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Syed Ali, President & CEO
Syed B. Ali is one of our founders and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors since the inception of the company in 2000. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Ali was Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Malleable Technologies, a communication chip company of which he was a founding management team member. Malleable Technologies was acquired by PMC Sierra, a communication IC company in 2000. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Ali was an Executive Director at Samsung Electronics where he started the Flash memory and CPU businesses and put together the business plans that drove sales in each line to over a $100M in less than two years. Prior to that, he had various positions at Wafer Scale Integration, a division of SGS-Thompson, Tandem Computer, and American Microsystems. He received a BSEE from Osmania University, in Hyderabad, India and an MSEE from the University of Michigan
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Kris Chellam, Senior Vice President, Xilinx
Kris Chellam has served as a director since 2005. Mr. Chellam served as Senior Vice President, Global Enterprise Services of Xilinx Corporation, a programmable logic IC company, from July 2005, until his retirement in February 2007. Mr. Chellam joined Xilinx in July 1998 and served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer until June 2005. Prior to joining Xilinx, Mr. Chellam served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer at Atmel Corp. for seven years. Previously, Chellam worked for more than 12 years at Intel Corporation in a variety of financial management positions in Europe and the United States. Mr. Chellam is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He completed his Cambridge Certificate of Education of Malaysia in 1968 and obtained his chartered accountancy degree in London in 1975. Mr. Chellam serves as a member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of @Road, a mobile resource management solutions company. |
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John W. Jarve, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures
John W. Jarve has served as a director since 2002. Since 1985, Mr. Jarve has been employed by Menlo Ventures, a venture capital firm, where he currently serves as a Managing Director. Prior to joining Menlo Ventures, he worked at Intel Corporation. Mr. Jarve is a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Management Board, a trustee of the Crystal Springs Uplands School, and is a former trustee of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He currently serves on several private company boards. Mr. Jarve received a BS and MS in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. |
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Anthony J. Pantuso, Managing Director, NeoCarta Ventures
Anthony J. Pantuso has served as a director since 2004. He has been a Managing Director at NeoCarta Ventures, a venture capital firm, since November 1999. From November 1996 to July 1999 he served as Senior Vice President for GE Equity, a division of GE Capital, a private equity investment company. Prior to working at GE Equity, Mr. Pantuso served in various positions at US WEST, MediaOne and Ernst & Young. He currently serves on several private company boards. Mr. Pantuso received a BS in Business Administration from Colorado State University. |
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CN Reddy - Executive VP, Alliance Semiconductor
C.N. Reddy has served as a director since 2001. He is a co-founder of Alliance Semiconductor, which until 2006, was a provider of semiconductor products and solutions, and has held various positions such as Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Engineering, Secretary, and a member of the board of directors since Alliance's inception in 1985. He was a member of the founding management team at Cypress Semiconductor. Prior to that, he held positions at Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Reddy is currently the Executive Vice President of Investments and serves on the board of directors at Alliance Semiconductor. He currently serves on several private company boards. Mr. Reddy holds an MSEE from Utah State University. |
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Anthony S. Thornley, Director
Anthony S. Thornley has served as a director since 2006. Mr. Thornley currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of KMF Audio Inc., a microphone company. From February 2002 to June 2005 he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Qualcomm Inc., a wireless communication technology and integrated circuit company. From July 2001 to February 2002 he served as Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Qualcomm Inc and from March 1994 to February 2002 as Chief Financial Officer of Qualcomm. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he was with Nortel Networks, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, for sixteen years in various financial and information systems management positions, including Vice President Finance and IS, Public Networks, Vice President Finance NT World Trade and Corporate Controller Nortel Limited. He has also worked for Coopers and Lybrand in public accounting. Mr. Thornley is a director of Callaway Golf, a golfing equipment manufacturer. Mr. Thornley received his BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, England. |
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