REZA KAZEROUNIAN
Corporate Vice President
General Manager North America Region
STMicroelectronics
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 Reza
Kazerounian was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1958. He received
a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois in
1980 and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in
1985, in both electrical engineering and computer sciences.
In 1985, Kazerounian started his professional carrier as an R&D
engineer at WaferScale Integration (WSI), a privately held start-up
company in Fremont, California, specializing in Programmable System
Devices. At WSI, he earned positions of increasing responsibility,
through Vice President of Technology and Product Development (1995)
to Chief Operating Officer in 1997.
When WSI was acquired by STMicroelectronics in 2000, Kazerounian
became the general manager of the newly formed Programmable Systems
Division, charged with the development of 8- and 32-bit embedded
systems. In 2003, he was appointed Group General Vice President
and General Manager of the Smart Card IC Division. In this capacity,
Kazerounian drove ST’s e-Passport and Trusted Computing
programs and launched the Company’s development program
for embedded ARM9 microcontrollers.
Kazerounian’s research and development activities have
been recognized with numerous patents and he has authored and
co-authored more than 20 technical publications on non-volatile
memory and smart-card technologies and products.
In October 2005, Reza Kazerounian was promoted to Corporate Vice
President, General Manager North America region, which accounts
for 13% of ST’s sales by location of delivery and almost
30% of sales by the location of the customer’s headquarters.
Kazerounian has successfully contributed to strengthening the
Company’s key account programs with wireless- and consumer-market
leaders and with building momentum in sales and marketing with
the distribution and mass-market customers.
June 2008
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