Forum Speakers
Syed Ali
President, Chief Executive Officer and ChairmanCavium Networks
Syed B. Ali is Chairman, President & CEO of Cavium Networks, a publicly listed semiconductor company he founded in 2000 that specializes in building microprocessors for networking, communications, security and storage applications. Syed has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor business having worked in various roles in design engineering, marketing/sales and business management. From 1998-2000, he was founding team member and Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Malleable Technologies, subsequently acquired by PMC-Sierra, a communication chip company in 2000. From 1994-1998, Syed was Executive Director at Samsung Electronics. Syed Ali has also held various positions in product design and development at Wafer Scale Integration (acquired by ST Microelectronics, Italy), Tandem Computer (a division of Hewlett Packard), and American Microsystems Inc. Syed is the holder of 5 US patents and has authored or co-authored several papers. He holds a BE from Osmania University, in Hyderabad, India, and an MSEE from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
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Simon Atkinson
Chief Executive OfficerMirics Semicondcutor
Simon is a 24-year industry veteran. He was a founder of RFIC specialist Mosaic Microsystems, successfully acquired by Analog Devices (ADI) in 1996 where he led work on 2G/3G radios. Simon was previously with LSI Logic, and started his career with Plessey (now Zarlink) – a leading supplier of broadcast RFICs.
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Peter Bacon
ChairmanElectronics Link Japan Ltd
Established ELJ in June 1996, opened Yokohama office January 1998. Worked in Philips for 27 years, including 5 years in Tokyo, Japan (85-90) as Sales and Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, for Philips' IC Division. Seconded to DTI from 1993-1996 as Export Promoter for Electronics to the Japan market, and then held position of Director of International Operations, Japan Electronics Business Association (JEBA) from 1994 to 2002 in addition to running ELJ.
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Jalal Bagherli
Chief Executive OfficerDialog
Dr. Jalal Bagherli joined Dialog Semiconductor in September 2005 as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Dialog Semiconductor, he was Vice President & General Manager for the Mobile Multimedia business unit for Broadcom Corporation and the CEO of Alphamosaic. Dr Bagherli has extensive experience of the semiconductor industry with a wealth of knowledge about the Far Eastern, European and North American markets, gained through his previous professional and executive positions with Texas Instruments and Sony.
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David Baillie
Chief Executive OfficerCamSemi
Mr. David Baillie has over 20 years of international semiconductor experience in general management, marketing, sales and technical roles. He has worked in successful start-ups that have grown to be established companies such as LSI Logic and C-Cube Microsystems where he initially established their European operations before taking on executive management roles in the USA with worldwide responsibility. Baillie has a Masters Degree in Microelectronics and Business Studies and a Bachelors degree in Applied Physics, both from Durham University, UK.
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Tom Beese
Chief Executive OfficerClearSpeed Technology
Tom Beese has been ClearSpeed's chief executive officer since September 2000. He joined the group from Hewlett-Packard where he was a member of the functional management team of the Data Protection Organization and focused on the identification of new markets and development and exploitation of new technologies. He joined Hewlett-Packard after an Executive MBA at the University of Bath and gained his original business experience, after leaving the Army, in consulting and in the development and turn-around of start-ups.
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Stan Boland
Chief Executive Officer & PresidentIcera
Stan Boland is President & CEO of Icera Inc., a new 'pure play' cellular wireless chipset and software company. Stan graduated in Physics from Cambridge University in 1981. After an early career with Rolls-Royce, Bell Resources, Bricom and ICL, he joined Acorn Computers in 1997 and was appointed CEO in 1998. In 1999, he led the acquisition and VC backing for a core part of Acorn – its high-performance microprocessor design group - renamed Element 14. In late 2000, he sold the Company to Broadcom Corporation in a paper transaction valued at $640M, generating a 32x return for investors. In 2002, Stan co-founded Icera Inc, which now employs over 200 staff in 4 countries around the world. Icera plans an IPO for late 2009.
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Lew Boore
Vice President MarketingNemeriX
With almost 20 years in the semiconductor industry, predominantly in mobile wireless communications and GPS, Lew most recently was VP of Marketing for u-Nav. Lew has held numerous positions in product development, sales, strategic business development and marketing in wireless semiconductors, developing markets, sales opportunities and partnerships in Asia, EMEA and the America's.
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John Bourgoin
President and CEOMIPS Technologies, Inc.
John Bourgoin brings more than 30 years of semiconductor experience to his role, drawing from past roles in business management and microprocessor development at MIPS Technologies and AMD, and earlier, in engineering management at Motorola Semiconductor Products Division in Phoenix, AZ. Previously, Mr. Bourgoin was senior vice president of Silicon Graphics, Inc., and president of the MIPS Group of SGI. Prior to that, he was group vice president of the Computation Products Group at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Mr. Bourgoin received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University.
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Tudor Brown
Chief Operating OfficerARM Holdings
Tudor Brown was one of the founders of ARM. Before joining the Company, he was Principal Engineer at Acorn Computers, where he worked on the ARM R&D programme. At ARM, he was Engineering Director and Chief Technical Officer from 1993; in October 2000, he was appointed Executive Vice President (EVP), Global Development and in October 2001 he was appointed to the board as Chief Operating Officer. He is a non-executive director of ANT plc.
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Ray Bulger
Co Founder and Chief Executive OfficerDuolog Technologies
Ray was managing director of Silicon and Software Systems (S3) for five years. He was responsible for European and Asian operations. Prior to that he was director of marketing and sales and helped diversify the company's international customer base. He joined S3 in 1987 and set up several areas of the company's silicon technology foundation. Previously he spent six years working in the US in Silicon Valley designing IBM mainframes and supercomputers. He holds honors engineering and maths degrees from Trinity College Dublin.
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Mike Bursell
CISSP, MBA European Technical ManagerCerticom Corporation
Mike Bursell joined Certicom in 2006, as European Technical Manager. Starting his career in software engineering, Mike soon specialised in security, and has worked in a number of roles for European and North American companies with experience of hardware, software, audit and operational concerns. Recent projects have involved work with companies requiring crypto-enabled IP cores, cloning protection and secure key storage.
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Flynn Carson
Vice President Emerging TechnologySTATSChipPac
Flynn Carson is VP of Emerging Technology at STATS ChipPAC, Inc responsible for new product and technology introduction, especially in the area of advanced 3D packaging. He has over 19 years experience in the semiconductor packaging industry supporting production and developing new products. Flynn received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science from University of California, Davis.
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John Ciacchella
Managing Principal, US Technology Industry PracticeDeloitte Consulting LLP
John Ciacchella's 20-plus year career as a technology advisor combines his considerable tenure in management consulting with eight-plus years of direct industry experience in the semiconductor and electronics industry, where he held key positions in marketing, R&D, and manufacturing. He holds two patents in semiconductor processing technology, Mr. Ciacchella is the Managing Principal for the Deloitte U.S. Technology Industry practice. Mr. Ciacchella holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco, and an MBA in Technology Management from Golden Gate University.
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Keith Clarke
Vice President Operations Processor DivisionARM
Keith Clarke is Vice President of Operations, Processor Division at ARM. Keith has been with ARM since 1993, initially working on ASICs and then became a part of the team that developed the ARM7TDMI processor. He has held various positions in ARM including VP Engineering and VP Technical Marketing, starting his current role in January 2008. Prior to ARM, he spent three years designing ASICs for the aerospace industry. Keith graduated with a B.Eng. in 1989 from Southampton University, UK. He is a Chartered Member of the IET
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Charles Cotton
Non Executive DirectorLibrary House
Charles is Non-Executive Director of Library House and has extensive experience running global private and public technology companies based in the US and Europe. He is also Director of Solarflare Communications; a Supervisory Board Member of Tele Atlas. Previously, he was Executive Chairman of GlobespanVirata Inc., semiconductor company. Prior to the merger with GlobeSpan, he was CEO of Santa Clara based Virata Corp. Previously, he was a Partner at Schofield Maguire. Before that he was CEO of Shandwick Europe; President of Boston Mass. based Thermal Scientific Inc, and a Director of London Stock Exchange listed Thermal Scientific Ltd. Prior to that he was Sales and Marketing Director at Sinclair Research Ltd. and held senior Operations, Finance, Marketing and Product Planning positions at British Leyland and Ford. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and has a BA Hons. in Physics from Oxford University.
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Andrea Cuomo
Executive Vice President, General Manager, Sales & Marketing, EuropeSTMicroelectronics
Andrea Cuomo joined SGS-Microelettronica (a forerunner company of STMicroelectronics) in 1983. A special mission he has continued to cover since then has been that of developing strategic alliances with partners. Since 1998, he has led the organisation within ST which develops the advanced architectures that drive key strategic applications. He became Executive Vice President in 2005, while taking on the responsibility of Chief Strategic Officer. In January 2008 he was appointed General Manager of Sales and Marketing for Europe.
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Dr. ir. Carl Das
Director Europractice IC ServiceIMEC
Dr. ir. Carl Das received the degree of electronic engineer from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1977 and the PhD degree in 1984. Since 1986 he is employed by IMEC where he started offering the Multi Project Wafer prototyping service. Since 1995 he is director of the EUROPRACTICE IC Service.
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Guillaume d'Eyssautier
President & Chief Executive OfficerpicoChip
Guillaume d'Eyssautier is President and Chief Executive Officer at picoChip. d'Eyssautier joins picoChip from Cadence Design Systems, where he was Senior VP and General Manager EMEA. Prior to joining Cadence, d'Eyssautier served as Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at IBM Technology Group, which was comprised of IBM Microelectronics and Storage. He also worked for Conexant (Rockwell Semiconductor Systems), GEC-Plessey Semiconductors, Philips Semiconductors, Signetics Corp. USA, and Matra Harris Semiconductors. d'Eyssautier was educated in France.
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Neil Dickins
DirectorIC Resources
In 1999 Neil Dickins co-founded IC Resources, a specialist semiconductor recruitment company operating across engineering and commercial disciplines throughout UK and Europe. Sister companies IC Software and IC 3E undertake software and electronics / mechanical recruitment respectively. Prior to IC Resources, Neil was a founding member of Orion Electrotech. He was educated in Canada, gaining a 1st Class BA Hons from McMaster University.
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Bryan Dickman
CPU Engineering ManagerARM
Bryan Dickman is the Verification Manager for ARM's Processor Division. Since joining ARM in 1996, Bryan has held several roles including Engineering Management of the Cambridge Processor Engineering Group during the period of development of ARM11 family CPU cores. Prior to ARM he spent 9 years designing IO subsystems for Mainframe Servers with ICL. He holds a BSc in Physics from Leeds University, UK and is also a Chartered member of the IET
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Alexander Duesener
Group Director EMEA MarketingCadence Design Systems
Alexander Duesener serves as Cadence Group Director of EMEA Marketing based in Munich, Germany since May 2006. In this role, Duesener is responsible for field platform, kits and corporate marketing throughout EMEA. Since joining Cadence early 2005, Duesener has been instrumental in helping to define and drive implementation of innovative marketing strategies around core products, and new strategic initiatives such as Cadence kits for vertical markets and product segmentation as Technical Advisor to the Senior Vice President, Marketing. Prior to Cadence, Duesener spent 6 1/2 years at Intel in a variety of positions. Duesener began his Intel career in 1997 in Swindon, UK, spent 3 years in Munich, Germany, and subsequently moved to the company's Portland, Ore., location. Duesener holds a Double Diploma in European Business Studies including a BA(Hons) from Oxford Brookes University (UK) and a Dipl. Betriebswirt from Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany).
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Gordon Fairley
ASIC & Foundry Marketing ManagerIBM Microelectronics
Gordon Fairley is the European Marketing Manager for Foundry and ASIC. He joined IBM in July 2001 and served as European Marketing Manager for ASICs prior to establishing IBM's European foundry business. Prior to joining IBM he served as the European Marketing Manager for ASIC and network products at Toshiba Electronics Europe based in Dusseldorf Germany. This was preceded by a career within custom semiconductor design, firstly at Qudos Limited, Cambridge and afterwards at Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited, Manchester, England.
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James Foster
President & Chief Executive OfficerXMOS Semiconductor
James Foster (President, CEO & Co-Founder) is responsible for the management of XMOS Semiconductor, and is a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to founding XMOS James was the CEO of Oxford Semiconductor a global leader of storage and connectivity silicon. Previous to Oxford James had various engineering and commercial roles at Lucent and Lattice Semiconductor.
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Peter Frith
Chief Technical OfficerWolfson Microelectronics plc
Peter Frith joined Wolfson as an analog circuit designer in 1985, initially designing custom mixed signals chips for many applications including communications, military, industrial and audio. From 1990 he lead a low power communications circuit design group, in 1996 transforming that group into the audio converter design group that produced Wolfson's first standard audio DAC and Codec products. As this activity expanded, from 2000 he assumed responsibility for Wolfson's New Product Definition activity and in 2006 was appointed CTO. He is currently tasked with adding further new technologies to Wolfson's growing mixed signal chip portfolio.
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Laurence Garrett
Partner3i
Laurence Garrett is a technology partner for 3i. He joined 3i in 1994 from the San Francisco office of Deloitte and Touche. With a degree in Computer Science from Sheffield, and an accountancy background, he specialises in semiconductor and wireless communication investments for 3i. His investments include CSR, Cambridge Seminconductor, UbiNetics, TTPCom, Elixent and Trigenix.
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Mike Gera
General Partner, Pond Venture PartnersPond Venture Partners
Based in Europe, Mike has over 20 years experience in the IT domain. He has helped drive businesses in the Software, Semiconductor, Wireless and Wireline communications areas. Mike came to Pond from Merrill Lynch & Co. where he advised technology companies in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Prior to Merrill, he served in a number of engineering and strategic development roles with Eureka Software in Berlin, Germany. Before moving to Germany, Mike was with the Computing Department at Imperial College, London where he focused on Software Engineering and on Neural Networks. He is the author of several publications. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, and a bachelor's and PhD in Computer Science, both from Imperial College. He speaks English, French, German, Italian, Maltese, Russian and Spanish. Mike serves on the board of Air Semiconductor Inc., Mirics Semiconductor Inc., and TIOTI Inc.
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Stephen Graham
Chief Executive Officer & Co-FounderAir Semiconductor
Steve has worked for over 17 years in the semiconductor industry and in particular has extensive experience of the cellphone market. Prior to co-founding Air he served for 7 years at Renesas Technology building and managing the pan-European RF marketing group. He was previously at GEC Plessey Semiconductors in Swindon, initially developing radio IC's for cellphones and later moving to marketing RF components into cellphones and cellular network equipment. Steve co-founded Air Semiconductor in 2006 to develop highly innovative continuous location solutions for mobile consumer devices based on GPS technology. He holds an MBA and a masters degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.
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Russell Haggar
DirectorEnlightened Technology Ltd.
Since starting as a design engineer in the 1980s, Russell has held senior engineering and commercial roles with datacoms equipment, fabless semiconductor, technology consulting and venture capital companies. Most recently, he was VP Marketing at SiConnect after five years in early-stage venture capital with Prelude Ventures and Esprit Capital Partners, before which he was with Element 14 (acquired by Broadcom), Scientific Generics, Madge Networks and Marconi.
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Jack Harding
Chairman, President & Chief Executive OfficereSilicon Corporation
Jack Harding brings more than 20 years of executive management experience in the electronics industry to eSilicon. Prior to co-founding eSilicon, he served as president and CEO of Cadence Design Systems. Previously, Harding was president and CEO of Cooper & Chyan Technology, which was acquired by Cadence in 1997. Harding also served as executive vice president of Zycad Corporation. He began his career with distinction at IBM. Harding earned his bachelor's degree in economics and chemistry from Drew University. He serves on the board of directors of RF Micro Devices, Inc., is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies and a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Harding is a member, and has served as a Steering Committee member, of the Council on Competitiveness. He has also served as a National Academies' Committee member for Software, Growth and the Future of the U.S. Economy.
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Jeremy Hendy
Senior Marketing DirectorArtimi
Jeremy Hendy is Senior Marketing Director at Artimi, where he is responsible for Artimi's range of Certified Wireless USB and next-generation Bluetooth solutions. With more than 20 years experience in the electronics industry, Hendy has worked on a wide range of wireless communications and digital video techologies, including MPEG, DVB, 802.11, Bluetooth, GSM, 3G & DECT. His previous experience includes a variety of technical and commercial roles at Texas Instruments, Symbionics, Cadence & Aspex Semiconductor, and holds a first class honours degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Liverpool.
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Jed Hurwitz
Chief Technical Officer & Vice President EngineeringGigle
Jed co-founded Gigle in September 2005 and serves as CTO and VP Engineering. Prior to Gigle Jed co-formed ST Microelectronics mobile imaging business group, and led the specification and development of mobile camera modules which have shipped in high volume and delivered significant revenues. Jed also led the creation of an open mobile industry camera standard, SMIA. Jed became a leading figure in the imaging community and is an active member of IEEE, where he serves on the ISSCC technical committee. Previously Jed has held principal technology roles in Vision Group, Matra MHS and PSL, always in the area of mass market consumer mixed-signal CMOS ICs.
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Mike Inglis
Executive Vice President, Sales and MarketingARM
Mike Inglis joined ARM as EVP, Marketing in June 2002 and was appointed to the board in August that year. He became EVP, Sales and Marketing in January 2007. Before joining ARM, he worked in management consultancy with A.T. Kearney and held a number of senior operational and marketing positions at Motorola. He previously worked in semiconductor sales, marketing, design and consultancy with Texas Instruments, Fairchild and BIS Macintosh and gained his initial industrial experience with GEC Telecommunications. He is a chartered engineer and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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Mark Eric Jones
President and Chief Executive OfficerInnovative Silicon Inc.
Mark-Eric Jones joined Innovative Silicon, a semiconductor memory technology company as CEO in August 2004. Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager at MoSys, Inc. in Sunnyvale, California, responsible for building the memory technology Intellectual Property (IP) licensing business from its creation in 1998, including the completing the company’s IPO road-show with the CEO in 2001. From 1996 to 1998 he was director of Mentor Graphics Corporation's "Inventra" division after Mentor Graphics acquired 3Soft Corporation which he had run as CEO from 1992 until 1996. Mr. Jones was founder and CEO of MEJ Electronics Ltd. (renamed 3Soft Ltd.) in the UK from 1976 until 1996. Mr. Jones has served as president of the Board of RAPID, the semiconductor IP trade association. He has an M.A. degree in Electrical Sciences from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Dr. Jens Kosch
Chief Technical OfficerX-FAB Group
Dr. Jens Kosch, CTO and director of design support and technology development, drives all technology directions for X-FAB, the world’s largest specialty foundry group, which manufactures silicon wafers for analog-digital integrated circuits. Prior to X-FAB, Dr. Kosch served as director of the Design Center at Thesys Gesellschaft für Mikroelektronik mbH. He holds both master of science and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Ilmenau Technical University, Germany, with a concentration in electronic components.
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Kenn Lamb
Chief Executive OfficerCyan Technology Ltd
Kenn joined the Board of Cyan Holdings in April 2007 and Cyan Asia a subsidiary business based in China since 2005. From 2001 to 2006, Kenn was CEO of Elixent where he completed a successful sale of the business to Matsushita of Japan. Prior to Elixent he was Senior Vice President Sales at ARC International plc where he managed the restructuring of its north American and international sales team. Before joining ARC, Kenn was Managing Director of Actel Inc's European FPGA businesses. After working for AMD in the valley in the 80s he returned to manage pan European EDA and semiconductor operations in the 90s but has been focusing on Asia since 2001.
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Carlos Azeredo Leme
Chief Technical Officer and Vice President Wireless SolutionsMIPS Technologies, Analog Business Group - Chipidea
Before assuming his current position as CTO and executive vice president of MIPS Technologies' Analog Business Group, Carlos Leme was a co-founder of Chipidea Microelectronics S.A., where served as chief technical officer and executive vice-president of the IP Wireless Systems Division. At Chipidea, Carlos Leme worked in the areas of audio, power management, RF and analog front-ends for cellular, wireline communications and sensors. Leme is also a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Engineering University (IST) in Lisbon, Portugal. He holds an Engineering Degree in EE and a doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Switzerland. He has published more than 75 articles in book chapters, international journals and conferences.
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Dr. Nicky Lu
Chairman, GSA Asia Pacific Leadership CouncilChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Etron Technology, Inc.
Dr. Nicky Lu founded Etron Technology, Inc. in 1991 and currently serves as the company's president and CEO. He also serves as managing board director of Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) and Association of Allied Industries in the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park. Dr. Lu holds over 24 U.S. patents and has published more than 50 technical papers. He was endowed as "Outstanding Alumni" from National Chiao-Tung University and the Electrical Engineering School of National Taiwan University. He received the Year 2000 National Medal of Excellence in Science and Technology from the Premier of Republic of China. He was elected to be a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1991, and was honored to be elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1999. Dr. Lu received the "IEEE 1998 Solid State Circuits Field" award. Dr. Lu earned his bachelor's in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1981.
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Ajit Manocha
Executive Vice President of World Wide OperationsSpansion
Manocha is responsible for all aspects of Spansion's global manufacturing operations, IT and supply chain management, including product cost, yields, quality, reliability, on-time delivery, manufacturing cycle times and customer service. A seasoned semiconductor expert, Manocha has held several senior executive and management positions at NXP, Philips Semiconductors, AT&T Microelectronics and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Most recently, he was executive vice president and chief manufacturing officer at NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors). While at NXP, Manocha has most recently been a member of the Board of Directors of International SEMATECH, the Crolles Alliance (a 300mm development and manufacturing joint venture between STM, Freescale and Phillips), ASMC (a publicly traded foundry in China) and chairman of the Board of Directors of SSMC (a joint venture between NXP and TSMC). Ajit will continue as an advisor to NXP on Industrial Strategy and maintain advisory board roles in a couple of local start-ups.
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Maria Marced
PresidentTSMC Europe
Per November 19, 2007 Mrs. Maria Marced is appointed President of TSMC Europe. Maria is responsible for driving the development, strategy and management of TSMC Europe. In 2005 Maria became Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sales and Marketing at NXP Semiconductors/Philips Semiconductors. Maria joined Philips Semiconductor in September 2003 as Senior Vice-president and General Manager of the Connected Multimedia Solutions Business Unit overseeing Philips' semiconductor solutions for Connected Consumer applications. Maria joined Philips from Intel where she developed her professional career over 19 years, reaching the top position in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region as Vice President and General Manager. Prior to Intel, Maria worked in Spain for several companies. Mrs. Marced holds a Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain.
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Brian Markwalter
Vice President, Technology & StandardsConsumer Electronics Association
Brian Markwalter is Vice President of Technology and Standards for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), a trade association with more than 2100 members representing the $140 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. Mr. Markwalter is responsible for overseeing CEA's ANSI-accredited standards development operation and provides key engineering support to the association and its membership groups. Mr. Markwalter represents CEA's technical interests in industry and international venues related to digital television, spectrum management, standards and intellectual property, and energy efficiency. Mr. Markwalter has a long history of standards activities, including participation in ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 SC 25 on home electronic systems, Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, and Advanced Television Systems Committee digital television standards. Mr. Markwalter is currently on the ATSC Board of Directors. Prior to joining CEA, Mr. Markwalter worked as Director at Intellon Corporation. Mr. Markwalter holds BS and MS EE degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a licensed professional engineer.
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Eric Mayer
VP Production Partner ManagementInfineon Technologies AG
Mayer is Vice President Production Partner Management in Infineon's Operations. Previously he worked as Senior Director Corporate Benchmarking and Director of Mergers & Acquisitions. Prior to joining Infineon, Mayer was an Associate Director for KPMG Corporate Finance after starting his career at the Daimler-Benz Group in various management positions in Singapore, Munich and Stuttgart. Mayer's academic background is in International Law with studies at the universities of Mannheim, Lausanne, Cambridge (UK) and Heidelberg. Additional experiences comprise practicing law in Hong Kong and executive education at Babson College and Harvard Business School.
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Sean Mitchell
Chief Executive OfficerMovidia
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Dr. Sankara Narayan
Vice President Quality ManagementNXP Semiconductor
Dr. Sankara Narayan joined Philips Semiconductors in 1993, after 8 years of working in Philips Research, in the area of Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) for analog signal processing and imaging applications. The following five years he was responsible for process technology development in the Chief Technology Office. Since 2000, he is in the current role as vice president of Quality for NXP semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors).
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Adrian O'Connor
Director Semiconductor Sales EMEAIBM Microelectronics
Adrian O’Connor has had an extensive career in the electronic component industry, with over 20 years international semiconductor experience in sales, marketing and technical roles. He currently heads the IBM Microelectronics sales and marketing organisation in EMEA, a position he has held since 2004. He has been based in Geneva, Switzerland since he joined IBM in 1999. Mr. O’Connor, a native of Limerick, Ireland, graduated with a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Limerick in 1986 and earned an MBA in 1999.
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Dr. Jalil Oraee
Founder/Chief Technical OfficerOxford Semiconductor
Dr. Jalil Oraee co-founded Oxford Semiconductor, the market leader in external consumer storage devices, in 1992. He has since made a significant contribution to the development of the 1394 storage market. Jalil has served on the board of directors of the 1394 Trade Association since 2002 and he was elected to the executive team of the 1394TA in 2003. He began his career in CAD at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and then joined the VLSI team of AEA. Jalil is the chief architect of a new video transport protocol for 1394 systems, which has tremendous potential in automotive multimedia applications.
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Sir Robin Saxby
Founding Chief Executive Officer and ChairmanARM
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Jodi Shelton
Executive DirectorGSA
Jodi Shelton is one of the founders of GSA, serving as executive director since its inception in July 1994. Shelton has helped GSA grow to more than 450 corporate members. Under her leadership, GSA has flourished into a highly respected association improving the image and credibility of the fabless/outsourcing business model. In her role as executive director, Shelton oversees the daily operations of GSA, ensuring that the Association is focused on its defined vision and goals. She acts as the key liaison between GSA and the business community at large, making presentations to high-level executive audiences and appearances at financial and industry conferences. Shelton earned her bachelor's degree in political science from San Diego State University and her master's degree in political science from the University of Houston.
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David Srodzinski
Chief Executive Officer & FounderElonics
David has 20 years' extensive multi-national experience in the consumer electronics industry. Prior to founding Elonics David held senior positions with a number of semiconductor companies in the UK including Intel, Level One Communications and Wolfson Microelectronics. David leads Elonics business and product strategy and ensures that Elonics' commercial objectives and business model is aligned with the needs of global partners. David received a B.Eng from Bristol University UK in 1988 and an MBA from the University of Southampton Management School in 1996.
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Stuart Strickland
Vice President LBS Strategic Business UnitCSR
Stuart Strickland leads the location business unit at CSR. He has previously served as director of GPS products at SiGe Semiconductor, as software architect at Siemens Mobile Networks and at Rohde & Schwarz, and as a member of the faculty of Northwestern University. Stuart earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science from Harvard University.
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Vincent Tong
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Quality and New Product IntroductionsXilinx, Inc.
Vincent Tong is responsible for quality assurance for silicon, software and IP solutions. His global organization is chartered with continuous improvement of the company’s quality methodology for design, manufacture, training, measurement, post-sale customer support, and reliability engineering. Tong is also responsible for test, package, assembly development, yield improvement and product engineering for all new product introductions, and mature products in production. In addition, he manages advanced technology partnerships (e.g., wafer foundries, subcontractors, supply chain). Tong joined Xilinx in 1990 after serving in a variety of development, design, fabrication technology, product and test engineering positions at Monolithic Memories and AMD. Tong holds a B.S. in engineering and computer science from the UC Berkeley, and completed the executive development program at Stanford Business School. He holds seven U.S. patents.
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David Tournatory
Design Center ManagerVolterra
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Chris Turner
Business Development Manager, Semiconductor IndustryCambridge Consultants
Chris Turner is responsible for Cambridge Consultants' business development activities in the semiconductor industry where the company offers its XAP processor IP and mixed-signal RF ASIC design expertise. Chris's previous career roles include Chief Engineer at Acorn Computers, Head of Operations at the Olivetti Research Laboratories, Business Development Director at YogiTech and Vice President of Operations and MIS at Virata Corporation. Chris is a registered European Engineer and an IET Fellow.
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Jamie Urquhart
Venture PartnerPond Venture Partners Ltd
Based in Europe, Jamie Urquhart is a Venture Partner with Pond. Jamie is highly experienced in global technology licensing businesses. Currently a board member at picoChip, Jamie was with ARM Holdings plc, from its inception in November 1990 until November 2002. During that time he undertook a number of roles, including Chief Operating Officer and Director, and latterly Chief Strategy Officer. Before that he was with Acorn Computers Limited, joining in 1984 as a VLSI Design Engineer, becoming VLSI Design Manager of the VLSI Design Group. Jamie is also a non-executive director of Imperas, nCipher, Antenova, and SplashPower. Jamie holds a BSc from Bath University in Physical Electronics.
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Massimo Vanzi
Founder and Vice President Business DevelopmentAccent International Group
Massimo Vanzi is a highly experienced manager with over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor and EDA industries and in the last 13 years specializing in electronic product realization services business. In his 13 years in Accent Massimo contributed to make the company one of top Electronic Contract IC Design House in Europe and one of top 20 in the world from a small start-up of five engineers in 1993. After earning his doctor engineering’s degree in electronics in 1976 from the University of Genoa (Italy) and his Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1979 from Stanford University (California), Massimo worked with Signetics, SGS-Thomson, Innovative Silicon Technology and STMicroelectronics.
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Dr. João Vital
Vice President of Data Conversion Solutions, Analog Business GroupMIPS Technologies, Inc.
Before assuming his current position, João Vital co-founded Chipidea in 1997. As Vice President of Data Conversion for Chipidea, Vital led the Data Conversion Systems Division, providing competitive solutions for the demanding video, imaging and high-speed data communications markets. Vital developed research work at the University of Pavia, Italy, as well as at UCLA and Oregon State University. He has more than 50 publications in international journals, book chapters and conferences, and is a co-holder of a European and U.S. patent filed by British Telecom. Vital received a doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1994 from the Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal. He is also a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Engineering University (IST).
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Steve Wainwright
General Manager EMEA, Vice President Sales & MarketingFreescale Semiconductor S.A.
Steve joined Freescale in June 2005 as the VP of Sales in EMEA based in Geneva, and was promoted to his new position in January 2008. With 25 years experience in the semiconductor business Steve has held various senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and Business Development. Prior to his current role, Steve was VP of Sales for the IBM Microelectronics business in Europe. Steve holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management.
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David Wollen
Chief Executive OfficerInnovision
David joined Innovision R&T in January 2006. Previously he held main Board positions at Renesas Technology Europe and Hitachi Europe, where he was General Manager of the Mobile and Smartcard Business Units, and also at Hitachi Microsystems. Prior to that he was for 10 years General Manager of Dialog Semiconductor, which he joined as the founding Marketing Director and where he established the US organisation. His career also includes several other VC-backed start-up activities and he held senior business and engineering management positions at Texas Instruments and DEC.