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Study Group: Semiconductor Experts in GLG Member Programs (US)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 502

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Paul Massie
Sr. Director of IT and Facilities
Genesis Microchip Inc.

Paul Massie is the Senior Director of Information Technology at Genesis Microchip, a fabless semiconductor firm with 1,200 employees. He is responsible for all IT functions at a growing US$ 300MM company based in multiple countries. Previously, Mr. Massie was the Director of IT Infrastructure at Openwave...

William Santille, Jr, CIO, Uline, Inc.William Santille, Jr
CIO
Uline, Inc.

William Santille was most recently (1/08) a VP of IT at ABN AMRO a Fortune 100 firm, where controlled a yearly budget of $420MM of the global yearly budget of $2.6B. He is now CIO of Uline Inc, a privately held firm with over $1.2 Billion in annual revenue. He controls a yearly budget of over $80 MM...

Dieter Mackowiak
Principal
Independent Consultant (Dieter Mackowiak)

Dieter Mackowiak is a Senior Executive Advisor to global Semiconductor and Electronics companies working more than 30 years in this industry. Previously, Mr. Mackowiak was the Senior Vice President at Samsung Semiconductor USA and an Executive Advisor to the President of Samsung USA. He specializes...

James "Jim" Cantore, President, JLC AssociatesJames "Jim" Cantore
President
JLC Associates

Jim Cantore is President and Chief Analyst at JLC Associates. He provides technology and strategic marketing consulting, special projects and market intelligence services to information technology, high technology and semiconductor sectors. He has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry....

Sam Wang
President
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas (SMIC)

Sam Wang, Ph.D., is the President at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas, a wafer foundry. He is also the venture partner of Asenqua venture, a venture fund based in the Silicon Valley. He serves as the Board Advisor of Sunsil Inc., a semiconductor firm representing wafer...

Mel Burks, Founder / Senior Partner, Tech Quest Research, LLCMel Burks
Founder / Senior Partner
Tech Quest Research, LLC

Mel Burks is currently Founder and Senior Partner at Tech Quest Research, LLC. Mr. Burks has over 25 years of experience in process engineering and semiconductor manufacturing from the Front-end to the Back-end. He is experienced in all wafer fabrication processes and knowledgeable on advanced process...

Israel Beinglass, Ph.D.
Managing Director
ISB Ventures

Israel Beinglass, Ph.D., is the Managing Director at ISB Ventures. He was most recently (until 2006) the Chief Technology Officer & Chief Marketing Officer at Applied Materials. He is now working as an independent consultant to the industry. Dr. Beinglass has over 25 years of experience in semiconductor...

Mark Oskowsky
Principal
Wireless Tech

Mark Oskowsky has formed his own hi-tech development consulting firm exclusively focused on wireless technology after spending over 25 years in various engineering and management positions at cellular, satellite, semiconductor and wireless telecommunication companies...

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Red Hat Focuses on Virtualization | 09-05-2008
Analysis of: Red Hat buys virtualization company for $107M | triangle.bizjournals.com
Author: Paul Massie, Sr. Director of IT and Facilities, Genesis Microchip Inc.

Red Hat’s acquisition of Qumranet will strengthen their virtualization offerings, thus providing more competition for VMWare and Microsoft.  Qumranet’s technology will move Red Hat significantly forward, particularly on desktop virtualization.  This is starting to raise the question of whether...

Eagle finds a white knight. | 09-04-2008
Analysis of: Teradyne Coughs Up $250M For Eagle Test | www.forbes.com
Author: Neil Kelly, Semiconductor Test Consultant, Neil Kelly

Industry consolidation in this case will not lead to a reduction in available products in the short term, so is of little immediate benefit to the industry as a whole.  Verigy will be the strongest out of the remaining SOC test companies as they alone benefit from the economics of single platform,...

No Recession For Computer Hardware | 08-26-2008
Analysis of: Computer Hardware: Recession-Proof? | www.businessweek.com
Author: Paul Massie, Sr. Director of IT and Facilities, Genesis Microchip Inc.

Both the server and PC markets seem to have held up very well during the past months, and barring a catastrophic collapse of the economy, likely will continue to do well.  Credit must go to the innovations in both technology and business processes achieved primarily by HP, Dell and Intel.

Open Source vs. VMWare and Microsoft | 08-21-2008
Analysis of: Xen Community proposing the latest feature set for 3.3 | weblog.infoworld.com
Author: Paul Massie, Sr. Director of IT and Facilities, Genesis Microchip Inc.

The next evolution of Xen software puts further pressure on VMWare’s market share and margins.  This is a clear indication that VMWare’s business model will require a major overhaul sometime in the next year or two.  Microsoft will be less impacted since they have less today. 

California's Public K-12 Education System Is Worsening | 08-12-2008
Analysis of: California at the Front of Education Trends | www.usnews.com
Author: Jason Ma, Board Director and Sr. Counselor, IvyMax, Inc.

1) The Calfornia public K-12 education system has been suffering from budget cuts for decades, is not at the forefront, and is these days among the bottom 10% of the states in terms of standards and results. 2) It used to produce higher-quality student results two decades ago but since...

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