Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 11, 2013

Interview with the President and CEO: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC)

Gopi, Paramesh
Paramesh Gopi joined Applied Micro Circuits Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2008 and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2009. On April 29, 2009, Dr. Gopi became a member of the company’s board of directors. From September 2002 to June 2008, he was with Marvell Semiconductor, where he most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded and Emerging Business Unit. At Marvell, Dr. Gopi held several executive-level positions including Chief Technology Officer of Embedded and Emerging Business Unit, and Director of Technology Strategy. From June 2001 to August 2002, Dr. Gopi was Executive Director of Strategic Marketing and Applications at Conexant Systems, Inc., a mixed-signal processing company. He joined Conexant Systems, Inc. as part of its acquisition of Entridia Corporation in 2001. Dr. Gopi founded Entridia Corporation, a provider of network processing ASICs for optical networks, in 1999. Prior to Entridia Corporation, Dr. Gopi held principal engineering positions at Western Digital and Texas Instruments, where he was responsible for the development of key mixed signal networking products. Dr. Gopi holds a Ph.D. in electrical and computing engineering and a master’s and Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Profile
TWST: Can you begin with a brief introduction to Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, including some highlights from the company’s history and an overview of your current