Andrea Cuomo

Andrea Cuomo was born in Milan, Italy, in 1954 and studied Nuclear Science at the Polytechnic of Milan, with a special focus on analog electronics.

He joined the Italian semiconductor manufacturer SGS Microelettronica in 1983 as a System Testing Engineer and until 1988 he held various positions up to Product Manager in the automotive, computer, and industrial product segments within the Monolithic Microsystems Division of SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (now STMicroelectronics). In 1989, when the Division became the Dedicated Products Group, Cuomo was appointed Director of Strategy and Market Development. A special mission he has covered since then has been that of developing strategic alliances with top customers.

In 1994, he was appointed Vice President responsible for the Headquarters Region. In this position he had the responsibility for corporate strategic marketing and the advanced application labs. He also had direct responsibility for sales to strategic accounts, which have played a key role in the company's success.

In 1998, Cuomo was appointed Vice President responsible for the newly created corporate organization called Advanced System Technology (AST), with the mission to develop the advanced architectures that drive key strategic applications. Under his leadership, AST has played a key role in the creation of system knowledge to support ST's System-on-Chip (SoC) roadmaps. In January 2002, he was promoted to Corporate Vice President, AST General Manager.

In 2005, Cuomo took on further responsibilities as Chief Strategic Officer, supervising Corporate Legal Affairs and Intellectual Property, Capacity and Capital Planning, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Knowledge and Education, as well as R&D Programs and Technology Coordination.

At the beginning of 2005, Cuomo also became Executive Vice President following the formation of the ST Corporate Executive Committee, comprised of ten senior corporate executives in addition to the CEO and the COO.

On Jan 1, 2008, Andrea Cuomo was appointed to the role of General Manager of Sales and Marketing for Europe, while continuing to manage AST.

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