Irwin Federman
US Venture partners
General Partner

who joined USVP as a General Partner in April 1990, was President and CEO of Monolithic Memories, Inc., from 1978-1987. MMI was a startling turnaround. Under Irwin's leadership, the Company grew from virtual bankruptcy to $250 million in revenues during his nine-year tenure as CEO, culminating in a merger with AMD at a valuation of approximately $450 million. Irwin was also two-term Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, has served on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association and served two terms on the Dean's Advisory Board of Santa Clara University. As CEO at Monolithic Memories, Irwin initiated MMI investments in such highly successful venture capital start-ups as Cypress Semiconductor, Xilinx and Altera. As a professional venture capitalist, Irwin was a founding lead investor in Crescendo Communications, Power Integrations, SanDisk, TelCom Semiconductor, Resumix, CheckPoint Software, MMC Networks, Centillium Communications, Netro, Nuance Communications and QuickLogic. Irwin received a B.S. in Economics from Brooklyn College and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering Science from Santa Clara University. He has been the recipient of the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award, and the Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Community and Justice.