Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 21, 1997
THOMAS (TOM) J. ENGIBOUS was elected president and chief executive
officer of Texas Instruments Incorporated, one of the world's leading
electronics companies, in June 1996. Mr. Engibous joined the company in
1976, the same year he earned a master's degree in electrical
engineering from Purdue University. He has spent all of his operational
career in the company's semiconductor business, beginning as an
integrated circuit design engineer and eventually becoming manager of
the entire business. By the middle 1980s, Mr. Engibous had assumed
management responsibilities of TI's linear products business and was
elected semiconductor group vice president. In 1991, he was named
manager of the applications specific products business and semiconductor
group senior vice president. In 1993 Texas Instruments executed a
series of strategic transitions to reposition each of its major
businesses, and Mr. Engibous was named corporate executive vice
president and president of the semiconductor group, where he turned in
record profitability and growth for TI. In addition to his TI duties,
Mr. Engibous participates in various associations and activities. He is
a member of The Business Roundtable and an associate member of the
Dallas Citizens Council, as well as a member of the Institute of
Electronic and Electric Engineers (IEEE) and the Purdue University
Engineering Visiting Committee. In addition to his master's degree, Mr.
Engibous also holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from
Purdue and was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering at Purdue in
May 1997. Profile
Mr. Engibous: The semiconductor content has been increasing year by
year, and what that has done is provided a very, very
