Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 7, 2003

Anil Gupta – Aristos Logic Corporation

ANIL GUPTA is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aristos Logic Corporation. He is responsible for all aspects of the company's business and operations. He sets the company's strategic direction and provides leadership to ensure future growth. Mr. Gupta has over 20 years of senior management experience with Fortune 500 companies. Prior to founding Aristos Logic, he was the Vice President of VLSI engineering for Western Digital, where he oversaw product development organizations in California, Rochester and Singapore with a staff of over 180 professionals. Earlier, he spent four years as a Director of WD's Singapore Design Center. He established this design center from the ground-up, acquiring all necessary equipment, recruiting and training engineers from various countries worldwide and getting the organization fully operational in less than six months. Prior to joining WD, Mr. Gupta worked for Intel. He was a key member of the 80486 microprocessor development team. He also worked on several generations of Intel's graphics and communications co- processors. In addition to being a highly regarded executive in the US, he has traveled extensively to Asia Pacific and Europe and has extensive contacts with business executives at various multi-national companies. Mr. Gupta holds a BSEE from India and an MSEE from Clarkson University in New York. He also holds several patents in the computer storage field and has received wide acclaim in the international press. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with a short capsule summary of

Aristos Logic?

Mr. Gupta: Aristos Logic was founded about two and a half years

ago with a team of 26 people that 'spun out' of