Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 4, 1999

Donald Colvin – Atmel Corporation (atml)

DONALD COLVIN joined Atmel in 1995 as Chief Financial Officer of the Atmel-ES2 subsidiary and was promoted to Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Atmel in March 1998. Before joining Atmel through the company's acquisition of ES2, Mr. Colvin spent nine years with Motorola Inc., in Europe in various financial positions. He left Motorola in 1985 to join ES2 as Financial Director for France. He became Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ES2 in 1991. Mr. Colvin holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of Atmel Corporation?

Mr. Colvin: A quick history of the company. It was created in early 1985

and went public in 1991. It's over $1 billion in sales. The