Achronix Semiconductor is a privately held fabless corporation based in Santa Clara, California. Achronix builds high performance data acceleration chips for data center compute, AI/ML, 5G wireless infrastructure and high speed networking applications. We build standalone devices, data center acceleration cards and also license our IP and tools chain for companies building SOCs & ASIC.

Qualtré brings an array of design and process innovations to inertial sensing. Qualtré's inertial sensor designs are based on "bulk acoustic wave" (BAW) technology, a unique new platform for inertial sensors. Qualtré's high-frequency BAW technology brings tremendous value in the gyroscope arena.

Octasic Inc. is a global provider of media and wireless modem processing silicon and software solutions for the converged carrier, enterprise and end-point communication equipment markets. The company’s leading quality VoIP and multi-standard wireless basestation DSP solutions are based on Opus, a unique clock-less DSP architecture. Octasic allows next-generation equipment manufacturers to significantly reduce system costs by offering unmatched performance in terms of density and power consumption. Founded in 1998, Octasic is a privately-held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Managed >$100M FPGA and ASIC business focused on consumer and automotive applications.Fastest growing segment of programmable logic market in a broad range of applications, LCD/Plasma displays, cell phones, set top box, in car navigation, entertainment and driver assistance. Building IP partner alliances and joint software developments for delivering complete integrated solutions. Managing business margin, revenue growth and maximizing return on investments.

Responsible for strategic planning of complete product portfolio: FPGA and CPLD device families, Quartus EDA development tools, IP portfolio and reference platforms/development kits. Developing strategic customer relations and quantifying their future product requirements. Defining new product strategy, analyzing market size and growth rates, development costs, competitive position risk analysis and return on investment. Annual R&D budget >$250M. CTO role in presenting company strategic product roadmap to investors, worldwide press and strategic customers. Support strategic patent portfolio analysis and approval board.

Developed an efficient 100+ worldwide field application organization to support a rapidly growing programmable logic market. Coordinated the activities of worldwide distribution technical support organization to maximize design win activity. Developed design win methodology to focus resources on top opportunities and provide consistent technical support and training across all geographies.

Developed product positioning and technical support documentation for new gate array and cell based products.

Responsible for training and technical support for Northern European customers, designing gate arrays and standard cells.