David T. Mitchell
physics
fabrinet
Taiwan
Biography
David “Tom” Mitchell is Fabrinet’s founder. He has served as its CEO and Chairman of the Board since the Company’s inception in 2000. He also served as its President from 2000 to 2011. In 1979, Mr. Mitchell co-founded Seagate Technology, a disk drive manufacturing company, where he served as its President from 1983 to 1991. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Mitchell served as the COO of Conner Peripherals, another disk drive manufacturing company. From 1995 to 1998, he served as the CEO of JTS Corp., a mobile disk drive manufacturing company. During his tenure in the data storage industry, Mr. Mitchell has established manufacturing operations in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the PRC, and India. Mr. Mitchell earned a B.S. in Economics from Montana State University. His hands-on experience in building a world-class management team to run a global operations infrastructure is unmatched.
Research Interest
economics
