Arnold’s expertise includes start-up companies (semiconductor hardware), culture, team building, manufacturing, and operations. Prior to joining Burton D Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Arnold spent the last 17 years at the epicenter of entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, working at 3 different start-ups, one of which was acquired and one went IPO and a year with the Foundry as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Arnold is a Purdue alumus (BSEE’91), received his M.S. (’93) and Ph.D. (’96) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.