Company: Founders

Ben Vigoda

Ben Vigoda, Co-Founder and CEO

Ben Vigoda is CEO of Lyric Semiconductor, which he co-founded in 2006. Prior to that, Ben was a visiting scientist at MIT and a research scientist at Mitsubishi Electric Research and HP Labs. Ben received a bachelor’s in physics from Swarthmore College and a doctorate in computational physics from MIT. During this time, he cofounded Design That Matters, a not-for-profit that does design for the developing world, and invented the technology that became the foundation for Lyric Semiconductor. Ben is the author of several dozen publications and patents.

David ReynoldsDavid Reynolds, Co-Founder and VP of Product Development

Dave Reynolds co-founded Lyric Semiconductor and currently serves as its Vice President of Product Development.  He is a 25-plus year veteran of the semiconductor industry, who has held a variety of positions in engineering, marketing and management. Prior to joining Lyric, Dave worked for Spurwink Technologies, Quadic Systems, Broadcom Corporation and Analog Devices, where he worked in both their US and Irish offices. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State University, and has 13 patents issued, with several more in progress.