Daniel Armbrust

Daniel Armbrust is co-founder and director of Silicon Catalyst which incubates semiconductor startups.  Its portfolio companies have raised more than $0.5B in venture funding and are valued at over $1.9B.  Armbrust serves as an advisor, board member, board chairman and angel investor for many semiconductor startups.  Daniel is an affiliate with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and recently was appointed to the Industrial Advisory Committee, which advises the Department of Commerce on the R&D strategy for the CHIPS Act.  He served as President and CEO of the SEMATECH semiconductor consortium and held various positions in semiconductor manufacturing and development over 25 years at IBM.