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Andrea Cuomo was born in Milano Italy in 1954 and studied Nuclear Sciences at the Polytechnic of Milan with a special focus on analog electronics.
He joined the Italian semiconductor manufacturer SGS Microelettronica in 1983 as a System Testing Engineer and until 1988 he held various positions up to Product Manager in the automotive computer and industrial product segments within the Monolithic Microsystems Division of SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (now STMicroelectronics). In 1989 when the Division became the Dedicated Products Group Cuomo was appointed Director of Strategy and Market Development. A special mission he has covered since then has been that of developing strategic alliances with top customers.
In 1994 he was appointed Vice President responsible for the Headquarters Region. In this position he had responsibility for corporate strategic marketing and the advanced application labs. He also had direct responsibility for sales to strategic accounts which have played a key role in the company’s success.
In October 1998 Cuomo was appointed Vice President responsible for the newly created corporate organization called Advanced System Technology (AST) with the mission to develop the advanced architectures that drive key strategic applications. Under his leadership AST has played a key role in the creation of system knowledge to support ST’s System-on-Chip (SoC) roadmaps. In January 2002 he was promoted to Corporate Vice President AST General Manager.
In January 2005 Cuomo took on further responsibilities as Chief Strategic Officer. In addition to his existing role as head of AST Andrea Cuomo is now in charge of Corporate Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property Capacity and Capital Planning Business Development Mergers and Acquisitions Knowledge and Education as well as R&D Programs and Technology Coordination.
At the beginning of 2005 Andrea Cuomo also became Executive Vice President following the formation of the ST Corporate Executive Committee comprised of six corporate executives in addition to the CEO and the COO. | 