James Eric Bjornholt is an American businessperson who has been at the head of 8 different companies. Currently, Mr. Bjornholt holds the position of Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Microchip Technology, Inc., Chairman for Microchip Technology Rousset SAS, Co-Managing Director at Microchip Technology GmbH, Co-Managing Director at Microchip Technology Munich GmbH, Co-Managing Director at Microsemi Frequency & Time GmbH, Co-Managing Director at Microchip Technology Germany II GmbH & Co. KG, President for Microsemi Communications, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Legal at Microsemi Corp. (which are all subsidiaries of Microchip Technology, Inc.), Chief Financial Officer & Director at Microsemi SoC Corp. and Co-Managing Director at Vectron International GmbH. He is also on the board of 7 other companies. Mr. Bjornholt previously held the position of Co-Managing Director at Microchip Technology Germany GmbH, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President for Atmel Corp. and Director-Financial Reporting & Tax at KPMG LLP. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and a graduate degree from Arizona State University.