George M. Scalise is President of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), an association of semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers, focused on International Trade & Government affairs, Workforce, Technology, and environmental Safety & Health. 

Mr. Scalise came to SIA from Apple Computer, Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to that, he held executive management positions at National Semiconductor, Maxtor Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices, Fairchild Semiconductor and Motorola Semiconductor. 

Mr. Scalise was Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Conference of Chairman of the Federal Reserve System.  He also served on President Bush’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He is currently on the corporate boards of MindTree Limited, Intermolecular Corporation and Cadence Design Systems. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Engineering at the University of Southern California and Purdue University. He served on the boards of SEMATECH, Semiconductor Research Corporation, Bay Area Economic Forum and the Council on Foreign Relations Economic Task force on Japan.  He served on the California Council on Science and Technology and was a member of the Joint High-Level Advisory Panel of the United States-Israel science and Technology commission, and chaired the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, US Department of Energy. 

 Mr. Scalise is a graduate of Purdue University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and was awarded the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from Purdue in 2002.