Summary : Ray Stata: For creating the analog semiconductor business model
Ray Stata — HoF: For creating the analog semiconductor business model
- Having founded Analog Devices in 1965 and still Chairman of the board, few can claim such longevity in the top spot
- Secret was a ruthless focus on winds of change in analog while never being seduced by digital sirens
- Starting in op-amps, moving on to converters, and staying in the analog sweet-spot of mixed signal by offering a complete signal chain
- With strict attention to organization agility as an innovation strategy
- Which enabled Analog Devices to capture markets on a broad scale by breadth of organization and not on individual ‘think of something' strategies
- Secret was a ruthless focus on winds of change in analog while never being seduced by digital sirens
