David has over 30 years of experience of electronics and semi-conductor design and technical management, spanning market sectors from automotive to mobile communications. David’s early career started in the detailed analogue and digital design of automotive electronics and integrated circuits at Lucas TRW, where he became IC design manager of the UK group.
From there, David joined Dialog semiconductor, as Design Lead, working on the latest mixed signal IC’s for Siemens Mobile Phones projects. Progressing from there, David became site manager for Wolfson Microelectronics’ design centre in Swindon, building the design team to work on state of the art audio and power management integrated circuits, for leading OEMs both in the US and Europe. Later, he built upon this experience by jointly setting up a Swindon design centre for Silicon Valley based Micrel Semiconductors, before leaving to jointly found Uniphy Ltd.
David’s extensive experience is based on decades of hands on analogue and digital IC design, and includes significant technical management roles.