Paul has devoted much of his career to the microprocessor and digital media-related markets. Most recently, Paul was CEO of Connex Technology, where he drove the repositioning of the company into the emerging HDTV market. Prior to Connex, Paul was CEO of SandCraft, Inc., where he converted SandCraft from an IP company into a fabless semiconductor company focusing on the networking, mass storage and printer markets. Earlier in his career, Paul served as VP/GM of operating divisions at Oak Technology, Inc., VLSI Technology, Inc., and VP/GM of the Computer Peripheral Division at Zilog, Inc. Paul started out his career as a chip designer in both bipolar and CMOS technologies.

Paul holds a B.Sc Eng., cum laude, from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and an MSEE from the Philips International Institute in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.