Jim Aralis

Jim Aralis joined Microsemi in January 2007, where he served as chief technology officer and as senior vice president of advanced development until June 2018. Aralis retired after the acquisition of Microsemi. In retirement he spends time consulting, advising, and serving on boards of various companies and philanthropic organizations. Aralis has spent more than 40 years in the development of analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits, systems, and software/firmware. He has also contributed to the development of custom analog devices and process technologies and CAD systems. Prior to joining Microsemi, Aralis started, staffed and managed the Maxim Integrated Products design center in Irvine, California, which designed physical layer ICs for fiber optic communications. He also managed an AFE design team designing high-performance disk drive read channels for TI/SSi. In addition, Aralis worked on the design and design management of analog and digital integrated circuits for Hughes Aircraft Company.

Aralis received a Bachelor of Science degree in Math Applied Science and Physics and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. He holds numerous patents and publications and has given technical and keynote presentations at many conferences across the world.