Following a 2-year consulting period, Prodromou was recruited by Don Brooks to Fairchild Semiconductor to head the Analog & Microprocessor Group headquartered in Mountain View, CA.
The core team included John Fairbanks, Leroy Harper, Ian H. S. Cullimore and Shinpei Ichikcawa, all of whom were later recognized with the 1989 Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine.
[6] Palo Alto Digital Systems, also known as PADSystems was a design services firm founded by Prodromou and several Poqet PC alumni including Leroy Harper, which designed portable computer products for companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel Corporation, Micro Center and Zenith Data Systems.
During his tenure, Prodromou raised venture capital financing[9] and used a portion of the funds to acquire[10] a wafer fabrication facility in Sydney, Australia.
In September, 2002, Prodromou was named president and chief executive officer[11] of Alien Technology, a firm founded by Prof. John S. "Steve" Smith of the University of California, Berkeley.
During his tenure at Alien, the company ramped production of its Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) process,[12] secured major orders[13] for RFID tags and readers from the DoD, Gillette and Wal-Mart.
The Morgan Hill, California, company also raised venture capital financing to establish a production facility[14] in Fargo, North Dakota, acquire Quatrotec LLC, a provider of integration services for baggage handling and screening systems, and open an RFID Solutions Center in Dayton, Ohio[15] Following withdrawal of Alien's IPO due to market conditions,[16] Prodromou resigned as CEO of Alien Technology.