PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Rajesh Vashist, Grad ’84

Los Altos Hills, California

Rajesh Vashist believes in the power of innovation. His passion is building great companies and enabling them to thrive with a carefully crafted blend of culture and process. Originally from India, Vashist came to Marquette as an MBA student in the early 1980s, finding a pathway that led him to join four tech startups, help two of them become public companies and lead twice as CEO. As CEO of SiTime since 2007, he has led the company in design innovations that boost the speed, reduce the size and improve the precision of semiconductor timing chips in devices people depend on in their daily lives. To power these advances, Vashist has built a culture of relentless innovation where employees are challenged and empowered to create. “What lies beyond will only be limited by our imagination,” he says.