Founded in 1984. Co-Founders — Suhas Patil, H. Ravindra, Bill Knapp, Mark Singer. A fabless semiconductor company that went public with an IPO with of $150 million in less than five years. Its revenue grew to over $1 billion…

"Cirrus Logic was really a period of significant growth for me. Unlike at CAE, where I had to define and improvise what it meant to be a CEO and create a successful company, at Cirrus Mark Hackworth was a very experienced business leader and I looked up to him. It was a great advantage to have him mentoring me. I was able to play a key role in many different functions and learn about different aspects of running a company — sales, marketing, finance, and manufacturing."