Bernard Xavier
Private Equity Investor at Formative Ventures LLC
Profile
Dr. Xavier is a seasoned technology executive, with over 13 years of specialized radio frequency (RF) and baseband design expertise with companies such as National Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Philips, and LSI Logic.
Dr. Xavier is currently the founder, CEO and President at Quorum Systems, a San Diego-based start-up developing multi-mode RF devices for next generation cellular handsets.
Prior to launching Quorum, Dr. Xavier founded InnoCOMM Wireless, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless access ICs in February 1998, and was responsible for business development, engineering, finance and sales.
He generated over $7M of sales for InnoCOMM, and funded some of the company’s operating expenses.
During his tenure, Dr. Xavier initiated and developed strategic alliances with several large and small companies and negotiated all contracts and business deals, including the Series A and B financing rounds.
Dr. Xavier grew the InnoCOMM team from its initial three-person team to a total of fifty-eight employees, developing the largest RF IC team outside of Qualcomm in San Diego.
Dr. Xavier navigated the negotiation of the $130M acquisition of InnoCOMM by National Semiconductor, who outbid several other corporate suitors.
Upon acquisition, Dr. Xavier assumed the role of Director of Wireless Data at National Semiconductor.
In this new role, he managed several satellite design teams in Sweden, Scotland, Santa Clara, Germany and San Diego.
Dr. Xavier received his PhD in microwave circuits from Brunel University in the UK.
He has published some thirty papers in radio frequency IC design and is currently serving on the technical program committee of the MTT-S RFIC conference.
He has filed several patents in the area of semiconductor circuits and systems.
Bernard Xavier active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Formative Ventures LLC
 Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Former positions of Bernard Xavier
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
SmartCap AS
 SmartCap AS Investment ManagersFinance SmartCap AS (SC) is a venture capital subsidiary of KredEx headquartered in Estonia and was founded in 2007. | Private Equity Analyst | 2016-08-31 |
| SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC (ADR) | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
InnoComm Wireless, Inc.
 InnoComm Wireless, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Part of Texas Instruments Incorporated, innoCOMM wireless, Inc. develops chipsets for wireless networking applications. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Bernard Xavier, Dan Meacham. innoCOMM wireless was acquired by National Semiconductor Corp. on February 23, 2001 for $130 million. | Founder | - |
| LSI CORP | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Bernard Xavier
| Brunel University | Doctorate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 7 |
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LSI Corp.
 LSI Corp. Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology LSI Corp. designs, develops, and markets high-performance storage and networking semiconductors. Its products include custom and standard product integrated circuits that are used in disk drives, solid state drives, high-speed communications systems, computer servers, storage systems, and personal computers. The company was founded on November 6, 1980 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Electronic Technology |
National Semiconductor Corp.
 National Semiconductor Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. | Electronic Technology |
InnoComm Wireless, Inc.
InnoComm Wireless, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Part of Texas Instruments Incorporated, innoCOMM wireless, Inc. develops chipsets for wireless networking applications. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Bernard Xavier, Dan Meacham. innoCOMM wireless was acquired by National Semiconductor Corp. on February 23, 2001 for $130 million. | Electronic Technology |
Quorum Systems, Inc.
 Quorum Systems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Quorum Systems, Inc. manufactures semiconductor and related devices. It offers multi-mode, multi-band single-chip radio transceivers and managed enterprise mobility applications for wireline carriers. The company was founded in 2002 by Bernard Xavier and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Formative Ventures LLC
Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | Finance |
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.
 Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company that develops mobile chipset platforms for smartphones, feature phones, and other consumer electronics products. It supports 2G, 3G, and 4G wireless communications standards. The firms solutions combine its highly integrated, power-efficient chipsets with customizable software and reference designs in a complete turnkey platform, enabling customers to achieve faster design cycles with a lower development cost. The company was founded by Da Tong Chen, Ren Yong Fan, Jin Ji, and Ping Wu in April 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | Electronic Technology |
SmartCap AS
SmartCap AS Investment ManagersFinance SmartCap AS (SC) is a venture capital subsidiary of KredEx headquartered in Estonia and was founded in 2007. | Finance |
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