Christopher J. Neil

Senior Vice President, Industrial and Medical Solutions Group

As Senior Vice President, Chris Neil is responsible for definition, development, and marketing of products and solutions addressing the industrial and medical end markets. He joined Maxim in 1990 and became a Vice President in 2006.

Mr. Neil has a wide range of experience gained from managing diverse business activities for Maxim in the consumer, communications, computing, and industrial markets. These different businesses reflect Maxim's wide range of product offerings, the broad skill set of its work force, and its diverse customer base.

Mr. Neil has drawn on his broad experience to propose and implement several important initiatives. He was among the first to articulate Maxim's unique balanced business model, by which Maxim routinely reassesses and rebalances its investments in the computer, consumer, industrial, and communications markets. In this way the company better manages its long-term growth and long-term profitability. He also drove several acquisitions which built on Maxim's embedded microcontroller expertise and strengthened the company's position as a complete systems solutions provider, especially in the smart grid and secure financial transactions markets. He is the driving force behind the company's current mission to extend Maxim's reach to an even wider customer base in the industrial and medical markets. Mr. Neil continues to drive organizational, R&D management, and marketing changes that promote collaboration and take full advantage of the deep talent pool of the entire Maxim team.

Mr. Neil holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.