K. Charles Janac is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of hands-on experience of building new technology companies. He is currently the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arteris SA - pioneering a market for Network on Chip (NoC) subsystems for on-chip communications inside complex semiconductor chips. He started his technology career as employee number two of Cadence Design Systems (originally SDA Inc.), a NYSE traded $1.2B revenue company. Subsequently, he served as CEO of HLD Systems, Smart Machines and Nanomix. Charlie also served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Infinity Capital, an early stage venture capital firm in Palo Alto , California and has worked for Exxon Chemical Company in technical and sales positions.
Born in Prague , Czech Republic , he has spend 35 years in the United States , he holds both a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Organic Chemistry from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds one patent in polymer film technology. Charlie, his wife Lydia , and their two children currently reside near Le Mans , France .