David E. Orton
Chief Executive Officer at GEO Semiconductor, Inc.
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David E.
Orton is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at GEO Semiconductor, Inc. He is also a Director at zSpace, Inc. Previously, he served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. From 2000 to 2006, he was the President & Chief Executive Officer at ATI Technologies ULC.
He also served as the Chief Executive Officer at SuVolta, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer at ArtX, Inc. Additionally, he was the Chief Executive Officer at Aptina LLC and Co-Chairman at Crane Payment Innovations Ltd.
He held the position of Director at SuVolta, Inc. and was the Executive VP-Visual & Media Businesses at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. He has also worked as a Principal at General Electric Co. and as the Senior VP, GM-Visual Computing & Scalable Systems at Silicon Graphics, Inc. He started his career as an Engineer at Bell Laboratories.
He also served as the Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Legend Power Systems, Inc. Mr. Orton holds a graduate degree from Duke University and an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University.
David E. Orton active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
zSpace, Inc.
 zSpace, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services zSpace, Inc. engages in creating real world virtual reality systems. Its software solutions include education, medical, and universities. The company was founded by Nancy Clemens and Michael Vesely in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2012-02-09 |
GEO Semiconductor, Inc.
 GEO Semiconductor, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GEO Semiconductor, Inc. provides geometric processing, image signal processing, and video compression solutions to address camera and projection products. Its technology is used in automotive cameras, head-up displays, security IP cameras, smart phone peripherals, projectors and consumer cloud cameras. It specializes in geometric processing, video processing, video compression and cloud software. The company was founded by Paul M. Russo in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | 2013-04-28 |
Former positions of David E. Orton
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| LEGEND POWER SYSTEMS INC. | Sales & Marketing | 2010-11-04 |
SuVolta, Inc.
 SuVolta, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology SuVolta, Inc. develops and licenses scalable semiconductor technologies. It also develops deeply depleted channel technology that provides significant power and performance benefits to integrated circuits and that is fabricated in conventional CMOS. DDC transistor technology enables scaling of two of the most critical transistor parameters supply voltage and transistor. The firm's technology enables the reduction of both leakage power and active power consumption, primarily by addressing transistor threshold voltage (VT) variation and carrier mobility issues. The company was founded in February 2006 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | 2008-12-31 |
| AMD (ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES) | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2007-07-09 |
ATI Technologies ULC
 ATI Technologies ULC SemiconductorsElectronic Technology ATI Technologies, Inc. designs, makes and, sells graphics accelerators and multimedia solutions. It offers visual and graphics processors for displaying images on personal computer monitors. It also supplies graphics, video and, multimedia products for desktop, workstation & notebook personal computers, digital televisions, cell phones, and game consoles. The company sells its products through personal computer original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, add-in board manufacturers, retail stores & consumer electronics manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm was founded by Kwok Yuen Ho in 1985 and is located in Markham, Canada. | Chief Executive Officer | 2006-09-30 |
SuVolta, Inc.
SuVolta, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology SuVolta, Inc. develops and licenses scalable semiconductor technologies. It also develops deeply depleted channel technology that provides significant power and performance benefits to integrated circuits and that is fabricated in conventional CMOS. DDC transistor technology enables scaling of two of the most critical transistor parameters supply voltage and transistor. The firm's technology enables the reduction of both leakage power and active power consumption, primarily by addressing transistor threshold voltage (VT) variation and carrier mobility issues. The company was founded in February 2006 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of David E. Orton
| Duke University | Graduate Degree |
| Wake Forest University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 4 |
|---|---|
| AMD (ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES) | Electronic Technology |
| GE AEROSPACE | Producer Manufacturing |
| KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. | Producer Manufacturing |
| LEGEND POWER SYSTEMS INC. | Producer Manufacturing |
| Private companies | 9 |
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Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users | Electronic Technology |
ATI Technologies ULC
ATI Technologies ULC SemiconductorsElectronic Technology ATI Technologies, Inc. designs, makes and, sells graphics accelerators and multimedia solutions. It offers visual and graphics processors for displaying images on personal computer monitors. It also supplies graphics, video and, multimedia products for desktop, workstation & notebook personal computers, digital televisions, cell phones, and game consoles. The company sells its products through personal computer original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, add-in board manufacturers, retail stores & consumer electronics manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm was founded by Kwok Yuen Ho in 1985 and is located in Markham, Canada. | Electronic Technology |
SuVolta, Inc.
SuVolta, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology SuVolta, Inc. develops and licenses scalable semiconductor technologies. It also develops deeply depleted channel technology that provides significant power and performance benefits to integrated circuits and that is fabricated in conventional CMOS. DDC transistor technology enables scaling of two of the most critical transistor parameters supply voltage and transistor. The firm's technology enables the reduction of both leakage power and active power consumption, primarily by addressing transistor threshold voltage (VT) variation and carrier mobility issues. The company was founded in February 2006 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA. | Electronic Technology |
zSpace, Inc.
zSpace, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services zSpace, Inc. engages in creating real world virtual reality systems. Its software solutions include education, medical, and universities. The company was founded by Nancy Clemens and Michael Vesely in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Crane Payment Innovations Ltd.
 Crane Payment Innovations Ltd. Miscellaneous ManufacturingProducer Manufacturing Crane Payment Innovations Ltd. manufactures and sells coin handling equipment. It offers designing, manufacturing and sale of coin handling equipment, molded products and temperature measurement calibration and associated instruments. The company was founded on December 21, 1982 and is headquartered in Oldham, the United Kingdom. | Producer Manufacturing |
ArtX, Inc.
 ArtX, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ArtX, Inc. develops graphics for personal computers and consumer appliances. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. ArtX was acquired by ATI Technologies ULC, part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. from October 25, 2006 on April 05, 2000 for $415.01 million. | Technology Services |
Bell Laboratories
 Bell Laboratories Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Bell Laboratories provides research and development services. It provides communications technologies including transistors, digital networking, signal processing, lasers and fiber-optic communications systems, communication satellites, cellular telephony, electronic switching of calls, touch-tone dialing and modems. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ. | Commercial Services |
Aptina LLC
 Aptina LLC SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Aptina LLC manufactures semiconductor imaging sensors and processors. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. | Electronic Technology |
GEO Semiconductor, Inc.
GEO Semiconductor, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GEO Semiconductor, Inc. provides geometric processing, image signal processing, and video compression solutions to address camera and projection products. Its technology is used in automotive cameras, head-up displays, security IP cameras, smart phone peripherals, projectors and consumer cloud cameras. It specializes in geometric processing, video processing, video compression and cloud software. The company was founded by Paul M. Russo in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
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