What is the scope of your role?
Vice President of Marketing responsible for product strategy, tactical marketing and marketing communications

Synopsis of your career path?
20 years in the high-tech industry with companies such as Conexant, Mindspeed, IDT and VLSI/Philips.

What attracted you to working in the IT industry?
My engineering education and interest in technology.

What skill in your job couldn't you do without in your role?
Communication.

What is your greatest professional achievement?
Being a member of the management team that sold HotRail to Conexant.

What 1-2 key lessons would you pass onto a colleague or recent college/university graduate about working in your business?
The most important lesson that a college graduate can learn from me is to establish a career goal and insure that all the decisions and steps that he/she takes point in the direction of that goal.