Stephen (Steve) Anderson, senior vice president and worldwide manager, Power Management, Texas Instruments Incorporated Steve Anderson is senior vice president and worldwide manager of the Texas Instruments (TI) Power Management business unit within the company’s Analog division. He provides strategic leadership to help TI meet the demanding power management challenges facing system manufacturers worldwide. Anderson manages TI’s portfolio of power management solutions for portable or line-powered designs. TI’s power management chips are used in virtually every type of end equipment, from MP3 and portable medical devices, to telecom, industrial and computing applications. Prior to his current role, Anderson was vice president of System Power Management for TI, where he was primarily responsible for the business strategy and operations, including product development and product definition to serve the requirements of line-powered applications. Previously, he managed the power module business in Warrenville, Ill. In these positions, Anderson helped grow TI to become the leading supplier of power management integrated circuits. Anderson began his career with TI in 1999 when the company acquired Power Trends, a Chicago-based power module provider, which he joined in 1989. One of the first employees of Power Trends, Anderson held a variety of management positions from corporate controller to CIO. Anderson credits his team for the positive customer response that the company’s power management business has experienced in recent years. He believes that TI’s depth and breadth of products is what sets the company apart in the industry. His 19 years of experience in power management have shown him that TI’s ability to solve customer’s problems is one of the many reasons TI continues to grow. Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.