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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Canada based CEO’ operating in the Semiconductor space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Charles Allan
CEO of NXTSENS Microsystems
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About NXTSENS Microsystems: NXTSENS Microsystems is a performance leading fabless semiconductor company that provides tailored sensing, timing.
Glenn Bindley
President & CEO of Redlen Technologies
Glenn was a co-founder and senior executive of PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS). As General Manager of its largest division, Glenn helped grow PMC-Sierra into a global semiconductor leader. Currently, Glenn is CEO of Yaletown portfolio company Redlen Technologies, a maker of semiconductor materials used in medical imaging and solar energy applications. Under Glenn’s leadership, Redlen has transitioned from R&D to commercial production and sales with a customer list that includes GE, Siemens, Spectrum Dynamics and First Solar. An engineer/MBA, Glenn began his career in technical, product management and business development roles with Nortel and MPR Teltech
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About Redlen Technologies, Yaletown Partners: Redlen Technologies is a leading manufacturer of high resolution Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) semiconductor radiation detectors.
Jim Seto
Chief Executive Officer of ePIC Blockchain Inc.
Jim Seto is CEO at ePIC Blockchain Technologies.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), ePIC Blockchain Inc.: Blockchain Semiconductors and Systems for Cryptocurrency and Enterprise Applications
Ron Glibbery
Co-Founder and CEO of Peraso Technologies
Ron has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry in both the technical and commercial aspects of the business. He founded Peraso Technologies in September 2008, and closed $10M Series A financing for the company in October 2009. Ron was also the founder of Cogency Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company focused on the development of modems for use in powerline networking. While at Cogency, Ron sat on the Board of Directors of the HomePlug Alliance, the predominant standard in the powerline networking market. Cogency was sold to Intellon Corporation in 2004, and Mr. Glibbery become President of Intellon at that time. Intellon was subsequently purchased by Atheros (NASDAQ: ATHR) for $244M in December 2009, and the bulk of the original Cogency engineering team continues to operate in Toronto, ON.
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About Peraso Technologies: Peraso Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company developing multi-gigabit, millimeter wave single-chip transceivers for phones.
Andrew Skafel
President and CEO, Director of Edgewater Wireless Systems
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About Edgewater Wireless Systems: Edgewater Wireless develops a new radio architecture for Wi-Fi that solves the issues of capacity and interference in Wi-Fi performance.
Faez Ba-Tis
CEO of Sheba Microsystems
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About Sheba Microsystems: Developer of MEMS micro-actuator technology to enable lower power, slimmer, and faster AF and OIS in compact cameras.
Chris Eliasmith
co-CEO, President, Chief Science Officer of Applied Brain Research
Chris Eliasmith is a co-CEO at Applied Brain Research.
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About Applied Brain Research: ABR makes the world’s smallest edge AI chip for time-series processing and the world’s most advanced neuromoprhic compiler.
Peter Suma
Chairman, Co-CEO of Applied Brain Research
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About Applied Brain Research: ABR makes the world’s smallest edge AI chip for time-series processing and the world’s most advanced neuromoprhic compiler.
