The BIG Cheese
Guillaume d’Eyssautier joined ADD semiconductor as CEO in May 2009 from picoChip where he was President and CEO. d’Eyssautier’s career has spanned over the past 25 years in the semiconductor industry, including management positions in both Europe and the USA. Prior to joining picoChip in 2005, he served as Senior VP and General Manager EMEA at Cadence Design Systems. Prior to that he was Vice President and General Manager EMEA for IBM Technology Group (Microelectronics and Storage). Prior to that he was Executive Director, European Operations, Rockwell Semiconductor Systems. He has also held senior posts with GEC-Plessey Semiconductor, Matra Harris Semiconductors in Europe and Philips Semiconductors in the US. d’Eyssautier holds a MSc from I.S.E.P. in Paris and an MBA from INSEAD, in France.
The SOUNDBITE
"My MBA helped me not just to develop a product but also make a sustainable business out of it."
You didn’t KNOW
Guillaume is currently based in Spain but loves Bath, UK, where he spent many years as CEO of Picochip