picoChip President and CEO appointed to Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors
(Business News, 12 May 2008 )
picoChip announced that the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA – formerly the FSA – Fables Semiconductor Association) has appointed Guillaume d’Eyssautier, its President and CEO, to the GSA Board of Directors. In addition to his new role, Mr. d′Eyssautier will continue to serve on GSA’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Leadership Council (EMEA).
Educated in France, Guillaume joined picoChip from Cadence Design Systems, where he was senior vice president and general manager EMEA. Prior to joining Cadence, Guillaume served as vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at IBM Technology Group, which was comprised of IBM Microelectronics and Storage. He has also worked for Conexant (Rockwell Semiconductor Systems), GEC-Plessey Semiconductors, Phillips Semiconductors, Signetics Corp. USA, and Matra Harris Semiconductors.
The GSA board is comprised of 22 industry executives selected by the organization’s semiconductor members. Guillaume d’Eyssautier will fill the director position previously held by John Urwin, vice president, operations, Wolfson Microelectronics who retired last month.
