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Robert G. Pico is presently Vice President of Business Development at TranSwitch (NASDAQ:TXCC). He leads all M&A activities, initialization of start-up companies through seed funding for companies that include: Teraop, Optix, IC41C, Onex (acquired by TXCC), SOSI (acquired by TXCC). Pico additionally invests on behalf of TranSwitch in companies that demonstrate significant growth opportunities including Accordian Networks. He performs all contract negotiations for the company when acquiring third party intellectual property such as VLSI cell libraries and semiconductor foundry service contracts from suppliers such as Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN), TSMC in Taiwan and LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI). Pico has led the team consummating more than 10 acquisitions and formation of start-up companies spanning Israel, North America, Europe, and Asia. He is a Board member of several of these companies. Pico joined TranSwitch in 1988 and assisted in its public offering in 1995 on the NASDAQ Exchange.
Pico has a breadth of corporate management expertise spanning engineering, operations and business development. Prior to his tenure at TranSwitch he held senior positions in both large multi-national corporations such as ITT and United Technologies. He holds a BSEE and MS in Physics from the University of Hartford and Trinity College respectively and has completed his requirements for an MBA in Marketing from the University of Hartford. | 