Press Release
Syrus P. Madavi joins Akros Silicon Board of Directors
Former Burr-Brown, JDS Uniphase executive brings more than 20 years of leadership
and mixed-signal integrated circuit experience
to fast-growing networking semiconductor company
Folsom, CA – October 14, 2005 -- Akros Silicon Inc., a developer of highly integrated
and innovative mixed signal and digital processing ICs for converged Ethernet
networking and power appliances, today announced that Syrus P. Madavi has joined
the company’s Board of Directors as an external Director. Mr. Madavi brings Akros
Silicon unmatched executive-level experience in analog, mixed-signal and
communication semiconductor experience and is one of the world’s foremost experts
in mixed-signal semiconductor design and production.
Mr. Madavi has served as President and Chief Operating Officer at JDS Uniphase, the
world’s leading fiber-optic communications company. He also served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Burr-Brown, the leader in high-performance analog and
mixed-signal ICs. Under his leadership, the valuation of Burr-Brown increased from
$100 million to $7 billion, and the company was acquired by Texas Instruments in
2000. As a Texas Instruments executive, he managed over $1 billion in fiber optic
and wireless communication businesses.
“Akros Silicon’s products are exciting to me because they deliver on all of the
promises of mixed-signal design: lower cost, greater integration, smaller size, lower
power and greater reliability,” said Mr. Madavi. “They have a world-class engineering
team and incredible technology. My immediate goal is to help guide them through
their early phases of design and ensure that the fundamental architecture is built to
last and grow with the company.”
“We are honored and extremely pleased to have Syrus Madavi join our Board. His
experience building, growing and managing companies like Akros is unmatched, as is
his technical leadership in the field of analog and mixed signal solutions,” said Akros
Silicon President and Chief Executive Officer J. Francois Crepin. “He understands the
complexities and nuances of bringing mixed-signal CMOS technology into highvolume
production and knows what it takes to grow both chip designs and design
teams. He will be a catalyst for our growth and success.”
About Syrus P. Madavi
Mr. Madavi has over 20 years of executive-level experience in analog, mixed-signal,
and DSP Integrated circuit semiconductor products. Currently, Mr. Madavi is the
President of SPM Capital, a private investment firm focusing on semiconductor
industry. Previously, he managed a number of high-technology companies including
as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Burr-Brown Corporation, a
provider of high-performance analog and mixed-signal ICs; as Director, President and
Chief Operating Officer of JDS Uniphase: and as SBE Senior Vice President of the
high-performance analog business sector of Texas Instruments.
Previously, Mr. Madavi managed other businesses as President of Raytheon
Semiconductor, and Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell's Signal
Processing Technologies. Other employments include engineering and marketing
positions with General Electric and Analog Devices.
Mr. Madavi holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree
in Computer Science, both from Stevens Institute of Technology, as well as an MBA
degree in finance from UCLA.
About Akros Silicon
Bringing Intelligence to the Network Edge
Akros Silicon Inc.,(“Akros” is Greek word for “edge”), a developer of highly integrated
and innovative mixed signal and digital processing ICs for converged Ethernet
networking and power applications, enables intelligent appliances on the edge of the
network in the fast growing internet appliance arena.
A fabless semiconductor company located in Folsom, California, Akros Silicon Inc.
focuses on developing highly disruptive and innovative integrated circuits using
advanced mixed analog and digital signal processing, digital signal processing and
algorithmic techniques.
Akros’ highly differentiated and IP-protected integration, using standard high volume
CMOS process technology, opens a huge opportunity for new silicon solutions for use
in the fast growing Internet and network appliance marketplace.
For more information, please visit www.AkrosSilicon.com
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