Bill Colleran
Bill Colleran is Managing Partner at Semiconductor Acquisition Partners. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer at Adronite, AnswerDash, Impinj, Inc., and Innovent Systems, and was Director of Business Development at Broadcom. His expertise includes executive management, corporate strategy, and leadership in technology sectors such as AI, semiconductors, and SaaS.
Impinj CEO Chris Diorio rings Nasdaq bell as RFID chipmaker marks 10th IPO anniversary after growing to $4.2B market cap
Impinj, maker of tiny battery-free RFID chips embedded in over 160 billion items, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its IPO as CEO Chris Diorio rang the Nasdaq bell; the Seattle company commands about two-thirds of its market, grew from a $250 million IPO valuation to a $4.2 billion market cap, but has reported only one profitable year and carries a $400 million accumulated deficit.
Madrona celebrates Impinj’s 10th IPO anniversary, remembering founders Carver Mead and Chris Diorio and their low-power transistor breakthrough
Impinj marked the 10th anniversary of its IPO, and Madrona celebrates its long partnership with the company dating back to its founding in 2000 by Carver Mead and Chris Diorio. The piece highlights Mead's influential contributions to semiconductor industry and neuromorphic computing and explains that Impinj originated from their work on low-power, low-cost field-tunable transistors.
Former Impinj CEO Bill Colleran named CEO of Seattle AI startup Adronite after $5M Series A
Veteran tech executive Bill Colleran has been named CEO of Seattle AI coding startup Adronite, succeeding co-founder Edward Rothschild who becomes CTO; the 15-person company raised a $5 million Series A and builds tools to help developers and AI understand whole codebases. Colleran brings 35+ years of semiconductor and enterprise technology experience, including leading Impinj and selling Innovent Systems to Broadcom for about $500 million.
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Education
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Harvard Law School Juris Doctor (J.D.) · 1993–1996
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UCLA Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering · 1985–1993
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University of Southern California Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering · 1983–1985
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University of Notre Dame Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering · 1979–1983
