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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$232.4M
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SiRF is a leading semiconductor supplier of Global Positioning System, or GPS, based location technology solutions designed to provide location awareness capabilities in high-volume mobile consumer and commercial applications. SiRFs products have been integrated into mobile consumer devices such as mobile phones, automobile navigation systems, personal digital assistants, portable navigation devices and GPS-based peripheral devices, and into commercial systems such as fleet management and road-tolling systems. SiRF markets and sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and original design manufacturers, or ODMs, in four major markets: wireless handheld devices, such as mobile phones; automotive electronics systems, including navigation and telematics systems; consumer electronics products such as recreational GPS handhelds, mobile gaming machines, digital cameras and wearable devices; and mobile computing systems, including personal digital assistants, notebook computers, universal mobile personal computers and mobile internet devices. As SiRF supplies products that support multiple applications within these four major markets, it does not have the ability to discretely track separate financial information for each of these markets. ...

Executive Chairman, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director
Diosdado P. Banatao
Number of Employees 571
Contact Information

217 Devcon Dr

San Jose, California 95112

sirf.com

(408) 467-0410

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Recent Events

  • Corporate Partner Louis Lehot Expands Sheppard Mullin's Silicon Valley Presence

    8/20/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Merger to bring new era of connectivity, location

    7/02/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • FirstNews Briefs for June 29, 2009

    6/29/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • CSR and SiRF Complete Merger

    7/03/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Available Now in Production Quantities, the SiRFatlasIV Platform...

    6/12/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • SiRFatlasIV Multifunction Location System Processor

    6/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael L. Canning President and CEO
Dennis Bencala Chief Financial Officer
Geoffrey Ribar Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Finance
Sanjai Kohli Chief Technical Officer
John Quigley Senior Vice President
Robert Baxter Senior Vice President
Adam R Dolinko Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel
Ahmet Alpdemir Vice President, Product Mrktg
Al Heshmati Vice President, Software Engineering
Atul P. Shingal Vice President of Operations
Jim Basiji Vice President of Engineering
Jim Murphy Vice President, HR
Kanwar Chadha Vice President of Marketing
Michael L Kelly Vice President, Sales
Philip Lau Corporate Controller

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Diosdado P. Banatao Executive Chairman, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director
Dado Banatao Chairman
James M. Smaha Chairman
Sam Srinivasan Chairman
Stephen C. Sherman Chairman
Mohanbir Gyani Board of Directors
Moiz M Beguwala Board of Directors

Dado Banatao is the managing partner of Tallwood Venture Capital. With his past experiences as an entrepreneur, Dado provides Tallwood with a unique perspective. As an engineer, he is credited with developing several key semiconductor technologies and is regarded as a Silicon Valley visionary. As an investor, he has a keen sense of trends and opportunities involving technology solutions for computing and communications. Prior to forming Tallwood, Mr. Banatao was a venture partner at the Mayfield Fund. He has co-founded three technology startups, S3 (SBLU), Chips & Technologies (INTC), and Mostron. He has also held positions at National Semiconductor, Seeq Technologies, Intersil, and Commodore International. In 1997, he was honored with the prestigious Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award sponsored by Ernst & Young, Inc. Magazine, and Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services. Mr. Banatao serves as Chairman for SiRF Technology (SIRF) and current Tallwood portfolio companies. He also served as Chairman and led investments in Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Acclaim Communications, acquired by Level One (INTC), Newport Communications, acquired by Broadcom (BRCM), Cyras Systems, acquired by Ciena (CIEN), and Stream Machine, acquired by Cirrus Logic (CRUS). He holds a B.S.E.E., cum laude, from the Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Executive Chairman, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
Tallwood Venture Capital Managing Partner Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Board of Directors Current
Chips & Technologies Co-Founder Former
Mayfield Fund Venture Partner Former
Stanford University M.S. In Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. President and CEO Current
IT-Farm Corporation Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cirrus & Co President Former
Cirrus Logic, Inc. Executive Former
University of Newcastle upon Tyne Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering Former
University of Santa Clara M.B.A. Former
University of Durham B.Sc. In Electrical Engineering Former

Dennis Bencala joined SiRF in 2000 as Corporate Controller and became Senior Director, Investor Relations & Business Development in August 2007. Prior to joining SiRF, Dennis was the Controller at ScanVision, Inc. He holds a BS in Finance from San Diego State University.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Corporate Controller Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Senior Director of Investor Relations Former

Geoffrey Ribar joins SiRF with over 20 years of semiconductor and finance experience, which includes nearly 10 years experience as a CFO. Geoff joins SiRF Technology from Matrix Semiconductor, where he was Chief Financial Officer. SanDisk recently acquired Matrix for approximately $250 million in stock and cash. He has prior experience as CFO at Asyst Technologies, IBEAM Broadcasting, Packard Bell NEC and NVIDIA, and as Vice President and Corporate Controller at AMD.

Organization Position Status
Asyst Technologies, Inc. Cfo Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Finance Current
Matrix Semiconductor, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former

Sanjai Kohli was Founder & CTO of TrueSpan, a mobile video company acquired by SiRF in March 2006. Previously Sanjai was a cofounder, President & CEO of WirelessHome (WH)'98-'02. Proxim/Western Multiplex acquired WH in March 2001, achieving FY'02 sales of $36M for WH's product, in the first year of production. As a developer of a point to multipoint system, WH had a 9:1 price performance advantage over the competition. Sanjai remained at Proxim as the VP/GM for the Multipoint Systems Division, responsible for the Tsunami and Quick bridge product lines. Prior to WirelessHome, Sanjai was the cofounder, president & VP engineering of SiRF Technology. At SiRF he was responsible for the development of the first two generations of chip sets and software, including SirfstarII. Before SiRF, he founded Software Technology & Systems (STS) that developed smart munitions and spread spectrum technology, serving as its President and CEO. Sanjai holds a BS in Engineering from IIT Bombay and an MS in System Science from Washington University, St. Louis He has more than 20 published papers and 20 patents that have been issued.

Organization Position Status
Washington University Ms In System Science Former
SiRF Technology Inc. President Former
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President Former
SiRF Technology Inc. Cofounder Former
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay BS In Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Senior Vice President Current
Airgomimo Vice President of Engineering Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President of Engineering Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Board of Directors Former
Colorado State University Msee Former
Colorado State University B.S. Former

Rob Baxter has 30 years of global semiconductor experience in Consumer, Automotive and Telecom markets, with Centrality, Motorola Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Chartered Semiconductor and Cubic Wafer (formerly Xanoptix). Prior to SiRF, Mr. Baxter was President and CEO of Centrality Communications, Chief Executive at Xanoptix (now Cubic Wafer) and held the position of Senior Vice President and Member of Office of the President at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Mr. Baxter also held Vice President and General Manager positions in Europe, USA and Asia during a 16-year career at Motorola. Amongst his accomplishments were the successful leadership of Motorola's European Microcontroller, DSP, and Microprocessor Operations, Advanced Digital Consumer Division based in Tokyo, and Consumer and Smartcard Microcontroller Division based in Austin.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Senior Vice President Current
Centrality Communications, Inc CEO Former
Centrality Communications, Inc President Former

Adam Dolinko has advised emerging and established technology companies for 15 years on corporate matters and business transactions. Mr. Dolinko was a Corporate & Securities Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, regularly advising public companies on SEC matters and commercial transactions, as well as domestic and international strategic alliances, investments, divestitures, mergers & acquisitions, and public offerings of approximately $15 billion. During his career, Mr. Dolinko advised Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Agilent, Delta Electronics, Efficient Networks, Crystal Decisions, Infoseek, VeriFone, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs, among others, and successfully negotiated transactions with companies such as Intel, Texas Instruments, SBC, BellSouth, Siemens, Disney, Seagate, Netscape, and Microsoft. Mr. Dolinko holds a B.A., cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Southern California.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel Current
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Corporate & Securities Partner Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President, Product Mrktg Current

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President, Software Engineering Current
Trimble Navigation Limited Former
Snaptrack, Inc. Former
California State University MS Degrees In Computer Science Former
California State University BS Former

Atul Shingal brings more than 22 years of operations, engineering and quality management experience to SiRF. Atul's expertise is a key factor in ensuring that SiRF has access to leading edge semiconductor technologies through its partners as well as in meeting customer and partner expectations for product quality and delivery. Most recently, Atul served as vice president of operations for Globespan Virata, where he helped to drive increased revenues while consolidating and merging Globespan and Virata Operations into one group. Previously, he held management positions with Virata Corporation, Cypress Semiconductor and National Semiconductor.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President of Operations Current
Co-Operations Inc Sirf S Vice President Current
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Former
Pune University M.B.A. Former
California State University M.S. In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President of Engineering Current

Jim Murphy joined SiRF in 2006 from LSI Logic, where he held multiple senior human resources management roles, most recently as Senior HR Director for the Engenio Storage Group, the Consumer Products Group and the worldwide sales organization. In that position, Jim successfully integrated the Engenio business with LSI. During his earlier position as Senior HR Director for North America, Jim initiated aggressive large scale recruiting campaigns, integrated employees from over a dozen acquisitions; and spearheaded highly successful retention, learning and development, and talent management initiatives. Previously, Jim held management positions with National Semiconductor and Fairchild Semiconductor.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President, HR Current
Human Resources Incorporated Sirf S Vice President Current
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Former
LSI Corporation Former
University of Michigan M.B.A. Former
Lawrence University B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President of Marketing Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Director Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Founder Current
Arcus Technology Management Consultant Former
Intel Corporation co-processor Former
Aquest Corporation Chairman Former
Indian Institute of Technology Bsee Former

Michael Kelly joined SiRF in 1998 as Director, North America Sales. In August 2006, he was promoted to Senior Director, North America Sales where he was instrumental in growing the region's business with key customers. Prior to joining SiRF, Michael was Director of Sales at Alliance Semiconductor. Prior to Alliance, Michael held various sales management roles at NEC, including Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice President, Sales Current
Alliance Semiconductor Corp. Director of Sales Former
SiRF Technology Inc. Director Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Corporate Controller Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Principal Financial Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Tallwood Venture Capital Managing Partner Current
Tallwood Venture Capital Owner Current
Ubicom, Inc. Current
Sequoia Communications Chairman Current
Quintic Corporation Chairman Current
Inphi Corporation Chairman of the Board Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Chairman Current
Pacific Community Ventures Board Advisor Current
PCV Investment Partners Advisory Board Current
Alphion Corporation Board of Directors Current
Chips & Technologies Co-Founder Former
Mayfield Fund Venture Partner Former
Intersil Corporation Team Member Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Team Member Former
Commodore International Ltd Team Member Former
Ernst & Young Former
Cyras Systems Chairman Former
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Chairman Former
Inphi Corporation Board of Directors Former
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Investor Former
Cyras Systems Investor Former
Stanford University M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Former
Stanford University B.S.E.E. Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Chairman Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Director Current
National Semiconductor Corporation Executive Vice President Former
Communications International Consultant Former
University of Maine B.A. In Mathematics Former

Sam S. Srinivasan has served as one of SiRF's directors since January 2004. Since September 1996, Mr. Srinivasan has served as the Chairman of CyberPlus Corporation, formerly a software operating business. Mr. Srinivasan founded the business of Health Language, as a part of CyberPlus in 1998 and incorporated it into a wholly owned subsidiary of CyberPlus in May 2000. From May 2000 until November 2001, Mr. Srinivasan served as Chief Executive Officer of Health Language, Inc. From May 2000 until March 2002, Mr. Srinivasan served as Chairman of Health Language, Inc. From November 1988 until March 1996, Mr. Srinivasan served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Cirrus Logic. From May 1984 until November 1988, Mr. Srinivasan served as Director of Internal Audits and subsequently as Corporate Controller of Intel Corporation. Mr. Srinivasan holds a B.A. in commerce from Madras University, India and an M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Chairman Current
Cyber Plus Incorporated Chairman Current
Faondemand Inc. Chairman Current
Inphi Corporation Director Current
Centillium Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current
TranSwitch Corporation Board of Directors Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Director Former
Health Language, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Cirrus Logic, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Cirrus Logic, Inc. Senior Vice President, Finance Former
Health Language, Inc. Chairman Former
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Board of Directors Former
Madras University B.A. In Commerce Former
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Member Former

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Chairman Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Director Current
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Oklahoma State University B.S. Degree In Operations Management Former
Oklahoma State University B.S. Degree In Operations Management Former

Organization Position Status
Roamware, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Roamware, Inc. Chairman Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mobile Telesystems Inc. Board of Directors Current
Roamware, Inc. Vice Chairman of the Board Current
Union Bank of California Board of Directors Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Vice Chairman of the Board, Roamware, Inc. Current
Keynote Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
AirTouch Communications Chief Financial Officer Former
AirTouch Communications Executive Vice President Former
San Francisco State University M.B.A. In Finance Former
San Francisco State University B.A. In Business Administration Former

Moiz M. Beguwala has served as one of SiRF's directors since September 2000. Since March 2004, Dr. Beguwala has been an independent consultant. From December 2002 to June 2003, Dr. Beguwala served as SiRF's acting Chief Executive Officer. From January 1999 to February 2004, Dr. Beguwala served as Senior Vice President and General Manager Wireless Communications of Conexant and most recently as a Senior Vice President of Conexant. From 1973 to December 1998, Dr. Beguwala held various positions at Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Inc. Dr. Beguwala is a director of Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a publicly traded company. Dr. Beguwala holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and an executive M.B.A. degree from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Organization Position Status
SiRF Technology Inc. Board of Directors Current
Rf Magic, Inc. Director Current
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Director Current
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
SiRF Technology Inc. Acting Chief Executive Officer Former
Entropic Communications, Inc. CTO Former
Conexant Systems, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Rockwell International Corporation Vice President Former
Wireless Communications Inc. Vice President Former
Conexant Systems, Inc. General Manager Former
Rockwell International Corporation General Manager Former
Wireless Communications Inc. General Manager Former
SiRF Technology Inc. Independent Consultant Former
Conexant Systems, Inc. Executive Employee Former
ArvinMeritor, Inc. Former
University of Southern California Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Former
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Former
Anderson School of Management M.S. Former
University of California, Los Angeles B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering Former
Anderson School of Management B.A. Degree Former