XMOS - Team

Leadership

Charles Cotton

(Interim CEO)

Previously, Charles was Executive Chairman of GlobespanVirata Inc. the NASDAQ listed, New Jersey based, semiconductor company. Prior to the merger with GlobeSpan, he was CEO of Santa Clara based Virata Corp. He took Virata public on NASDAQ, in 1999, raised $682 million across six financing rounds, executed five acquisitions and established and ran a venture fund. Previously, he was CEO of Shandwic... read more
David May

(CTO & Co-Founder)

created XMOS core technologies. Before founding XMOS, David was Head of Computer Science at University of Bristol, previous to that he spent 16 years in the semiconductor industry at Inmos and then STMicroelectronics. David was the architect of the Transputer and the author of the OCCAM language. David has 33 granted patents and many pending patents centered around microprocessor technology. In 19... read more
Mark Lippett

(VP Engineering)

is responsible for all aspects of product development. Prior to XMOS, Mark was founder and CTO of Ignios. He has 15 years of experience in the electronics industry, with involvement in both blue-chip companies and entrepreneurial ventures. Mark has expertise in multiprocessor IC design, where he holds several patents, as well as architectural exploration and embedded software techniques. Mark hold... read more
Neil Richards

(VP Customer Engineering)

has 26 years experience in the electronics and semiconductor industry working in the UK, USA and Canada. Prior to XMOS, Neil was an engineering Vice President for Conexant Systems in New Jersey, where he led an 80-strong international digital chip design team delivering both network-end and consumer-end xDSL silicon products. He has held a variety of technical, commercial and senior management rol... read more
Joerg Bertholdt

(VP Marketing)

is responsible for strategic marketing, product management, and marketing communications at XMOS. Joerg has over 15 years of experience in the embedded industry and held executive positions at MontaVista Software and Crossbow before joining XMOS. At Wind River Systems, Joerg had various technical, sales and marketing roles and he started his career developing software at the German Aeronautics Ag... read more
Kevin Yoder

(VP Sales)

brings over two decades of semiconductor and software experience directing large and small organizations in achieving results that consistently exceed plan and outperform the competition. At XMOS he is responsible for developing and implementing the sales strategy that targets key vertical segments while expanding the company's horizontal customer base. Most recently Kevin served for four years as... read more
Shankar Pennathur

(VP Operations & Manufacturing)

joined XMOS from Oxford Semiconductor, where he was the Vice President of Operations, managing several functions in Manufacturing Operations. Shankar's broad experience in fabless semiconductor company operations includes silicon technology, IP procurement, packaging, yields, planning, logistics, and subcontractor management. Prior to Oxford Semiconductor he held technical and managerial positions... read more
Nick Bishop

(Head of Finance)

joined Xmos after holding the post of Director of Finance for nearly 8 years at Cramer Systems, where he was responsible for group finances and was heavily involved in raising capital, an acquisition and the successful trade sale of Cramer to Amdocs. Nick began his career with KPMG and before joining Cramer worked at a high level within several dynamic early stage and high growth companies. Nick h... read more
Board

William B Elmore

(Chairman)

created Foundation Capital in 1995. He is currently serving on the board of directors for Biz360, CloudShield, Pathworks, Quartics, Solarflare Communications, SpringCM, MSDSonline, TeaLeaf Technology, Venafi, Vernier Networks, Virtugo Software, and previously at Atheros Communications (ATHR) and Wind River Systems (WIND). Before Foundation Capital, Bill held a number of positions including General... read more
Charles Cotton

(Interim CEO)

Previously, Charles was Executive Chairman of GlobespanVirata Inc. the NASDAQ listed, New Jersey based, semiconductor company. Prior to the merger with GlobeSpan, he was CEO of Santa Clara based Virata Corp. He took Virata public on NASDAQ, in 1999, raised $682 million across six financing rounds, executed five acquisitions and established and ran a venture fund. Previously, he was CEO of Shandwic... read more
Dr Hermann Hauser

(Non Executive Director)

co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover and Peter Wynn. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, he has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors. These include Acorn Computers, Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel, and Cambridge Network Limited. He was a founder director of IQ (Bio), IXI Limited... read more
Alan Duncan

(Non Executive Director)

has been in the venture capital industry for more than 20 years, initially through establishing a corporate venturing fund for Ferranti and then with Foreign & Colonial Ventures and Newmarket Venture Capital. He joined Prelude in 1996 and is responsible for a portfolio of Esprit’s electronics and computer related investments. Alan has an electronic engineering background and gained his indus... read more
Hitesh Mehta

(Non Executive Director)

has extensive experience as a venture capital investor in high technology companies with significant operational experience. Hitesh is a General Partner at Acacia Capital and previously a General Partner of Amadeus Capital Partners Limited. His operational experience includes being Managing Director of Fayrewood plc as well as a variety of senior positions at IBM UK. Hitesh, an IBM Scholar, gradua... read more
David May

(CTO & Co-Founder)

created XMOS core technologies. Before founding XMOS, David was Head of Computer Science at University of Bristol, previous to that he spent 16 years in the semiconductor industry at Inmos and then STMicroelectronics. David was the architect of the Transputer and the author of the OCCAM language. David has 33 granted patents and many pending patents centered around microprocessor technology. In 19... read more

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