foundation leadership

Bob is a renowned inventor, entrepreneur, and is considered one of the founding fathers of analog integrated circuit design. He co-founded and served as Chief Technical Officer of Linear Technology Corporation, which he helped grow to 5,000 employees and well over $1 billion in revenue until ultimately selling Linear to Analog Devices for $14.8 billion in 2017. 

Bob is also Co-Founder and Chairman of Intuitive Private Equity. He has served on the boards and advisory councils of many companies, including Genia Technologies – alongside CMU alumnus Dietrich Stephan, HMicro, Quellan, SleepIQ Labs, and Spectra7 Microsystems; and has made several hundred private equity investments.

He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and started his career in his hometown of Philadelphia at GTE Defense Systems. He soon moved on to analog module manufacturer Philbrick Nexus in Boston, MA, and then in 1969, Bob joined National Semiconductor in Santa Clara, CA to work for Bob Widlar designing analog integrated circuits. He stayed at National for 11 years and rose to Director of Advanced Circuit Development.

Bob holds more than 100 patents in the field of linear integrated circuits. He has authored over 50 technical papers including the three-volume technical guide, Analogue Circuit Design.

Bob and his wife Kasey founded The Robert and Kathleen Dobkin Intuitive Foundation in 2017 with a mission to support education, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the fields of engineering, technology, medicine, and science. The Foundation grew out of Bob’s extensive engineering career and forty-five years of investment experience and Kasey’s passion for helping others. Bob and Kasey live in Monte Sereno, CA.