Vin Dham
Vinod (Vin) K. Dham was Chairman and CEO of Silicon Spice, Inc., which was recently aquired by Broadcom for over a billion dollars.  Recognized as the "Father of the Pentium Processor," he held the positions of Vice President of Intel's Microprocessor Products Group and General Manager of the Pentium Processor Division. After 16 years at Intel he joined Nexgen as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. Following AMD's acquisition of Nexgen, he was instrumental in bringing to market AMD's K6 processor. In May of 2000, President Clinton appointed Mr. Dham to the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In 1999 he was named as one of the top 100 Asian Americans of the decade. Mr. Dham obtained his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from the University of Delhi in 1971. He received his Masters in Electrical Engineering (Solid State) from the University of Cincinnati in 1977, from which he also received a Distinguished Alumni Award. He has co-authored numerous technical papers and patents.