Cogent

Ming Hsieh has been president, chief executive officer, chairman, and director since founding Cogent Inc. in 1990. Hsieh is responsible for Cogent's executive management, and his responsibilities include long-range planning and corporate growth, as well as developing and implementing company policies, procedures, and philosophy. Prior to founding Cogent, Hsieh founded and was vice-president of AMAX Technology from 1987 to 1990. Prior to that, Hsieh was a research and development engineer at International Rectifier from 1985 to 1987.

Hsieh received a B.S.E.E. from University of Southern California in 1983 and an MSEE from University of Southern California in 1984. Hsieh and James Xie, Cogent's vice-president for system integration, are brothers.