Management Team

Michael L. Canning
President and CEO

Michael L. Canning is a veteran with 20 years’ executive management experience in the semiconductor industry, with a track record for driving innovation, rapid revenue growth, and product expansion.   During this time, Mike pioneered the “fabless” manufacturing model, a concept now in use by the majority of semiconductor companies.  As a founding executive at Cirrus Logic Inc., he contributed to the company’s success as the fastest-growth semiconductor start-up, with revenues growth from zero to $1.1 billion in ten years.  At Cirrus, Mike served as president and CEO of the company’s Mass Storage Company, where he was responsible for $400 million in revenues.  Mike also served as president and CEO of Stream Machine Company, a digital video compression company, where he raised $33 million in funding, and later arranged a successful acquisition by Cirrus Logic.