Claudine Simson

Dr. Claudine Simson was vice president and chief technology officer for Freescale Semiconductor. Dr. Claudine Simson then joined LSI as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as of March 26th.

Claudine graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's honors' degree in electrical engineering from one of France's prestigious Engineering Grandes Ecoles in Toulouse, France. She was the youngest Ph.D. in France when she earned her doctorate degree in semiconductor physics in 1978 from the same institution.

Claudine Simon has major industry experience in the fields of telecommunications, networking and wireless, with expertise ranging from semiconductor process technology and design infrastructure to component design, as well as system-level applications. She recently held the CTO position at Motorola's Semiconductor Products Group and its spin-off, Freescale Semiconductor. Prior to joining Motorola, Claudine had a highly successful career for 23 years at Nortel Networks, where she held senior executive positions ranging from general manager of Nortel's semiconductor business to vice president in charge of all technology research spanning a product portfolio over $25 billion. She began her career as a device physicist at Bell-Northern Research Laboratories, and was recognized for launching the world's first single-chip filter-codec and the world’s first high-performance optical networking module. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science), Claudine is a recipient of three honorary doctorates and the National Order of Merit of France for the worldwide advancement of technology. She is also active on a number of boards of research institutions and high-technology companies, most notably Verigy, the recent spin-off of Agilent Technologies.

Dr. Simson is married and has two daughters.