Dr. Ganapathi (K. G.) has a Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering
from Ohio State University. He started his career as a post-doctoral
research fellow at the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the
University of California, San Diego. He then served in various engineering
management capacities with Applied Magnetics Corporation and Read-Rite
Corporation, before joining the founding team of DAS Devices, Inc., a
startup in thin film recording heads. DAS was sold to Applied Magnetics
Corporation in February 1999. Following the merger, Dr. Ganapathi
served as Vice President and General Manager of the San Jose division
of Applied Magnetics, with responsibility for all R&D, engineering,
customer qualification, and prototype operations. Dr. Ganapathi founded
Fidelica Microsystems in June 1999.