Russ Garcia brings over 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry. As vice president of Marketing for Silicon Systems/Texas Instruments Storage Products, he led Silicon Systems overall market strategy, product planning, business development and partnership strategy, culminating in the acquisition of Silicon Systems by Texas Instruments, where he remained as vice president of Marketing and led the growth of Texas Instruments Storage Products Group to over $1B. Most recently he served as president and CEO of u-Nav Microelectronics, a venture-backed fabless GPS semiconductor company leading the development of the first Single-chip GPS device. Additionally, he has held technical and management positions at Plessey Semiconductors and Hughes Aircraft Company. Garcia holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico. |