Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 4, 1999

William N. Giudice – Maker Communications Inc (makr)

WILLIAM N. GIUDICE is co-founder, President and CEO of Maker Communications, Inc., one of the industry's leading developers of communications processors for networking equipment. Giudice has more than 20 years of experience in the communications and semiconductor industries. Leveraging his intimate knowledge of the networking marketplace and the customer issues involved in bringing new technologies to market, Mr. Giudice has created a systems-oriented company that holds a dominant position in several segments of the ATM chip market today. Prior to co-founding Maker Communications in 1994, Mr. Giudice spent nine years at LSI Logic where he held a number of senior level positions in sales and marketing, including general manager of LSI's Northern U.S. region. Giudice has also served in the sales and marketing organizations of the world's leading technology and communications companies including Hewlett Packard, AT&T and Verbex (Exxon Communications Systems). Giudice holds a BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Profile
TWST: First, if you would, give us a brief background summary on Maker

Communications. Then tell us what you see as your business and company

today.

Mr. Giudice: The company is about five