Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 27, 2000

Douglas Mitchell – Simtek Corporation (sram)

DOUGLAS M. MITCHELL served as Simtek's Chief Operating Officer from July 1, 1997 until January 1, 1998, at which time he became Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director. Mr. Mitchell has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor and electronics systems industry, holding various marketing and sales management positions. Before joining Simtek, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of a wireless communications company, Momentum Microsystems. Prior to this Mr. Mitchell was Vice President of Marketing with SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, responsible for marketing and applications engineering of Digital Signal Processing, transputer, microcontroller and graphics products in North America. SGS-Thomson had acquired Inmos Corporation where Mr. Mitchell had been Manager, US Marketing and Sales. Mr. Mitchell has held management positions at Texas Instruments and Motorola and has been responsible for various product definition and product development. Mr. Mitchell holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas and a Master's of Business Administration degree from National University. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with an overview of SIMTEK Corporation?

Mr. Mitchell: SIMTEK is in a pretty strong position right now.

Historically we've been supporting nonvolatile memory