectra7 Microsystems: Spectra7 Microsystems specializes in the fields of wireless infrastructure and data center active cables.
Joy Weiss
President & CEO of Tempo Automation
Joy Weiss, currently President of Dust Networks at Analog Devices, has held executive leadership positions over the past 35 years at a variety of private and public technology companies. Joy was CEO of Dust Networks, a pioneer in industrial wireless sensor networking, when it was acquired by Linear Technology in 2011, and she has served on the boards of several private companies in Silicon Valley. She is currently on the board of Vigilent and Tempo Automation. Joy is also the Chair of the board of Playworks, a national non-profit based in Oakland, CA. Joy holds a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Analog Devices, InkSpace Imaging, Tempo Automation: Tempo Automation is transforming the way companies innovate and bring new electronic products to market.
Sylvain Dubois
Vice President Business Development and Marketing of Crossbar
Sylvain Dubois joined the Crossbar management team in 2013 as its senior director of strategic marketing and business development.With over 13 years of semiconductor experience in business development and strategic product marketing, he brings a proven ability to analyze market trends, identify new, profitable business opportunities and create precise product positioning that is in perfect sync with market demands to drive market share leadership and business results. Prior to joining Crossbar, Mr. Dubois led strategic product positioning and market engagement for developing new products at Spansion. Responsible for identifying new growth opportunities and expanding the product portfolio, Mr. Dubois was instrumental in defining the Spansion Flash memory product roadmap.From 2002-2006, Mr. Dubois was a System-on-Chip architect of OMAP application processors at Texas Instruments. Mr. Dubois was in charge of the architecture and technology roadmap of DRAM and Flash memory controllers, and developed strategic relationships with major DRAM and Flash memory suppliers.Sylvain Dubois holds a Master of Science in Microelectronics from E.S.I.E.E. (Paris), University of Southampton (UK) and Universidad Pontifica Comillas (Spain).
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About Crossbar: Crossbar is a startup company pioneering a new class of non-volatile resistive RAM (RRAM) memory technology.
Thomas S. Schiller
Vice President, Corporate Development of Skyworks Solutions
Thomas S. Schiller, 45, is vice president of strategy and corporate development for Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He joined the company in August 1993 and is responsible for mergers and acquisitions activities, strategic planning, investor relations, corporate communications and intellectual property business development. Mr. Schiller received a bachelor’s of arts in social sciences with emphasis in economics and political science from the University of California, Irvine and a master’s of business administration from the University of Southern California with specialization in entrepreneurship and finance. In addition, Mr. Schiller has completed executive education programs at the University of California, Los Angeles and at Suffolk University, Boston.
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About Skyworks Solutions: Skyworks Solutions is an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors.
Bruce Freyman
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations of Skyworks Solutions
Bruce J. Freyman, 56, is executive vice president of worldwide operations for Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He joined the company in May 2005. Prior to this, he served as president and chief operating officer (COO) of Amkor Technology and also held various senior management positions, including executive vice president of operations from 2001 to 2004. Earlier, Mr. Freyman spent 10 years with Motorola managing their semiconductor packaging operations for portable communications products. Mr. Freyman received a bachelor’s of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a master’s of business administration from Florida Atlantic University.
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About Skyworks Solutions: Skyworks Solutions is an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors.
David C. Stasey
Vice President and General Manager of Skyworks Solutions
David Stasey, 54, is vice president and general manager of Skyworks’ Diversified Analog Solutions business encompassing the company’s analog, mobile connectivity, RF ceramics and high reliability product portfolios. He joined the company in 2004 and prior to his current role, held various positions within Skyworks’ sales organization including global strategic accounts. Prior to joining Skyworks, Mr. Stasey served as vice president and senior partner at Hatch Associates, Inc., a leading global representative company for Ericsson Microelectronics, specializing in radio frequency and optoelectronic components. Mr. Stasey attended the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and completed Sylvania Technical Institute’s program in analog communication electronics (now part of Wentworth Institute of Technology).
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About Skyworks Solutions: Skyworks Solutions is an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors.
Carlos Bori
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Skyworks Solutions
Carlos S. Bori, 46, is vice president of sales and marketing for Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He joined the company in 2013. Prior to joining Skyworks, Mr. Bori worked for Beacon Electronic Associates, one of the largest North American independent representatives of semiconductor manufacturers, for more than 18 years, serving as Beacon’s president from 2004-2013. Mr. Bori received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a minor in management from McGill University.
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About Skyworks Solutions: Skyworks Solutions is an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors.
Mark Wade
President, CTO, and Co-Founder of Ayar Labs
Mark Wade is the Ayar Labs’ President, Chief Technology Officer, and Co-Founder.
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About Ayar Labs: Ayar Labs develops an optical I/O solution for applications that require high bandwidth and low latency using light to move data.
Bill Brennan
CEO & President of Credo Semiconductor
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About Credo Semiconductor: Credo is a provider of semiconductor solutions for the data center and 5G wireless markets.
Todd Traylor
Vice President, Global Trading of Smith & Associates
Iam owner of Wayne Traylor Farms Inc..Iam also senior consultant.
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About Smith & Associates: Global semiconductor distributor
Behrooz Abdi
President & Chief Executive Office of InvenSense
Abdi, a member of InvenSense’s board of directors since June 2011, was appointed President and CEO in October 2012. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a leader in intelligent semiconductor solutions for the Internet. Before this, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of RMI Corporation (also known as Raza Microelectronics Inc.), a fabless semiconductor company, from November 2007 to October 2009. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of CDMA Technologies (QCT) at Qualcomm, Inc., a provider of wireless technology and services, from March 2004 to November 2007. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he held leadership and engineering positions at Motorola, Inc. where he served as Vice President and General Manager for Motorola’s radio products division, in charge of RF and mixed-signal ICs for the wireless mobile market. He currently is a director at Tabula, Inc. and Exar Corporation. Abdi holds a BSEE from Montana State University and an MSEE from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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About InvenSense: InvenSense provides motion-tracking devices for consumer electronic products such as smartphones, tablets, game controllers, and others.
Mark Dentinger
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of InvenSense
Mark Dentinger joined us in 2014 as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Dentinger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of KLA-Tencor Corporation from September 2008 to August 2013. Prior to joining KLA-Tencor, from February 2005 to April 2008, Mr. Dentinger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for BEA Systems, Inc., until the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation. Mr. Dentinger was with BEA Systems for a total of nine years, during which he held various senior financial and managerial roles within the company. Prior to joining BEA Systems, Mr. Dentinger served in various financial management positions at Compaq Computer Corporation (now Hewlett-Packard) for six years, culminating in his appointment as Director of Finance, High Performance Systems Manufacturing in 1996. Mr. Dentinger received his bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Mary’s College of California and his M.B.A. in finance from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About InvenSense, Veritas Technologies: InvenSense provides motion-tracking devices for consumer electronic products such as smartphones, tablets, game controllers, and others.
Al Heshmati
Vice President of Systems & Software of InvenSense
Al Heshmati joined InvenSense in Dec 2012 and serves as Vice President of Systems & Software. Al has extensive commercial experience in development of location technology, motion sensing solutions, wireless, and SOC design. Prior to InvenSense, he was Vice President of Software at CSR (previously SIRF), and before that he held several engineering leadership roles at Qualcomm, SnapTrack, and Trimble Navigation. Al received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Cal State University, Fullerton. He has 20 US patents issued or pending.
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About InvenSense: InvenSense provides motion-tracking devices for consumer electronic products such as smartphones, tablets, game controllers, and others.
Ryan Benton
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Revasum
Ryan A. Benton has been the chief financial officer of BrainChip (ASX: BRN) since August 2017. Prior to joining BrainChip, Mr. Benton served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Exar Corporation (NYSE: EXAR), which was acquired by MaxLinear Corporation (NASDAQ: MXL) in May 2017. Mr. Benton joined Exar as Chief Financial Officer at Exar in 2012. Prior to joining Exar, Mr. Benton was chief financial officer of SynapSense Corporation, a private venture-backed company. Prior to SynapSense, from February 2007 to May 2012, Mr. Benton was chief financial officer of SoloPower, Inc., a manufacturer of thin-film solar cells and flexible solar modules. From November 2004 to February 2007, Mr. Benton served as a financial consultant for the United States subsidiary of ASM International NV in Phoenix, Arizona, a semiconductor capital equipment company. He also served as chief financial officer for PB Unlimited, an advertising specialty manufacturer from April 2002 through November 2004. Mr. Benton served as corporate controller for eFunds, which was a public company that provides information technology solutions for the financial service industry, where he was employed from September 2000 to March 2002. Mr. Benton began his career in 1991 at Arthur Anderson after receiving a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Benton is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
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About Revasum, Tempo Automation: Revasum provides premiere CMP and grinding technology to critical growth markets such as power, RF communications, LED, MEMS, and solar.
Aakar Patel
Vice President of Business Development of Sendyne
Patel has over 20 years of experience in business development in the energy storage and related sectors. Beginning his career at Duracell Batteries, most recently Patel was the CEO of TeckQuest, where he brought to market over 50 revenue-generating energy storage products and acted as a consultant to several leading household consumer brand companies. Previous to that, Patel was the CEO and President of Leyden Energy, an innovative battery cell manufacturer.
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About Sendyne, TeckQuest: Sendyne develops key semiconductor components and complete battery management system designs for large-scale batteries
Arthur Zafiropoulo
Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Ultratech
Arthur W. Zafiropoulo is Board of Trustees at Northeastern University.
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About Ultratech: Ultratech develops, manufactures, and markets photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment.
Sean O’Day
Founder – President & Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Sean O’Day is the Founder, President, and Chief Commercial Officer at Titan Advanced Energy Solutions.
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About Florida Solar Energy, Titan Advanced Energy Solutions: Titan Advanced Energy Solutions is a provider of ultrasound-based battery management solutions
James Aralis
CTO & Sr. Vice President R&D and Engineering of Microsemi
James Aralis is Board of Director at JEDEC.
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About Microsemi: Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions.
Rick Kauchak
Vice President, Sales of America II Electronics
Rick Kauchak joined America II in 1992 after serving two years in the U.S. Army. After working in distributor and OEM sales for three years, he was promoted to selling manager. Over the next few years, Mr. Kauchak maximized this role to enhance the selling capabilities of his team while continuing to conduct his own daily sales activities. In 1998, Mr. Kauchak called on this experience to step into the position of the first non-selling manager and trainer where he engineered the America II University, the company’s comprehensive training program. This positioned him as a mentor and manager to new America II personnel. In 2001, Mr. Kauchak was promoted to director of OEM sales, a position he held for 11 years while also recruiting for the company and maintaining the America II University. Over this time, Mr. Kauchak continued to help develop and grow the company’s OEM/EMS division. In August 2012, he was named vice president of sales, responsible for overseeing the entire America II inside sales team.
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About America II Electronics: America II Electronics is a semiconductors company specializing in semiconductors and electronic components.
Thar Casey
Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder of Amber Solutions
Mr. Casey is Founder, President and CEO of Amber Solutions, Inc. Prior to Amber, he was President of IDEX America Inc. Mr. Casey also served as Co-Fournder, President and Chief Executive Officer of PicoField Technologies, Inc., which was acquired by IDEX. He is a veteran entrepreneur with a strong background in operations, finance and extensive experience in developing leading technology based companies from product concept to high volume manufacturing. He co-founded Insound Medical and served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations. Insound was acquired by Sonova-Phonak in 2011 for a total of $169 million. In addition, he co-founded Prenateck, a fetal heart rate monitor, serving as Chief Executive Officer. Founded Phantom IT Solutions serving as Chief Executive Officer and also served as Vice President of Finance at the Monterey Bay Bank. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Intelesol, PicoField Technologies, and STR. Mr. Casey holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Hayward.
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About Amber Solutions: Amber Solutions is a developer of patented solid-state technologies for the digital control of electricity.
Mike Watson
Vice President – Product Strategy at Cree of Cree
Michael Watson is the head of marketing and applications at [Cree](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cree), a company that offers lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications. He was previously the chief executive officer of Advonce. Before that, Watson co-founded the Infrared Data Association. He holds a degree in materials engineering from Northwestern University.
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About Cree: To obsolete energy-inefficient lighting.
