Management Team

At OnChip, we believe that great companies are built by bringing together great people. That's why we have built a team of accomplished individuals who share an extraordinary vision and a strong track record for success. OnChip Devices is led by a management team with many years of experience designing and successfully bringing to market a variety of complex semiconductor products.

Mr. Swamy Venkidu - Chairman

Swamy Venkidu has both BSEE & MSEE degrees in Advance Electronics from the IIT-M in India. Besides being Chairman and majority share holder of OnChip, Swamy currently serves as President of BiCMOS Foundry. His past experiences include OnSpec where he was founder, Modular Semiconductor as president. Prior to that he was part of the founding team at Faraday where he was Director of Engineering and led the ASIC development of the PC industry’s 1st core logic chipset.

Mr. Ashok Chalaka - President & CEO

Ashok Chalaka has a MS/Engineering from University of Cincinnati and a BS/Technology from JNTU University in India. Prior to joining OnChip, he was with CMD for 21-years in various executive management positions in Sales & Marketing including Vice President & General Manager. He was given a "Life Time Achievement Award" by California Micro Devices for establishing the company as the Premier Supplier of Integrated Passive Devices. Ashok holds 4 Technology patents related to ESD diodes and LED protection.

Dr. Faraj Sherrima - Vice President of Engineering

Faraj Sherrima has both MSEE & PhD in Solid State Elec. from UC/Davis. He has a BSEE from University of Tripol in Libya. Faraj has been the primary architect in the development of IPDs at OnChip. He was with CMD for 10-years in various technology development roles including Director of Engineering. Prior to that, he was with National Semiconductor for 8-years in thin film process development.