Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 7, 2002
AMNON FISHER was named President & CEO of ChipX in December 2003. He has
more than 25 years of engineering and executive management experience in
the semiconductor industry. Previously, Fisher served as President and
CEO of Genesis Microchip [NASDAQ: GNSS], guiding the company to a
leading position in image processors for consumer and PC-display
products. Under his leadership, the company's market share grew from 28
percent and $50 million in annual revenue in year 2000 to 70 percent and
more than $200 million in revenue in 2003. During the last year, Fisher
was an Entrepreneur In Residence with VantagePoint Venture Partners.
Fisher also served as General Manager and Vice President of the Consumer
Products Divisions at NeoMagic and at LSI Logic, where he was
responsible for a $400 million business servicing set-top-box, digital
TV, and digital camera products. He was also Vice President and General
Manager of LSI Logic's Computer Products Division, where he managed the
company's core-based "system-on-a-chip" business. Fisher also held
engineering management and engineering positions at Fujitsu
MicroElectronics and Digital Equipment Corporation. He began his career
at National Semiconductor in 1978. Fisher holds an MS in Electrical
Engineering from City College of New York and a BS in Electrical
Engineering from Israel Institute of Technology. Profile
Genesis Microchip?
Mr. Fisher: Genesis was founded about 12 years ago as a Canadian
company. It has gone through multiple,
