Aaron Lyman

Aaron Lyman has been an innovator since birth. This engineering of the world around him led to a love of software development and a passion for technology and computers. Lyman has always been in search of great tools. Tractors to manage his real estate. Band-saws and planers to build the boats of his international charity. His Jordan basketball shoes. iPhone/iPad. Squint, the keyword browser. All great tools.

After completing his B.S. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Utah, Aaron held diverse positions in marketing and sales at NCR Microelectronics, Comlinear, Cirrus Logic, Ross Technologies, and ultimately SigmaTel Inc. in Austin, Texas. As Vice-President of Worldwide Sales at SigmaTel, he grew company revenues from less than $500 thousand to nearly $200 million in 2004.

During his career, Lyman drove sales to world number one status in four different high-volume consumer semiconductor markets. This led to successful SigmaTel initial and secondary public offerings of $275 million and a market value of greater than $1 billion. Lyman’s unique combination of engineering, sales and international marketing experience has positioned him to highly affect any organization he has been a part of.

After the disastrous earthquake and resulting tsunami hit Southeast Asia in 2004, Lyman established Austin International Rescue Operations – AIRO – to build and donate fishing boats to tsunami victims. Using local craftsmen, AIRO built and donated more than 200 fully-equipped fishing boats to needy families. AIRO was completely turned over to the local people and continues to construct fishing boats under the coconut trees of Sumatra, Indonesia.