Mike Bartlett

Vice President (retired) - Texas Instruments

Mike graduated in 1976 from Georgia Tech with a BEE degree and received his MSEE degree from SMU in 1979.  He joined Texas Instruments in 1976 as a Product Engineer in the Linear Products Group.  In his 28 years at Texas Instruments he worked in many different roles in TI's Mixed Signal and Analog Groups and has contributed to their significant growth during this time.

In 1993 Mike was appointed the World Wide Linear and Interface Manager.  This Group grew to $500M+ size in 1996 and was the most profitable large Group in TI.  In 1996 he helped break this Group up into a number of smaller and more focused Organizations positioning TI for future major growth in the Mixed Signal and Analog area.

In 1997 Mike formed the new Bus Solutions Group aimed at providing high performance/high speed interfaces and leading TI's efforts in developing Gigabit capability.  Product responsibilities include CardBus Controllers, PCI Bridges, IEEE-1394 "Firewire(tm)," Gigabit Ethernet, and Clock Distribution Circuits. 

In January, 2000, Mike was named a TI Vice President and took charge of the newly formed Display Solutions Business Unit.  In this position he led the consolidation of TI's electronics products supporting LCD Displays.  This included moving these products from internal manufacturing to out-sourcing to Foundries. 

On October 1, 2001, Mike made a lateral move to become the Vice President responsible for the High Speed Communications and Control (HSCC) Group, under the High Precision Analog (HPA) Organization.  In this role he was responsible for 8 smaller Product Groups, all in various "start-up" mode and focused on providing TI with new leading-edge analog and mixed signal solutions.  These are:

            Fibre Optics Business Unit

            High Speed Business Unit

            Wireless Infrastructure Business Unit

            MSP430 Ultra Low Power Micro-Controllers

            Clock Distribution Circuits

            Digital Radio Group

            Optical Wireless Systems

            Spreeta Medical Sensors

One notable side activity was that Mike received a 4 year appointment by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to be an Industry Representative on the "Information Systems Technical Advisory Council" (ISTAC) from 1999 - 2003.  In ISTAC Mike interfaced with members of the US Departments of Commerce, Defense and State to help define the US Policy and Regulations on Export of Technology.

In 2004, after 28 years with Texas Instruments, Mike requested and received an Early Retirement Package from TI.

Mike is currently active as a Consultant to the Semiconductor and Medical Equipment Industries.  He is also on Technical Advisory Boards at Georgia Tech and The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), as well as interfacing with Professors at many other Universities.