Open-Silicon CEO: Creating a legacy through traditional values

May 09, 2016 // By Hanns Windele
EETimes Europe

President and CEO of Open-Silicon, Taher Madraswala has a quarter of a century of experience in semiconductor engineering. Here, he outlines his vision of how the market will change over the next five years…

Hanns Windele: You have been with Open-Silicon since 2003, becoming President and CEO in 2014. That was a tough time to take up that job. Did you apply for it?

Taher Madraswala: In the Q4 board meeting of December 2013, I was offered the job. It was a surprise and my first reaction was to decline, because I didn’t think I was ready. A board member then took up the interim position. The board asked me again a few months later, and I said I’d take the job and on the board’s request I did, although there was an interim CEO at that time. While I did accept the position, we also agreed that we’d go out and look for a CEO. We spent a few more months searching for one, but the board decided not to bring in anyone from outside. So, in April 2014 I was given the title of President and a year later in April 2015 I was asked to take up the CEO. This time I didn’t refuse because I’d had 18 months in the position and was more comfortable running the company and my face was becoming familiar in the industry.

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