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Lou Sosa
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 Write for Electronic Design
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Lou Sosa graduated with a BS degree in Finance from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., with minor concentrations in accounting and engineering. He has an 18-year corporate background in finance, operations, and sales with Citibank, Philip Morris, Avon Products, Sony Electronics and Liz Claiborne. He also spent 10 years as an executive recruiter in supply-chain management.
Email address: lsosa54@yahoo.com
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7 results found for Lou Sosa, displaying items 1 - 7
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June 12, 2008
[Engineering Feature]
Linear Technologies: Analog's Success In A Digital Era
The mainstream media may call it a digital age. But today’s gadgets still need integrated circuits that can transform analog signals—which convey information about “real world” phenomena like temperature, pressure, sound, and speed—into digital form. Linear Technologies is one of the leading companies designing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad line of standard high-performance analog integrated circuits as well as devices that control power and regulate voltage in...
June 12, 2008
[Engineering Feature]
Sales Drive Atmel's Charge Up The Charts
Atmel designs, develops, manufactures, and sells a wide range of semiconductor IC products, including microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, and nonvolatile memory and radio frequency components, with an emphasis on complete system solutions incorporating microcontrollers. And 2007 was a very good year. After placing 99th on our 2006 list, Atmel charged up the charts to take the 56th slot last year despite a slight decline in sales. This surge came from improvements...
June 12, 2008
[Engineering Feature]
Tyco International: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
2007 was a busy year for Tyco International Ltd. On June 29, it split into three publicly held companies—Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare Group), Tyco Electronics, and the new Tyco International (formerly Tyco Fire & Security and Tyco Engineered Products & Services). And now, Covidien and Tyco Electronics are classified as discontinued operations. Tyco International, the last company standing, had a continuing revenue base of about $19 billion in 2007. Its 2006...
June 12, 2008
[Engineering Feature]
PLDs Present The Key To Xilinx's Success
Untitled Document Xilinx is a top supplier of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs). Customers can program these ICs in a laboratory to perform specific complex...
June 12, 2008
[Engineering Feature]
Agilent Puts Its Products To The Test
Agilent, the world leader in the test and measurement (T&M) market, saw about $5 billion in sales last year. Spun off from Hewlett-Packard in 1999, this company offers the broadest and most diversified portfolio, leaving competitors like Tektronix, National Instruments, Lakeshore, and Keithley Instruments to succeed by focusing on niche markets. Tektronix, the largest of these rivals, tallied around $1 billion in sales for 2007 as of November. As a subsidiary of Danaher...
June 12, 2008
[Engineering Feature]
The Methodology Behind Our Choices
So how did we come up with our Top 50 Employers of 2007, as well as our top EOEM companies? It all began with a list of 250 or so organizations of interest to Electronic Design’s readers and advertisers alike. This roster included U.S. public companies, private companies, subsidiaries and divisions of companies, and public agencies and research facilities like NASA and the military. Then, things got tricky. The quality of one’s employment depends on many qualitative...
June 12, 2008
[Engineering Feature]
Three Companies Make 2007 A Real Leap Year
Since this was the second year we conducted our survey of the Top 50 Employers, we based a lot of our data on changes between 2006 and 2007. Who showed the most growth? Who turned red ink into black? Who charged ahead of their competitors? While many companies showed relative stability, three supercharged companies surged ahead in the ranks: KLA-Tencor, Intel, and Juniper. What do these companies have in common, propelling their ascension? Simple. Strong technology and shrewd asset...
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