Bio
Experience
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NCM International, Inc.
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San Jose, CA
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President/CEO
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Jan 2005 - Present
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San Jose, CA
Run international operations with emphasis on voluntary training of overseas personnel in semiconductor technologies and IC fabrication techniques
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Vishay Siliconix
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Santa Clara, CA
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Exec Sr. Vice Pres., Head Power IC Division
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Jun 2001 - Dec 2004
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Santa Clara, CA
Hired to head the Power IC Division, which had continuous decline of revenues and major losses. Even under "no-new-hire" policy and various corporate restrictions, managed to make the division profitable.
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Impala Linear Corporation
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San Jose, CA
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CEO/CFO
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Apr 1999 - Jun 2001
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San Jose, CA
Joined as CFO, but assumed overall corporate responsibilities. Within 6 months turned the company around, leaving a loss of over $14 million to record a first month profit and by November 2000, achieved a first year profit. Promoted to CEO; but declined.
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Unitrode Corporation
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San Jose, CA
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Design Center Manager
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Oct 1994 - Apr 1999
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San Jose, CA
Hired to start a design center in Silicon Valley, which specialized in SCSI products. After 4 years, responsible for a full product line which generated over $89 million in revenues.
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Exar Corporation
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San Jose, CA
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Engineering Manager
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May 1992 - Oct 1994
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San Jose, CA
Joined as a ground-level product engineer, quickly promoted to Engineering Manager of New Products Development. Increased revenues from $2 million annually to $15 million when left.
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NCM Corporation
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Santa Clara, CA
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President/CEO
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Jul 1979 - May 1992
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Santa Clara, CA
Started high-tech company with $2,000. Made it profitable every year from inception to dissolution due to personal health issues.
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Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
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Santa Clara, CA
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Vice President of Engineering
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Oct 1977 - Jul 1979
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Santa Clara, CA
Responsible for design and production of corporate time-keeping, telecom and memories products
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Monsanto Electronics, Inc.
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Palo Alto, CA
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Sr. Staff Engineer
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Jan 1977 - Oct 1977
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Palo Alto, CA
Applications of LED products
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Integrated Circuits International, Inc.
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Sunnyvale, CA
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Director of Engineering
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Jan 1975 - Jan 1977
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Sunnyvale, CA
Responsible for telecom, time-keeping and memories products
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Teradyne, Inc.
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Chatsworth, CA
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Sr. Staff Engineer
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Mar 1974 - Dec 1974
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Chatsworth, CA
Helped develop the J-293, a CMOS-dedicated automated test system and sell 12 of these plus a few J-283's to overseas and domestic customers
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Fairchild Semiconductor, Inc.
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Mountain View, CA
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Design Engineering Manager
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Jun 1969 - Mar 1974
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Mountain View, CA
Hired as part of the "brain drain" program. Responsible for new development and the introduction of CMOS components to Fairchild product lines.
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Transitron Electronics Corporation
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Maidenhead, England
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Design Engineering Manager
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Oct 1966 - Jun 1969
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Maidenhead, England
Head the design center for TTL components and solid-state memories products used in PDP-11 computers
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Zuse KG
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Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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Development Engineer
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Mar 1964 - Aug 1966
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Bad Hersfeld, Germany
Responsible for solid-state component selection for Z-23, the very first European computer built with integrated circuits.
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Education
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1962 - 1964Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
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1958 - 1963Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
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1956 - 1958University of Saigon, Vietnam
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