Ali FoughiFounder

United States - Atherton, California

A dynamic hands-on entrepreneur and leader. As a CEO, built and exited a sensor category leader at ~ 20x multiple. Prior experiences as P&L VP/GM of large technology multi-nationals with demonstrated rapid growth and benchmark profitability.

- Board Member – Atomica Corp.
- Board Trustee Committee – Moms Against Poverty
- CEO & Co-Founder – NextInput Inc.
<> Experience Building a Startup from Ground up to Mass Production to Category Leader
<> Experience in Fund Raising, Raised $30M in Several Rounds
<> Successful Exit - Company was Acquired at 20X Multiple
- Consumer Market Experience
<> Vice President – InvenSense, Inc. (NASDAQ:INVN)
<> InvenSense Achieved 80%+ Share of Android Phones
- World Class Large Semiconductor Company Experience
<> Vice President & General Manager – Maxim Integrated (NASDAQ:MXIM)
- Automotive Experience
<> Won major Automotive business - NextInput’s new technology was adopted in 21 vehicles
<> Won major business at Daimler Benz for Maxim with a new product line
<> Negotiated strategic partnership with Panasonic’s Automotive Sensor division for InvenSense
- Operational Experience:
<> P&L Management, Strategic Roadmap & Positioning, Pricing, Communicating Vision & Results, Acquisition/Integration, and setting up new Foundry
<> Led 300+ professionals in 11 Design and Application centers in the US, Asia & Europe
<> Drove design wins across global markets
- Foundry Experience
<> Negotiated strategic foundry agreements with 3 Major Foundries
<> Negotiated 'exclusive' foundry agreements
- Building Businesses
<> Co-built major data converter business with a Maxim co-founder
<> Built Test & Measurement business from ground up to market leadership
<> Turned around 4 existing businesses that were underperforming
- M&A Experience – Hands on experience with 4 M&A Deals
- Patent Applications – Several Covering Force Sensing, Strain Sensing and Mid Infrared Sensing