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Market Cap:$61.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$67.2M
  • Public
  • US
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ZiLOG provides innovative, embedded control solutions. Founded in 1974 by Federico Faggin, the inventor of the world's first microprocessor, ZiLOG builds semiconductor products that enable design engineers to break through the barriers to creativity and innovation in embedded design. ZiLOG is the inventor of the award-winning Z80 and Z8 microchip architectures that have been embedded in over a billion end-use devices worldwide. Companies get more innovative products to market faster because ZiLOG products and design tools help them turn their imagination into consumer appliances, remote controls, vending machines, telecommunications controllers, home automation systems, spacecraft instrumentation, industrial automation systems, and thousands of other products. Within the five broad product segments of the semiconductor market, which includes micro-logic, other logic, memory, analog and discrete devices, ZiLOG 's products are focused primarily in the micro-logic device segment. Micro-logic devices are processor-based semiconductors that include microprocessors, microcontrollers and digital signal processors that process information, output data or control signals according to programmed instructions and various external inputs. ZiLOG designs, manufactures and markets both general-purpose and application specific standard products (ASSPs). ASSPs are tailored for a specific application but are not proprietary to a single customer, while general-purpose products are neither...

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Darin Billerbeck
Number of Employees 528
Contact Information

532 Race St

San Jose, California 95126

zilog.com

1 408 453 2400

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Recent Events

  • Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Investigates Possible Breach of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of Zilog...

    12/15/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise, P.C. Announces Investigation of ZiLog Corp.

    12/10/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Finkelstein Thompson LLP Announces Investigation of ZiLog Corp.

    12/09/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • UPDATE 1-Ixys to buy Zilog for $62.4 mln

    12/07/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on iSign Media Solutions Inc., Zenergy...

    12/07/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • BRIEF-Zilog announces second quarter results

    10/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • /C O R R E C T I O N -- Zilog, Inc./

    7/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Darin Billerbeck President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Perry J. Grace Vice President & CFO
Nick Antonopolous Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Norman G Sheridan Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology
Gerald Sheridan Norman Senior Vice President, System Develp
Keith Bladen Vice President of Marketing
Michelle Leyden Vice President of Marketing
Michelle Leyden Li Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Mike Speckman Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Rick Bosshardt Vice President of Worldwide Distribution
Diana Vincent Director, Corp Communications
Michael Gershowitz Director, Product Marketing
Stew Chalmers Director, Communications
Bill Carrico
Felice Curcelli
Nick Antonopoulos
Norm Sheridan
David G. Elkins Director
Joe Colonnetta Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
James Thorburn Chairman & CEO
Federico Faggin Director and Chairman of the Board
Eric Singer Board of Directors
Richard L. Sanquini Board of Directors
Robin A. Abrams Board of Directors

Darin Billerbeck is Zilog's Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Zilog, Darin served 14 years in executive and management positions in the Intel Mobile Group's Flash Product Group. From 1999 to 2007 he was vice president and general manager of the Flash Product Group, managing a $2 billion business and directing the efforts of over 7,000 employees worldwide. In that position, he was responsible for developing and implementing Intel's Flash and Wireless strategic business plans. He served as director of design engineering for the Flash Product Group from 1997 to 1999 and as the group's director of packaging and test technology from 1995 to 1997. From 1995 to 1997 he was the Flash Product Group's director of operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis.

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University of Glasgow Bachelor of Science Degree In Economics Former
University of Glasgow Honors degree in Science and Economics Former

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Michelle Leyden Li serves as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development and General Manager of the home control business unit at Zilog. She is responsible for all aspects of marketing worldwide as well as new business development and human resources.Michelle has over 14 years of experience in the high technology and creative media industries. She spent over 10 years at Intel Corporation where she held a variety of senior management positions in marketing and business development including Director of Business Development for Intel's Digital Health Group. Prior to Zilog, Michelle was the V.P. of Marketing and Business Development at Pedersen Media Group, one of the bay areas preeminent creative media agencies where she developed new media strategies for Fortune 500 companies. Michelle has a Bachelor Degree from the State University of New York at Purchase, a Master of Business Administration Degree from U.C. Davis and a Juris Doctorate from King Hall School of Law, U.C. Davis.

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University of California, Los Angeles Bachelor's Degree Former

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Zilog Inc. Vice President of Worldwide Distribution Current

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Zilog Inc. Director, Corp Communications Current

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Zilog Inc. Director, Product Marketing Current

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Zilog Inc. Director, Communications Current

William N. Carrico graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972 with a BSEE. After working at Fairchild Semiconductor and Zilog, Inc., Bill went on to co-found seven networking companies in the Bay Area over the next 20 years, including Bridge Communications in 1981. Bridge was a vendor of internetwork routers and bridges that went public in 1985 and merged with 3Com Corporation in 1987, during which time Carrico served as President of 3Com. A second startup, Network Computing Devices, a maker of X terminals and PC-UNIX integration software, was founded in 1988 and went public in 1992. Carrico served as President and CEO of NCD until 1993 when he became Chairman. Carrico also served as Chairman of Precept Software from the company's 1995 founding as a maker of streaming video software. After Cisco Systems acquired Precept in 1998, in 1999 he became Cisco's Senior Vice President of the Small and Medium Business Unit through April 2000. Carrico then co-founded Packet Design LLC in 2000 as a network startup incubator.. Packet Design LLC has spun-off three separate companies.

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Felice Curcelli joined noHold in March of 2001 to lead noHold's Engineering and IT teams. At the helm of the Engineering, QA, Product management, and IT departments, Felice transformed a great vision into a highly scalable enterprise software solution. He has a talent for analyzing and solving technical problems, while never loosing focus on strategy and vision. He brings more than 20 years in the software industry, having held positions in software engineering, product and project management, marketing, professional services, and IT management consulting. He was Director of Project Management for Healtheon/WebMD before joining noHold. His career includes a variety of technology-based management positions with Lotus, Santa Cruz Operation, Ridge, Zilog, and Olivetti. Felice also spent four years as a consultant, helping companies automate their business operations by adopting groupware and intranet-based solutions. He holds a Master of Science degree in computer science, summa cum laude, from the

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"Richard L. Sanquini has been a director of our company since 1994. Mr. Sanquini has been the Chairman of the Board of PortalPlayer, Inc., a public company that designs, develops, and markets personal media player solutions, since November 2002. Mr. Sanquini retired from National Semiconductor as Senior Vice President in January 2000. Mr. Sanquini had been with National Semiconductor since 1980, except for between March 1989 and December 1989, when he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Information Storage Devices, a semiconductor company. Mr. Sanquini also serves on the board of ZiLOG, Inc., a public company that is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of integrated microcontroller products, and several privately held companies. Mr. Sanquini holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Wisconsin. "

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Executive News

  • Rice scientist wins highest IEEE honor

    Houston Business Journal - 6/22/09 - View Story

  • Smart Grid, Home Monitoring, and Wireless Home Controls Key Focus of CONNECTIONS(TM) Conference

    PR Newswire - 5/19/09 - View Story

  • Zilog Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 5/11/09 - View Story

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     ZILG $3.53 +0.01 (0.28% )
Average Volume 141,061
Shares Outstanding 17.31M
Market Cap 61.1M
Year High 3.55
Year Low 1.4
Earnings Per Share -0.85
P/E Ratio -4.15
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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