Nov 20, 2006
T-RAM Names Sam R. Nakib President and CEO
Milpitas, CA November 20, 2006 –Sam R. Nakib has
joined T-RAM Semiconductor as President and Chief
Executive Officer it was announced today by the
company. He will also serve as a member of the
Board of Directors.
Mr.
Nakib is an industry veteran with over 30 years’
experience in the semiconductor industry in areas of
marketing and sales, business development and
general management. Most recently, he was President
and CEO of Berkäna Wireless,
when it introduced the first fully integrated, CMOS,
cellular RF transceiver for GSM/GPRS. While at
Berkäna, Mr. Nakib also oversaw development of the
next-generation 3.5G transceiver, and directed the
company’s acquisition by Qualcomm in December 2005.
Before
Berkäna, Mr. Nakib served as Senior Vice President
of Business Development and Tactical Marketing at
Cypress Semiconductor, and was Senior Vice President
of Worldwide Sales at IC Works when it was acquired
by Cypress. Prior to that, he was with Texas
Instruments for 18 years in senior international
sales and management positions. In addition, Mr.
Nakib serves on the Board of Directors of Mobius
Microsystems. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Biochemistry from California State.
“We
are delighted to have Sam bring his experience in
developing successful business enterprises and
strategic partnerships to lead T-RAM as it
progresses towards commercialization of its
innovative SRAM memory process technology,” said
Dado Banatao, Chairman of the Board at T-RAM, and a
Managing Partner of Tallwood Venture Capital.
“I am
very excited to join T-RAM at this time,” said Mr.
Nakib. “For years, system designers have dreamed of
a memory device combining the performance of SRAM
and the features of DRAMs. We’ve developed that
technology and are successfully bringing it to
market to address those needs.”
Apr 12, 2005
T-RAM Closes $40M Series C. Led by InterWest Partners
and joined by CenterPoint Ventures along with
the Series A & B investors
Tallwood Venture Capital, Mayfield, US Venture
Partners and NEA, T-RAM closed an additional $40M
in funding.
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