John "Jack" F. Gifford (January 11, 1941 – January 11, 2009) was an American engineer and businessman best known as a founder and former CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of Maxim Integrated Products, an analog and mixed signal semiconductor company, located in San Jose, California. He served as the company's CEO until his retirement in 2007.[1]
Gifford was born in 1941 and graduated from Banning High School in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on a baseball scholarship and wanted to play professionally. However, Gifford had married his high school sweetheart at age eighteen and realized he could not play baseball and support his wife and child.[2] He graduated from UCLA with a BSEE degree in 1963.[1] He was a Christian.[3]
Gifford's first job upon graduating from college was as a design engineer at Electronic Specialties in Los Angeles. He was soon recruited by Fairchild Semiconductor, at the age of 24.[2] At Fairchild, Gifford worked his way up from the lower management levels to become the company's first Director of Analog Products. In 1968, Gifford co-founded Advanced Micro Devices and served as the company's Vice President of Marketing and Planning. Gifford left Advanced Micro Devices to begin a career in farming. Shortly after, he was persuaded to consult on a part-time basis at Intersil in the analog division, while continuing his farming. Eventually, Gifford left farming to assume the full-time position as Vice President of the Analog Division and later CEO of Intersil.[2] At Intersil, Gifford was instrumental in the development of low power CMOS for analog applications, which became one of the largest analog IC markets in the world. Gifford is considered to be one of the "founding fathers" on the analog microchip industry.[4]
In 1983, Gifford co-founded Maxim Integrated Products and led the company as CEO and President for the next 24 years. He developed a culture of high expectations with an emphasis on innovation. At Maxim, he devised a list of thirteen principles, known as the Maxim Principles, to define the company's culture.[5] By 2007, when Gifford retired as Maxim's Chairman, CEO and President, Maxim had over 10,000 employees and reported revenues over $2 Billion.[1] The Securities and Exchange Commission had been investigating the company for back-dating stock options since June 2006.[6] A few months after Gifford retired, the CFO resigned and the company was delisted as it restated earnings for 2000 through 2005.[7]
Gifford maintained a passion for baseball throughout his life. In 1994, he founded, sponsored and played for the Maxim Yankees, a semi-pro wood bat baseball team.[8] He also supported several college baseball programs – Stanford, California, Santa Clara University, San Jose State University and UCLA. At UCLA, he funded and oversaw the construction of the Jack and Rhodine Gifford Hitting Facility, a 10,500-square-foot (980 m2) practice facility at Jackie Robinson Stadium.[9]
Married for nearly 49 years, Gifford had three daughters and eleven grandchildren. Gifford died on his 68th birthday of a heart attack, in Kamuela, Hawaii.
Honors and awardsedit
1988 – Nominated for the National Entrepreneur of the Year award by Arthur Young
1990 – Elected to the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 – Named Alumnus of the Year of the UCLA College of Engineering
1992 – Commencement Speaker at the 1992 UCLA College of Engineering Graduation Ceremony
2001 – Named CEO of the Year by Electronic Business Magazine
2004 – Oldest player ever to participate in the National Baseball Congress World Series
2005 – Named America's Best Semiconductor Industry CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine
2007 – Commencement Speaker at the University of Hawaii, Hilo
2007 – Received the Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Hawaii, Hilo
2008 – Recipient of the Special Service Award from the Santa Clara County, Hot Stove Baseball Society
Referencesedit
^ abc"Maxim Integrated Products Mourns Passing of Jack Gifford, Founder and Former CEO" (PDF). Maxim Press Release. January 12, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
^ abc. Silicon Genesis oral history of Semiconductor Technology. Sunnyvale, California: Stanford University. July 17, 2002. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
^"John F. (Jack) Gifford". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
The Making of Silicon Valley: A One Hundred Year Renaissance by Ward Winslow and John McLaughlin ISBN0-9649217-0-7
External linksedit
UCLA Photo Gallery, Jack Gifford Hitting Facility Construction[permanent dead link]
Jack Gifford Quotes
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2007 1 Jack GiffordBorn 1941 01 11 January 11 1941DiedJanuary 11 2009 2009 01 11 aged 68 Alma materUniversity of California Los AngelesOccupation s Semiconductor company founder and executive Contents 1 Life and career 2 Honors and awards 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksLife and career editGifford was born in 1941 and graduated from Banning High School in Los Angeles California He attended the University of California Los Angeles UCLA on a baseball scholarship and wanted to play professionally However Gifford had married his high school sweetheart at age eighteen and realized he could not play baseball and support his wife and child 2 He graduated from UCLA with a BSEE degree in 1963 1 He was a Christian 3 Gifford s first job upon graduating from college was as a design engineer at Electronic Specialties in Los Angeles He was soon recruited by Fairchild Semiconductor at the age of 24 2 At Fairchild Gifford worked his way up from the lower management levels to become the company s first Director of Analog Products In 1968 Gifford co founded Advanced Micro Devices and served as the company s Vice President of Marketing and Planning Gifford left Advanced Micro Devices to begin a career in farming Shortly after he was persuaded to consult on a part time basis at Intersil in the analog division while continuing his farming Eventually Gifford left farming to assume the full time position as Vice President of the Analog Division and later CEO of Intersil 2 At Intersil Gifford was instrumental in the development of low power CMOS for analog applications which became one of the largest analog IC markets in the world Gifford is considered to be one of the founding fathers on the analog microchip industry 4 In 1983 Gifford co founded Maxim Integrated Products and led the company as CEO and President for the next 24 years He developed a culture of high expectations with an emphasis on innovation At Maxim he devised a list of thirteen principles known as the Maxim Principles to define the company s culture 5 By 2007 when Gifford retired as Maxim s Chairman CEO and President Maxim had over 10 000 employees and reported revenues over 2 Billion 1 The Securities and Exchange Commission had been investigating the company for back dating stock options since June 2006 6 A few months after Gifford retired the CFO resigned and the company was delisted as it restated earnings for 2000 through 2005 7 Gifford maintained a passion for baseball throughout his life In 1994 he founded sponsored and played for the Maxim Yankees a semi pro wood bat baseball team 8 He also supported several college baseball programs Stanford California Santa Clara University San Jose State University and UCLA At UCLA he funded and oversaw the construction of the Jack and Rhodine Gifford Hitting Facility a 10 500 square foot 980 m2 practice facility at Jackie Robinson Stadium 9 Married for nearly 49 years Gifford had three daughters and eleven grandchildren Gifford died on his 68th birthday of a heart attack in Kamuela Hawaii Honors and awards edit1988 Nominated for the National Entrepreneur of the Year award by Arthur Young 1990 Elected to the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame 1991 Named Alumnus of the Year of the UCLA College of Engineering 1992 Commencement Speaker at the 1992 UCLA College of Engineering Graduation Ceremony 2001 Named CEO of the Year by Electronic Business Magazine 2004 Oldest player ever to participate in the National Baseball Congress World Series 2005 Named America s Best Semiconductor Industry CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine 2007 Commencement Speaker at the University of Hawaii Hilo 2007 Received the Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from the University of Hawaii Hilo 2008 Recipient of the Special Service Award from the Santa Clara County Hot Stove Baseball SocietyReferences edit a b c Maxim Integrated Products Mourns Passing of Jack Gifford Founder and Former CEO PDF Maxim Press Release January 12 2009 Retrieved April 13 2011 a b c Interview with Jack Gifford Silicon Genesis oral history of Semiconductor Technology Sunnyvale California Stanford University July 17 2002 Archived from the original on July 2 2016 Retrieved April 13 2011 John F Jack Gifford Legacy com Retrieved 2020 05 06 Press Information PDF Retrieved 2020 05 06 EPN interview 1 12 2004 reference 11497 Option Issues Raise SEC Eyebrows CFO June 8 2006 Retrieved April 13 2011 Maxim CFO Resigns amid Options Probe CFO February 1 2007 Retrieved April 13 2011 Maxim Yankees Baseball Club Archived from the original on 2005 12 15 Retrieved 2010 07 27 Former UCLA Baseball Player Jack Gifford Passes Away Archived 2012 04 05 at the Wayback Machine UCLABruins com January 16 2009Further reading editThe Spirit of AMD by Jeffrey L Rodengen ISBN 0 945903 21 9 The Making of Silicon Valley A One Hundred Year Renaissance by Ward Winslow and John McLaughlin ISBN 0 9649217 0 7External links editAuthor Jack Gifford Electronic Design UCLA Photo Gallery Jack Gifford Hitting Facility Construction permanent dead link Interview with Jack Gifford Jack Gifford Quotes Maxim Yankees Player Profile for Jack Gifford Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Gifford amp oldid 1187151751, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
