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Krishna Rangasayee is the founder and CEO of SiMa.ai. He previously served as COO of Groq and spent 18 years at Xilinx, where he held roles including Senior Vice President and GM of the company's overall business and Executive Vice President of Global Sales, and earlier held engineering and business positions at Altera Corporation and Cypress Semiconductor. He holds more than 25 international patents and has served on the boards of public and private companies.
Founder & CEO at Sima
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Experience
- SiMa.aiFounder and CEOcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Lattice SemiconductorMember Board Of Directors2018 — 2022
- GroqCOO2017 — 2018Menlo Park
- XilinxEVP, SVP and GM1999 — 2017San Jose
- Altera Corporation (Acquired by Intel)Sr. Engineer, Product Planning1996 — 1999
- Cypress SemiconductorSr. Applications Engineer1993 — 1996
Skills & more
Strategy99Strategic Planning8Management31Business Development72Engineering8Emerging Technologies5Marketing7Vertical Marketing7Portfolio Management4Semiconductors99Product Management60Wireless32
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Cross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsProduct PlanningWirelineMedia RelationsProduct MarketingFPGAIntegrationMergers & AcquisitionsProduct DevelopmentXilinxFrom Krishna's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Krishna Rangasayee?
- Krishna Rangasayee is the founder and CEO of SiMa.ai. He previously served as COO of Groq and spent 18 years at Xilinx, where he held roles including Senior Vice President and GM of the company's overall business and Executive Vice President of Global Sales, and earlier held engineering and business positions at Altera Corporation and Cypress Semiconductor. He holds more than 25 international patents and has served on the boards of public and private companies.
- Where does Krishna Rangasayee work?
- Krishna Rangasayee is Founder & CEO of Sima.
- What companies did Krishna Rangasayee found?
- Krishna Rangasayee founded Sima.
- Where did Krishna Rangasayee go to school?
- Krishna Rangasayee studied at Mississippi State University (MSEE, Computer Architecture and VLSI); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (AEA Stanford Exec MBA Program); National Institute of Technology Warangal (Bachelor of Technology, Electronics Engineering).
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,633
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Shared employers
Also worked at SiMa.ai2
Also worked at Lattice Semiconductor4
Also worked at Groq34
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Also worked at Xilinx17
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