Ralph Vignau
President, The SPIRIT Consortium
The SPIRIT Consortium

Ralph von Vignau is Senior Director in the Corporate Innovation & Technology - IP & Architecture Group within NXP Semiconductors. Von Vignau is a management team member, manager of the IP Quality and Reuse group, the Standards and Infrastructure Group and the Innovation & Technology Test Chip Program. Von Vignau is also President of The SPIRIT Consortium and is also on the OSCI Board of Directors.

The IP & Architecture group will develop and procure leading edge IP for the coming generations of technology starting with 65 nm. In his current position, von Vignau will focus strongly on the development and utilization of standards to address product quality, reuse and design efficiency.

Ralph von Vignau has a bachelor's degree in informatics and during the last 35 years has received 15 patents, primarily in consumer systems.