Ron Collett
Ron Collett has been involved in the high tech industry for more than 35 years. He was CEO/co-founder of Numetrics Management Systems, Inc., a pioneering predictive analytics software-as-a-service (SaaS) company providing major global semiconductor and systems companies with an enterprise-level SaaS solution for estimating chip design project schedules and staffing requirements. Funded by the Band of Angels, the company was acquired by McKinsey & Co. in 2013. Ron is currently CEO/founder of NMX Global Software, a spinout of Numetrics’ software engineering organization that provides software development and cybersecurity services. Previously, Ron was CEO/founder of Collett International, Inc., a leading consulting firm serving the C-suite, specializing in technology, product and business strategy, as well as product development benchmarking, electronic design automation (EDA) and market modeling. Earlier in his career he was a Director at Gartner Group (Dataquest), overseeing research and analysis for the firm’s EDA and semiconductor ASIC practices. He’s held engineering positions at GTE Communications Systems, the Federal Aviation Administration, and SPS Technologies, an early robotics company serving the automotive industry. Ron was a longtime monthly columnist for Electronic Engineering Times and several other periodicals in the U.S. and Japan, publishing several hundred articles on technology, market and business strategy. Ron earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and law degree from Santa Clara University, where he was a member of the Law Review, and he is a member of the California Bar. His hobbies include: wine making, skiing, sailing and playing ice hockey.