Who is Loïc?

Intro

 

Loïc is paddling and surfing on the technology waves of the Semi Conductors industry since 32 years, driving adoption and deployement of new design methods and tools that will overcome the Moore's laws challenges.

Profile

  • 57 year old, 32 years experience in Semi Conductor Design and EDA at Texas Instruments, as Digital and Analog Design Engineer, Manager and R&D Director.
  • Graduate Engineer from INPG Grenoble France 1974
  • Large technical expertise ranging from solid state physics, to dynamic RAM, Analog design, DSP design, Wireless IP create, ASIC and SoC integration, EDA, Design Methodology, Program Management, R&D Efficiency and Electronic System Level (ESL) design.
  • Strong management skills. Experience with major programs management and large world-wide multi-cultural R&D organizations direction.
  • A lot of local and global contacts in the SC and EDA industries. Worked with many Design Services and EDA companies. Participated to the creation of new Design Centers in Eastern Europe and in Morocco.
  • Driving for results with great leadership and clear strategic vision.
  • A life outside work: married 3 children. Involved in local social and political life. Enjoys practissing see-kayak, yoga, hicking, skiing. Fan of Rugby, supporter of french national team. Producer of olive-oil in Chateauneuf de Grasse France. Corvette Driver.

 

Professional experience

  • LLT Design Founder 2009

 

  • Design Methodology Director- Wireless Division- Texas Instruments (2005 - 2009)
    Put in place design benchmarking and efficiency metrics and tools in the world wide Wireless design teams.
    Drove methodology improvement programs that reduce cycle time increase predictability and improve designer's productivity with High Level Synthesis for IP design and Auto-Generation for SoC integration.
    Gave talks and wrote papers on ESL and IP-XACT in several international conferences (DAC, DATE, IP08)

 

  • Director on the Board of the Spirit Consortium 2006-2009

 

  • OMAP & Cellular Systems HW Development Manager-Wireless Division- Texas Instruments  (2003 - 2005)
    Management of five IP and IC design teams in Nice, Bangalore, San Diego and Chicago (up to 400 engineers, more than 100M$ R&D budget)
    Developed 22 chips (Digital and Analog/RF) including industry leading OMAP processors.

 

  • DSP / Wireless Europe R&D manager Texas Instruments  (1997 - 2003)
    Managed design of several C5X DSP that sold over 1 billion samples

 

  • Program Manager Texas Instruments (1995-1997)
    Managed first TI-Nokia one-chip digital Base Band Program

 

  • Analog Design manager Texas Instruments  France Nice (1985-1992)
    Created Nice analog team    . Designed several analog chips for line card
    Developed Delta Sigma converters Patents

 

  • Design engineer Senior Member Technical Staff- Texas Instruments Dallas and Nice (1977 - 1985)

 

  • Mathematics and Physics Teacher Lycée Technique Maktar Tunisia: 1974 - 1976