Known for his passion for innovation, Paramesh Gopi has made contributions to nearly every major revolutionary consumer and datacenter semiconductor product launched in the past 2 decades. He is a serial entrepreneur with extensive startup and public company experience.
Dr. Gopi assumed the role of CEO of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation in 2010, where he spearheaded its turn-around, and pioneered the use of the ARM processor architecture as well as advanced 100 Gbps Fiberoptic modules in Data Center infrastructure. Under his leadership, Applied Micro rose to become the world’s first supplier of ARM Server platforms and optical networking semiconductors to leading Datacenter operators as well as Scientific Computing Laboratories in the United States and abroad. Dr. Gopi was named as one of Bloomberg’s top 20 Turn-Around CEOs. Applied Micro was acquired by MACOM Corporation in 2017.
Prior to Applied Micro, Dr. Gopi served as Vice President and General Manager of Marvell Semiconductor’s Embedded and Emerging Products Business, where he pioneered the use of Wi-Fi technology in portable devices including the Sony Play Station portable and the Apple iPhone; and built a business that reached $0.5B, grounds up.
Dr. Gopi was initiated into the study of the Bhagavad Gita when he was 7 and has given numerous musical discourses and seminars to groups in the US and India with a unique perspective that caters to children and adults.
Dr. Gopi earned his Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine; and was recognized in 2011 as one of the school’s Outstanding Alumni for contributions to the Semiconductor Industry.