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Jim Knutti is currently co-founder and President / CEO of Acuity Incorporated; fabless supplier of MEMS based products.

He was previously co-founder and President / CEO of Silicon Microstructures, Inc. (SMI) for 15 years, growing the company from a start-up to a major MEMS product supplier. Prior to that, he was co-founder and President of Transensory Devices, which merged to become IC Sensors.

In the 1980’s, IC Sensors was a pioneering company in commercializing MEMS devices in several markets including disposable blood pressure sensors, high-volume pressure sensors and the first high-volume accelerometer suitable for air-bags (including self testing) as well as prototypes of several key MEMS structures, including optical mirrors, micro-valves and fluidics, precision accelerometers, micro-relays, micro-switches, and biochemical structures.

Jim received BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.