Francisco Almada Lobo is CEO and co-founder of Critical Manufacturing. He began his career at a CIM research institute and joined Siemens Semiconductors in 1997. In 2004 he led the migration of an MES in a running high-volume facility, and from 2005 to 2009 he managed the Porto Development Center for Infineon and Qimonda, responsible… Read More
CEO Interview with Dr. Raj Talluri of Kulicke & Soffa
Dr. Talluri joined K&S in August 2026 as a member of the Board and assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of K&S in September 2026. Prior to joining K&S, Dr. Talluri served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at Enovix Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed advanced … Read More
CTO Interview with Sirish Munipalli of Moores Lab AI
Sirish Munipalli is Co-Founder and CTO of Moores Lab AI, where he leads the development of agentic AI for chip design verification, including SpecAgent(tm), the company’s specification and modeling platform. He has spent about 15 years designing and verifying complex silicon: FPGA prototyping at Intel, post-silicon validation… Read More
Interview with Eric Hong, VP of Engineering at Mixel, a Silvaco Company
Eric Hong is Vice President of Engineering at Mixel, a Silvaco company, where he leads the development of analog and mixed-signal IP, including high-speed PHY and SerDes solutions. Prior to Mixel, he held engineering leadership and technical roles at Nvidia, eSilicon, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and Intel, leading the development… Read More
CTO Interview with Dr. Zakir Syed of ClockEdge
Dr. Zakir Syed is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of ClockEdge, where he has played a central role in developing specialized simulation technology for advanced semiconductor clock networks. He brings more than 30 years of experience in electronic design automation and semiconductor verification. He joined Simplex… Read More
CEO Interview with Alex Higginbottom of Zenithon
Alex Higginbottom is co-founder and CEO of Zenithon, which he started with Abetharan Antony in July 2025 to build the first world models for extreme physics. He previously worked in deeptech commercialisation and spent time in fusion research, starting a PhD in the field before leaving after a year to build the company.
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CEO Interview with Lieuwke de Jong of Sweet Atoms
Lieuwke de Jong is a globally experienced executive and entrepreneur who operates at the intersection of industry, government and innovation. His career spans defense-aligned sectors, aerospace, energy, life sciences and advanced materials and he is known for connecting stakeholders across government, research and industry… Read More
CEO Interview with Paul Butler of VeriQuantix
Paul is an experienced CEO/General Manager/Investment Manager who has led and developed teams in a technology domain across the communications, medical and mining industries. With qualifications in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Economics Paul has been able to develop and bring new products to global markets.
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CEO Interview with Joel Jorgensen of FlowAccel
Joel Jorgensen founded FlowAccel, helping silicon systems engineering leaders deliver on roadmap commitments and scale development organizations. During 25 years at Intel, he spent 15 years in analog design and architecture for non-volatile memory technologies, earning two patents and co-authoring two IEEE ISSCC papers.… Read More
CEO Interview with Vivek Raghuraman of Mixx Technologies
Vivek Raghuraman is co-founder and CEO of Mixx Technologies. At Intel, he led the first integrated silicon photonics transceiver to commercial release. At Broadcom, Raghuraman took two commercial generations of co-packaged optics through hyperscaler qualification in Meta’s environment. In 2023, together with Rebecca … Read More


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