Dan MacNeill
Posted March 14, 2023

The compound semiconductor market is exciting right now

Q&A with Caroline O’Brien, CEO of Kubos Semiconductors

Kubos is a company that originally spun out of research from the University of Cambridge with the aim of improving the efficiency of green LED lights, which could in turn lead to huge energy savings and improvements in the concentration of staff and pupils in schools, universities and workplaces.

Caroline O’Brien has been CEO of the company since 2019 and has been in the tech industry for almost 30 years. In this interview, she speaks to us about Kubos’ plans for the future, her successful career, and her thoughts on what the UK tech industry can do to increase the number of female CEOs…

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