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Steve Cooper is a highly accomplished, successful entrepreneur and executive with over 35 years of experience leading companies in the semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, software and medical device industries.
Steve began at Intel in 1973, where he held various engineering and management positions, including Engineering Manager and Wafer
Fabrication Manager. From 1980 to 1987 Steve held various positions, including President and COO, with Silicon Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of analog/digital semiconductors; from 1987-1990 he served as President and CEO of Bipolar Integrated Technology, a manufacturer of bipolar semiconductors.
In 1993 he was hired to turnaround Etec Systems, which he took public in 1995 and sold to Applied Materials in March 2000 in a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. In 2001 Steve provided seed financing to start Inogen.
Steve served as Inogen’s Chairman from founding until 2008 and today continues as a Director. In 2003 Steve founded Skyler Technology, Inc. a developer of enterprise software for the financial services industry and served as its Chairman and CEO until it moved to London in January 2010. In 2010 Steve started High Tech CEO Advisor to focus on mentoring CEO’s of early stage companies.
Steve holds a BSEE from University of California, Santa Barbara where he is a Trustee, a member of the College of Engineering Dean’s Cabinet and a member of the Advisory Board for the Technology Management Program. Currently Steve is a member of the boards of Inogen, Aurrion and Built on Logic.
