At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Texas based CFO’ operating in the Semiconductor space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Greg Van de Vere
Chief Financial Officer of Ambiq Micro
Greg has over 30 years experience in accounting and finance. During his sixth year with Price Waterhouse, Greg led the firm’s efforts supporting Dell’s IPO. Joining Dell shortly thereafter, he spent the next seven years in Austin, Germany, Japan and Malaysia helping to build successful operating divisions. Greg then took on a variety of high tech start-up challenges as the chief financial executive including twelve years in the semiconductor space . After his company was acquired by Apple in 2010, he launched an outsourced CFO consulting practice and currently serves as a “fractional” CFO for a number of companies. Greg graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire with a BBA-Accounting and a BS-Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude.
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About Ambiq Micro, Hyliion: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Ross Goolsby
CFO of Ambiq Micro
Ross is a CFO Consultant in the firm’s Austin office with extensive experience in capital markets, including the venture capital and IPO process, international expansion, and merger and acquisitions with high growth companies. He has broad experience in planning and forecasting, treasury and cash management, investor relations, internal controls, information systems, and SEC compliance and reporting. He is the former CFO of several technology companies, including Calxeda, HealthTronics and SigmaTel.
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About Ambiq Micro: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Michael Weaber
Chief Financial Officer of Smith & Associates
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About Smith & Associates: Global semiconductor distributor
Rudy Prince
CFO of SigmaSense
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About SigmaSense, WingUp: SigmaSense provides a digital and fully-scalable sensing technology to solve the noise immunity and tuning challenges of touch sensors.
Eric Stober
CFO of Astrotech
Stober joined Astrotech in 2008 and was promoted to the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary in 2013. Prior to Astrotech, he worked in private equity for Virtus Financial Group analyzing middle market investment opportunities. Mr. Stober previously led several of his own entrepreneurial ventures and he began his career working for Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs (The Ayco Company) in private wealth management.
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About 1st Detect Corp, Astrotech: Astrotech operates as a science and technology development and commercialization company.