T. J. Rodgers

==Background==
As founder, president and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, T. J. Rodgers has written and spoken extensively on issues of importance to Cypress and the semiconductor industry, including the role of stock options in driving technology innovation and aligning employees with corporate business objectives; the continued viability of the H-1B visa program, which provides high-tech companies with an influx of skilled engineering talent, increasing the competitive advantage of U.S. technology companies; the role of outsourcing in job creation for U.S. workers; and the flaws and inconsistencies of GAAP accounting relative to semiconductor-industry-standard proforma accounting. Rodgers has testified before Congress five times. His treatises and opinion pieces have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Harvard Business Review and The San Francisco Chronicle.
* Libertarian in California
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* NY Times article Business article from April, 2006, about solar power on his roof
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