R. Paul Gupta

R. PAUL GUPTA is President and CEO of Quality Semiconductor, Inc. He
has served as President of the company since June 1994 and CEO since
March 1996. He served as Vice President of operations from August 1992
until June 1994. Mr. Gupta has more than 30 years of experience in the
semiconductor industry. As President and CEO, he is responsible for the
day-to-day running of the company’s business and for controlling the
direction of new product development. Prior to joining Quality
Semiconductor, Inc., in 1992, Mr. Gupta held various top management
positions. From 1988 to 1992, he was President of Blackship Computers, a
systems integration company. From 1983 to 1988, he held various
management positions including President at General Electric’s Intersil
semiconductor operation. He was responsible for the complete, world-wide
day-to-day operation of the company’s business. He was responsible for
streamlining business and factory-planning functions, to enable Intersil
to more accurately project product flow requirements, and for marketing
support activities for U.S. and offshore sales activities. Prior to
joining Intersil, Mr. Gupta held various management positions at
Raytheon’s Semiconductor Operation in Mountain View, California. Before
Raytheon, Mr. Gupta was with Fairchild Semiconductor. He received his
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California
State University in San Luis Obispo.