Larry Matheny,
Advisory Team Member

Mr. Matheny has been in the semiconductor industry for thirty-five years. During this period, Mr. Matheny worked for fourteen years in the aerospace industry with companies such as Aerojet Electrosystems, Hugh R&D and Rockwell International. Mr. Matheny was a director of Texas Instruments for applications, director of American Micro Systems, vice-president of marketing for United Micro Company in Taiwan, and president of Matra Harris Semiconductor.

Mr. Matheny founded SYNMOS, Inc., which was funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Mr. Matheny has also co-founded multiple Silicon Valley companies. Mr. Matheny utilizes his management expertise and combines that with his engineering background to focus on start up companies where he helps provide seed funding and moves the company through to serious funding rounds. Mr. Matheny received a BS/MSEE at Cal State University and his Ph. D. from the University of London.