Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 4, 1999
ALEXANDRE BALKANSKI, President, CEO, and founder of C-Cube Microsystems,
has been with the company since inception in 1988, and its President and
Chief Executive Officer since July, 1995. He had previously served as
the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to joining C-Cube, Dr. Balkanski had co-founded and served as
President of Diamond Devices, a semiconductor company specializing in
Digital Signal Processing (DSP). He is a member of the Board of
Directors of C-Cube Microsystems, and serves as an outside Director on
the board of PMC-Sierra, Inc. Dr. Balkanski was graduated from Harvard
College with a B.A. in Physics. He went on to earn his M.S. in Physics
and a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University. Profile
Dr. Balkanski: We were established a little over 10 years ago as the
transition from analog to digital video was just getting
