Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2003
BAMI BASTANI has been President and Chief Executive Officer of
ANADIGICS, Inc., since September 1998. ANADIGICS, Inc., is a
leading supplier of high performance RF integrated circuits used
in a variety of high-volume wireless and broadband communications
applications. Dr. Bastani has a successful track record in
several top ranked semiconductor companies including Intel,
National and Fujitsu. In 1980, he joined Intel Corporation as the
Senior Device Engineer where he was involved in memory (DRAM) and
microprocessor technology development. In 1985, Dr. Bastani
joined National Semiconductor (Fairchild) as the Technology
Development Manager for high speed BiCMOS processes. He served at
National in several executive positions including Vice President,
Technology Development, before his promotion to Executive Vice
President, Fairchild Semiconductor Division and Vice President
and General Manager, Embedded Technologies Division. He was
responsible for four product lines and three manufacturing sites
within the division. In 1996, Dr. Bastani joined Fujitsu
Microelectronics, Inc., in California as Executive Vice President
for System LSI Group, where he lead semiconductor business units
in networking and processing information for worldwide markets.
Dr. Bastani holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Arkansas College of Engineering. In 1977, he
received his MSEE and earned his PhD in 1980 from Ohio State
University. Dr. Bastani has written over a dozen publications on
semiconductor devices and holds three US patents in semiconductor
technology. Profile
and an overview of the company as it is now?
Dr. Bastani: ANADIGICS started as a private company in 1985. It
went public in
