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Carlo Emanuele Ottaviani was born in Voghera (Italy) in 1943. He developed a passion for electronics early on and, while studying Political Science at university in Milan, he also specialized in electronics and telecommunications.
He began his career in 1965 in the Advertisement and Public Relations Office of SIT-SIEMENS, today known as ITALTEL. Along with the promotion of the audio business of the company, he soon took over responsibility for the activities of the associate semiconductor company ATES Electronic Components. As his responsibilities at SIT-SIEMENS broadened to cover all corporate sectors related to electronics, his involvement and commitment to the field of semiconductors have steadily grown to this day.
ATES merged with the Milanese-based SGS in 1971, and Ottaviani was given the responsibility of Marketing Communications of the newly formed SGS-ATES. In 1975, he was appointed Head of Corporate Communications worldwide, and has maintained this position ever since. The company, renamed SGS Microelettronica, merged with Thomson Semiconducteurs of France in 1987, making SGS-THOMSON a global player in the semiconductor industry. In May 1998, the company changed its name to STMicroelectronics.
Today, STMicroelectronics has about 50 000 employees, 15 manufacturing sites and 78 sales offices in 36 countries. The Corporate Communication Department activities include media relations, advertising, exhibitions, and public relations.
ST went public in 1994 at the New York Stock Exchange and Paris Bourse (presently called Euronext Paris) and since 1998 is listed at the Borsa Italiana in Milan. In the meantime, it has consolidated its position both in ranking and technological leadership amongst international semiconductor companies.
In January 2002, Ottaviani was also appointed President of STMicroelectronics Foundation, a non-profit organization created by the corporation to disseminate specific aspects of ST corporate culture: deep-rooted commitment to sustainable development as illustrated by its accomplishments over the past 15 years in energy conservation, recycling, and research in alternate energies; and firm belief in corporate social responsibility with active involvement in and sponsorship of humanitarian projects such as its computer literacy program deployed in countries worldwide where ST operates. | 