Bio

Jim Finch has spent greater than twenty five years in a wide variety of Semiconductor executive roles including CEO, GM, and VP roles in Marketing, Business Development and Sales. He was CEO / Co-Founder of a successful wireless business with greater than 1 Billion units shipped since inception, built Broadcom’s Ethernet Switch business to over $100M from ground zero (this group later exceeded $1B in revenue a few years later). Recently involved in Semiconductor IP licensing business creating innovative business models. Jim has deep expertise in networking, communication and wireless market segments, and is thus well positioned to understand how to profit from the emerging IoT space. Jim was the co‐founder and CEO of Amalfi Semiconductor for eight years, a leading technology company in the Cellular Power Amplifier arena. Amalfi shipments exceeded 10M devices per month during calendar 2012, moving them to become the largest supplier of CMOS PA devices worldwide. Post acquisition by RFMD, Amalfi’s technology has now accounted for greater than 1 Billion devices shipped. Jim built the engineering and business management team from the beginning and managed, in spite of a tough funding environment, to keep the company alive and prospering during the early growth years. Prior to Amalfi, Jim was responsible for Broadcom’s entry into the Ethernet switching market. Jim drove the overall vision and business strategy of the highly successful ROBOswitch product family with revenues exceeding $100M and surpassing 65% market share. Jim was also responsible for several of the strategic acquisitions positioning Broadcom to become the dominant silicon player in stackable workgroup switches. This product line grew from zero in 1998 to greater than $200M in the early 2000’s and exceeded a $1B runrate over time.