Cliff Hirsch Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Grenoble, Isere, FR

GreenWaves is a fabless semiconductor company designing disruptive ultra-low power RISC-V based embedded solutions for image, sound and vibration AI processing in power constrained devices. The Greenwaves GAP9 processor revolutionizes advanced hearables with ultra-low latency noise cancellation, neural network-based background elimination and 3D sound..

Newark, NJ, US

Data-centric cybersecurity solutions advisory to financial, insurance, healthcare and pharma. DLP; data audit, protection & compliance; least-privilege access; visibility & access control; email security (phishing, BEC, etc.). Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

US

Varying roles with O2Micro over the years ranging from LED lighting PMIC promotion to battery management system (BMS) business development. In current role:Secured design wins at #1 & other tier-one power tool companies in N.AmericaSecured design wins at #1 power tool company in EuropeSecured design wins at #1 cordless vacuum cleaner company.

Weston, Massachusetts, US

• Publisher of Semiconductor Times - see Semiconductor Times entry.Business and corporate development services specializing in helping emerging companies secure business with high volume tier-one customers in N. America.
• Strategic planning for tier-one semiconductor company. Created and facilitated long-term strategic planning session for executive team, resulting in multiple new product initiatives.
• M&A advisory for analog and RF semiconductor company. Successfully closed sale of Incide, S.A. to IXYS. See http://www.ixys.com/news/IXYS20140417.pdf
• Valuation analysis for public military electronics company
• Li-Ion Battery Management & Protection IC business development – ongoing. Direct sales for tier-one European and North American customers, resulting in numerous new tier-one engagements and the company's largest BMS IC.
• Partnership development for ByteLight, an indoor location services company. Created the partner program, driving high-level engagements with more than 50 companies. Drove project execution for a tier-one data center..

• Publisher and editor of Semiconductor Times, a subscriber funded industry newsletter focused on semiconductor startups and emerging trends.
• Analyzed over 4,000 emerging technology companies, resulting in depth and breadth in a wide range of emerging technologies as well as an extensive global C-level relationships.
• Expanded subscriber-base globally to venture capitalists, investment bankers, and industry insiders.
• Built company into a worldwide brand name publisher of multiple technology newsletters for industry insiders and the investment community.

• M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory service specializing in emerging technology companies. Representative assignments:
• Buy-side advisory for public networking company seeking strategic growth. Developed acquisition strategy, identified targets and conducted due diligence, resulting in short-list of vetted acquisition candidates.
• Due diligence for thermoelectric company at behest of Board of Directors. Assessed company strategy, technology & operations, resulting in short- and long-term operations recommendations, as well as strategic and exit.
• Corporate spinout of $20M thermal management division. Created and drove process to spinout low margin business unit, resulting in discussions with more than 60 companies.

US

Managed sales in the Eastern US, Canada, Europe, Israel and IBM worldwide. Spearheaded multi-region corporate strategy for IBM, growing revenue from zero to $17 million per quarter, accounting for ~50% of company sales. Captured proprietary graphics controller design-win at NEC, the company’s only PC design-win. Established and managed independent.

San Jose, CA, US

Sales engineer for top OEM and distribution accounts including Bull, Cabletron, Chipcom, Data General, GTE, HP/Apollo, LTX, Motorola, Raytheon, Sun, Stratus, and Teradyne. Effectuated product mix shift from commodity SRAMs to high margin proprietary products. Drove and captured sales of company’s most complex products, including SPARC processors and the.

Santa Clara, California, US

Managed customer development programs with DEC, Data General, Teradyne, HP and Wang, driving ECL gate array design-wins to production. Captured new customers including Tektronix and Cray. Discovered fatal flaw in gate array design methodology that resulted in dead chips; created and managed adhoc team that worked after-hours to resolve the problem. Wrote.

Santa Clara, California, US

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