Balu Balakrishnan joined Power Integrations in 1989 and was appointed to CEO in 2002. Balu has more than 40 years of engineering, marketing, and management experience in the semiconductor industry, including product-line management responsibility at National Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Balakrishnan holds more than 190 patents and has received the Discover Award for Technological Innovation as well as a TechAmerica Innovator Award.