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Jim Nicholas has held a variety of executive positions. He was the CEO of MIPS Technologies, leading the transition out of Imagination Technologies into the standalone entity acquired by Tallwood Venture Capital.

Before that he was promoted to Imagination Technologies’ Executive Vice President & MIPS Business Unit General Manager. Whilst responsible for MIPS, Jim defined & executed the strategy of ensuring that MIPS was considered a leading architecture addressing autonomous driving & AI, developing a strong relationship with Mobileye. Other appointments have included being GM of STMicroelectronics’ Microcontroller Division {creating the 8-bit STM8 & the world’s most commercially successful & ubiquitous ARM based, 32-bit microcontroller family, the STM32}, VP of Marketing for ARM's Processor Division, VP & GM of Processors Subsystems & Productivity group for ST-Ericsson [& STMicroelectronics] and VP of Marketing for Toumaz Ltd (Healthcare & Consumer Electronics - Frontier Smart Technologies).

Jim has a track record for successfully transforming distressed businesses & ineffective R&D organizations into productive & profitable entities. He is founder/owner of AutonomyN LLC a Strategic & Operations Services Consultancy & a board member of Silexica.