CLAUDE DARDANNE
Corporate Vice President, General Manager
Microcontrollers, Memories & Smartcards Group
STMicroelectronics
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Dardanne was born near Limoges (France) in 1952. He graduated
from the Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Génie
Electrique de Rouen in France with a Master’s degree in
Electronic Engineering.
After graduation, Dardanne spent 5 years at Thomson Semiconducteur
in France before moving to North America for the Company as a
Field Application Engineer. During that time he wrote a book on
one of Thomson’s key microprocessor products. From 1982,
Dardanne was responsible for marketing of Microcontrollers &
Microprocessor products in North America, where his efforts contributed
significantly to the growth of Thomson’s market share in
microcontrollers for the automotive industry. Back in France in
1987, Dardanne was appointed Thomson’s Worldwide Marketing
Manager for Microcontrollers & Microprocessors.
In 1989, Dardanne joined Apple Computer, France, as Marketing
Director, responsible for business development in segments including
Industrial, Education, Banking, and Communications. This experience
helped him acquire a profound knowledge of end-user equipment
and computer markets.
From 1991 to 1994, Dardanne served as Marketing Director at Alcatel-Mietec
in Belgium. During this period, Alcatel-Mietec successfully diversified
its ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) portfolio and
entered new markets, such as Automotive and Industrial.
In 1994, Dardanne rejoined Thomson (which by then had merged
with SGS Microelettronica) as Director of Central Marketing for
the Memory Products Group (MPG). In 1998, Dardanne became the
head of the EEPROM division and succeeded in establishing ST as
the worldwide leader in Serial EEPROM and #1 supplier to the automotive
industry.
In 2002, he was promoted to Vice President of the Memory Products
Group and General Manager of the Serial Non-Volatile Memories
division. Under Dardanne’s direction, the Company grew its
worldwide market share in Serial EEPROM and established the new
standard in Serial Non-Volatile Memories based on NOR Flash technology.
With more than 30% market share in serial EEPROM and more than
40% in Serial Flash, ST became the indisputable worldwide leader
in Serial Non-Volatile Memories.
In 2004, Dardanne was promoted to Deputy General Manager, Memory
Products Group, where his responsibilities included the management
of ST’s Smart Card Division. On January 1st 2007, Claude
Dardanne was promoted to Corporate Vice President and General
Manager of ST’s newly created Microcontrollers, Memories
& Smartcards (MMS) Group, which is part of ST’s Industrial
& Multisegment Sector.
Reviewed-October 2007
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