Mr. Jim Finch is VP at MIPS Technologie. He was founder and CEO of Amalfi Semiconductor,a venture-backed start-up based in Silicon Valley, pioneering CMOS technology for cellular power amplifiers. im co-founded Amalfi in 2003, growing the business to $20M in annualized revenues Before Amalfi,Jim was Marketing Director for the Ethernet switch business at Broadcom Corporation,Jim's early career was at AMD, Crystal Semiconductor and S3.
Background
Mr. Jim Finch Co-founded Amalfi Semiconductor, Inc. in 2003 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Finch has over 20 years of experience in several high growth segments of the communication semiconductor industry in a variety of executive business leadership roles. Prior to Amalfi, Mr. Finch was responsible for Broadcom's entry into the Fast Ethernet switching market. Mr. Finch drove the overall vision and business strategy of the highly successful ROBOswitch™ product family, which achieved greater than 65% market share and revenues surpassed the $100M. Mr. Finch was also responsible for several of the M&A acquisitions positioning Broadcom to become the dominant silicon player in stackable workgroup switches. This overall product line has grown from zero in 1998 to greater than $300M in revenue today. Before Broadcom Mr. Finch held positions including - President/GM of S3's Japan subsidiary and other senior management positions at Crystal Semiconductor and Advanced Micro Devices. He serves as a Director of Amalfi Semiconductor, Inc. .
Education
James Finch studied at University of Virginia from 1980 to 1984.
Career
Prior to co‐founding Silicon Ventures, Jim had over 25 years of operating experience in high growth segments of the communication semiconductor industry in a variety of executive business leadership roles.
Jim was the co‐founder and CEO of Amalfi Semiconductor for seven years (2003‐2010), a leading technology company in the Cellular Power Amplifier arena. Amalfi shipments exceeded 10M devices per month during calendar 2012, moving them to become the largest supplier of CMOS PA devices worldwide. Jim built the engineering and business management team from the beginning and managed, in spite of a tough funding environment, to keep the company alive and prospering during the early growth years. As a part of the founding process, Jim was an Entrepreneur in Residence at both DCM and Trinity Ventures, high profile Silicon Valley venture capital firms.
Prior to Amalfi, Jim was responsible for Broadcom’s entry into the Ethernet switching market. Jim drove the overall vision and business strategy of the highly successful ROBOswitch product family with revenues exceeding $100M and surpassing 65% market share. Jim was also responsible for several of the strategic acquisitions positioning Broadcom to become the dominant silicon player in stackable workgroup switches. This product line grew from zero in 1998 to greater than $200M in the early 2000’s and exceeded a $1B runrate by 2011.
Prior to Broadcom Jim held positions including – President/GM of S3’s Japan subsidiary and other senior management positions at Crystal Semiconductor and Advanced Micro Devices. Most recently Jim spent six months as VP Marketing for Icera Semiconductor during the critical transition period just prior to their $367M acquisition by Nvidia in June 2010.