Andrea Cuomo

Andrea Cuomo is Senior Executive Vice President and General Manager of STMicroelectronics' Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, and has held this position since January 2008. He also heads the Advanced Systems Technology (AST) group and is a member of ST's Corporate Strategic Committee. In 2010, Cuomo was appointed Chairman of 3Sun, ST's joint venture with Enel GreenPower and Sharp for production of photovoltaic panels.   Cuomo joined SGS Microelettronica, a predecessor company to STMicroelectronics, in 1983. In 1989, he became Director of Strategy and Market Development for the Dedicated Products Group. In 1994, Cuomo was appointed Vice President for the Headquarters Region. In 1998, he created the AST group,  a key organization in the development of ST's system knowledge and advanced architectures. In 2002, Cuomo was promoted to Corporate Vice President, and took on further responsibilities as Chief Strategic Officer in 2005.   His board memberships include the International Advisory Board at the HEC Business School in Paris, the International Advisory Board of Nano-Tera, a Swiss National program for Nanotechnologies, and TT Factor, the IP utilization arm of the Istituto Europeo di Oncologia.   Andrea Cuomo was born in Milan, Italy, in 1954, and studied Nuclear Science at the Polytechnic of Milan.     Updated June 2011

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