Gregorio Reyes

Who is Gregorio Reyes?

Gregorio Reyes is a private investor and a Management Consultant; co-founded Sunward Technologies in 1985 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1994. Gregorio is a Silicon Valley legend, an immigrant from Cuba who became a successful technologist in the semiconductor and disk drive industries.

Gregorio has experience primarily in the areas of data storage and magnetic recording, semiconductors and telecommunications. Reyes began his career with National Semiconductor, followed by executive positions with Motorola, Fairchild Semiconductor and Eaton. From 1981 to 1984 he was president and CEO of National Micronetics, a provider of hard disc magnetic recording head products for the data storage industry. Between 1986 and 1990, he was chairman and CEO of American Semiconductor Equipment Technologies. Reyes co-founded Sunward Technologies in 1985 and served as Chairman and CEO until 1994. Reyes is currently serving on the boards of three publicly traded companies Dialog Semiconductor, Seagate, and LSI Corporation. He also serves as a director of three privately held companies: Nuera Communications, Future Trade Technology, Appshop and Astute Networks.