Energy Micro was founded in 2007. The team consists of semiconductor experienced personnel where the President and CEO Geir Førre previously founded Chipcon, now Texas Instruments Norway AS. Co-founder CTO Øyvind Janbu has experience from Chipcon, Texas Instruments, and Tandberg. Co-founder and the VP of Engineering, Eirik Jørgensen, has previously worked for Atmel. Co-founder and VP of Sales Operation, John Fjellheim, previously worked for Chipcon. In addition to the original founders the following individuals are now part of Energy Micro's management team; Andreas Koller joined from Texas Instruments as the VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Zalina Shaher joined as the VP of Operations and she has former experience from Motorola and Silicon Laboratories, while Phi Hong joined as the VP of Finance.
Energy Micro's Board of Directors include Daniel Artusi, Daniel Hoste, both with several key positions in semiconductor companies. The Chairman is Torleif Ahlsand from Northzone Ventures, and Board Member Steinar Fossen from Investinor joined after the two VC companies invested a total of $13 million in Energy Micro's first funding round.[8]
In October 2009 the company released its first product line, EFM32 Gecko MCUs, in February 2010 the EFM32 Tiny Gecko MCUs were announced[9], and in July 2010 the EFM32 Giant Gecko microcontrollers with USB and large memory was announced
Energy Micro's Board of Directors include Daniel Artusi, Daniel Hoste, both with several key positions in semiconductor companies. The Chairman is Torleif Ahlsand from Northzone Ventures, and Board Member Steinar Fossen from Investinor joined after the two VC companies invested a total of $13 million in Energy Micro's first funding round.[8]
In October 2009 the company released its first product line, EFM32 Gecko MCUs, in February 2010 the EFM32 Tiny Gecko MCUs were announced[9], and in July 2010 the EFM32 Giant Gecko microcontrollers with USB and large memory was announced
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