Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 29, 2002
KENNETH LOWE is currently the Vice President of Business Development and
Corporate Communications for Sigma Designs, Inc. His role in this
position includes developing strategic partner relationships, directing
public and investor relations, directing trade show and special
promotions and managing market research. Mr. Lowe has more than 20 years
of industry experience in a wide variety of marketing and business
management roles primarily focused on multimedia technologies. Mr. Lowe
joined Sigma in May 2000 as Vice President of Marketing and was promoted
to Vice President of Business Development in January 2001. Immediately
prior to joining the company, he served as the Director of Multimedia
Marketing for Cadence Design Systems. Before this, he was Vice President
of Marketing for Chrontel Inc., a consumer semiconductor company focused
on TV encoder products. Prior to Chrontel, Mr. Lowe was the Director of
Marketing for the Multimedia Division of Sierra Semiconductor, where he
directed the launch of a new line of graphics/video controllers. Prior
to this, he was the Director and Principal Analyst of Dataquest's
Microcomponents Service, where he led the market research and analysis
for microprocessors, graphics/video controllers and core logic devices.
Before joining Dataquest, Mr. Lowe founded his own technology company,
Performix and also held marketing management positions at WYSE
Technology, Personal CAD Systems and Gould-Biomation, as well as an
Engineering position at Watkins-Johnson. Mr. Lowe holds a BSEE degree
from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo,
California. Profile
Mr. Lowe: Sigma Designs is a manufacturer of MPEG decoding solutions for
broadband set-top appliances. We have, as a result, two
