Suhas Patil

Suhas Patil is founder and Chairman Emeritus of Cirrus Logic Inc., a leading semiconductor company. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Suhas spent ten years in the academic field. Suhas was appointed Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT, he worked in the area of Computer Architecture and related topics.

In 1992, Suhas together with other successful entrepreneurs and businessmen of Indian origin in the Silicon Valley formed a non-profit organization called TiE, Suhas was elected its first president and under his leadership TiE became an effective and respected organization nurturing and mentoring entrepreneurs and young companies. Suhas is on the board of Digité, Cradle Technologies and several other startups.

Suhas received his Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1970. In 1995, his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, conferred an Honorary Doctor of Science degree on him for his work in science and industry.

He is currently the Chairman of the TiE Global Board of Trustees.