Sean Redmond

Sean Redmond has nearly 40 years of experience in the semiconductor and software industries. Starting his career as a chip designer, he led two market leading design teams. Firstly in digital stereo sound for television and then the first embedded mobile phone chip with VLSI technology. Sean was VP Europe for Verisity Design Inc, taking them from a standing start to over 160 customer sites throughout Europe in 5 years. He instigated and led the strategic partnership with Arm, fueling its meteoric rise and successful IPO. Following their acquisition by Cadence, Sean became VP & GM of Cadence EMEA, doubling its business in 3 years. As VP WW Sales and Marketing for ARC, he helped turn its cash flow positive, leading to the eventual sale to Synopsys. Sean, a Managing Partner at SiliconCatalyst.UK, has recently worked closely with the UK government on industrial digital strategy, co-chairing the ElecTech council and became a core member of the Secretary of State’s industrial digital leadership team. In 2021, Sean single handedly launched SiliconCatalyst.UK, bringing several years of successful Silicon Valley semiconductor startup incubation and acceleration knowledge to the UK semiconductor startup community. Sean has a BSc(hons), MSc EE from Kings College, London and MBA from Henley Management College.