About the Author

With FSA since January 2001, Lisa Tafoya serves as FSA's Vice President of Global Research. She brings more than 16 years of experience in market research and marketing communications to her role in FSA. Ms. Tafoya performs the strategic planning and oversees the implementation of all FSA reports, surveys and deliverables. She oversees all data collection and analysis, as well as global publications created and distributed by FSA. In addition, Ms. Tafoya is responsible for FSA's subcommittees worldwide, managing their strategic focus and overseeing the deliverables, including FSA's IPecosystemâ„¢ Tool Suite, MS/RF Spice Model Checklists and PDK Checklists, as well as the Standard Foundry Process Qualification Guideline (now a standard under JEDEC), as well as researching and addressing technology and business challenges in the semiconductor industry. Ms. Tafoya is also co-author of an FSA book, Understanding Fabless IC Technology, published by Elsevier Publishing in 2007.