SmallTech Team Profile

Carolyn Carhart-Quezada, BSEE, MS Management

Carolyn has more than 20 years of high-tech engineering, sales and marketing experience in the semiconductor industry. Her last position was with Intel as Director of Marketing in the Network Processor Division. Previously, she was one of the founders of Basis Communications, developer of wide area network (WAN) system building blocks, which was acquired by Intel in 2000. In the1990s she held various management positions at Cirrus Logic and was head of marketing for the Personal Computer Products Division. She also spent numerous years as an engineering manager at National Semiconductor. Carolyn holds a MS in Management from Stanford University and a BSEE from UC Davis.

Specialties - Semiconductor Industry Experience in Sales and Marketing:

Product Marketing
Business Plan Development
Market Strategy
Product Definition
Program Management
Competitive Analysis
Collateral Development
Product Launch
Business Development
Channel and Sales Development

Work Experience:

Intel Corporation
Basis Communications Corporation
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
National Semiconductor Corporation

Education:

Stanford University

• MS, Management
• Sloan Fellow

UC Davis

• BS, Electrical Engineering
• BS, Food Science and Technology