By Simon Cocking, interesting interview with Leonard Hobbs who is one of Ireland’s leading technologists in the ICT sector with close to 30 years of experience including that of a large successful global enterprise spanning leading edge research to technology transfer to advanced manufacturing and high volume operations in the US, Europe, and Ireland.
We had a quick chat with Leonard to get some insights from his long and successful career working in the semi conductor industry, and then subsequently in the wider field of R&D. Leonard has worked mostly but not exclusively in Ireland and so is well positioned to give his insights into why Ireland has punched above its weight in semi conductors and tech in general globally.
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2025
MIDAS Ireland welcomes the announcement of ‘Silicon Island’: A National Semiconductor Strategy.
We are delighted that Ireland’s well established and very successful semiconductor is being recognized as strategically important with a Semiconductor Advisory Council to be established to provide the necessary future leadership. The strategy identifies many Read more…