Thinh Tran has been a board member of VNHELP since 2010. He is president and chief executive officer of Sigma Designs, a semiconductor firm he co-founded in 1982. Under Mr. Tran’s leadership, the company has grown from a small start-up to a multimillion-dollar public company, weathering the many ups and downs of the industry, economy, and rapid changes in technology. Prior to founding Sigma Designs, Mr. Tran was employed by Amdahl Corporation and Trilogy Systems Corporation, both of which were involved in the IBM-compatible mainframe computer market. Mr. Tran received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Wisconsin in 1974 and his M.S.E.E. from Stanford University in 1975.