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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Electronics space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Suk Lee
Senior Director of Design Infrastructure Management Division of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Suk Lee works as a senior director of design infrastructure management division at TSMC.
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About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: TSMC is a semiconductor foundry that offers wafer production processes and unparalleled manufacturing efficiency.
Thomas Quan
Director of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Tom Quan joined TSMC in 2007 as Deputy Director of Design Methodology and Services Marketing. Currently he is the director of Open Innovation Platform Marketing. Prior to joining TSMC, he was the Vice President of Marketing at Applied Wave Research, Inc., and held senior management positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He began his career at Intel Corporation as an IC designer and has decades of chip design, technical/product marketing, strategic planning and business development experience. Tom holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: TSMC is a semiconductor foundry that offers wafer production processes and unparalleled manufacturing efficiency.
Kotesh Mukkamala
Director of Data and Platforms of Samsung Electronics
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About Kissaan, Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Max Min
Director, Foundry Package and SI/PI Architect of Samsung Electronics
Max Min is a Director from Samsung Foundry in San Jose. He is working on Package and Signal and Power Integrity for 10 years. He was with R&D and Sales and is now with Foundry Marketing. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2004.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Steve Liu
VP, R&D; Chief-Scientist; Co-Director of Samsung Electronics
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About ACM, IEEE, IEEE, IEEE, McGill University, Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, Samsung Electronics, TandemLaunch: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sarah Peach
Senior Director, Product Management of Samsung Electronics
Prior to joining Samsung, Sarah Peach was Senior Director at Siemens Technology-to-Business in Berkeley, CA. At Siemens Sarah was responsible for turning early-stage innovations from start-ups into viable business opportunities for Siemens’ industrial business units. Her focus included all aspects of industrial product design and manufacturing, factory automation and control, and industrial services. Sarah has worked at the Office of the President, University of California system, and directed business development at two startups. She started her career in Germany at BASF. Sarah holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oxford University (UK) and a Ph.D. from Cornell University, both in physics.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jae Young Shin
Business Director of Samsung Electronics
Jae-Young Shin received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2015 and 2017 from Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea. In 2017, He joined Samsung Electronics as an Engineer, where he works on power integrity(PI) methodology development.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jun Alex Gao
Sr. Director, Head of Digital Health Lab, Samsung Research America of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Siva Boggala
Senior Director, Software Engineering (AR/VR and AI Platforms) of Samsung Electronics
Siva Boggala is a Senior Director for AR/VR software in Samsung Research America. He has 20+ years of experience in mobile technologies. Currently Siva is leading teams in 3D Avatar (AR Emoji), face and body tracking technologies, stereoscopic rendering, 6-DoF/3-DoF head, controller and hand tracking technologies. He led teams across full stack of mobile technologies from boot loaders to UX/UI applications for Samsung’s Android phones/tablets/watches, Windows Mobile phones, Symbian and feature phones. During his 16+ years in Samsung, Siva was involved in the development of 3D Graphics, System Software, Multimedia Technologies, IP Multimedia Subsystem (SIP/SDP/RTP/RTCP/GSMA) and modem protocol stacks. Siva holds a Masters in Computer Science from Andhra University and Bachelors in EE from Osmania University.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Christopher Buchanan
Director, Business Development of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Farshid Fallah
Director of Developer Relations, XR and Gaming of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Pierre Couteau
Senior Director Business Development of Samsung Electronics
Pierre Couteau, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances, Samsung Electronics America. Pierre Couteau is responsible for Samsung Mobile B2B strategic alliances. He focuses on bringing to market innovative solutions based on Samsung portfolio of smartphones, tablets, and wearables integrated with products and services from partners. His key focus has been on Public Safety solutions recently. He is a seasoned business development and marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in high tech companies such as Samsung, Philips, NXP, and 2 start-ups. Over the last 15 years he has focused on the mobile industry, taking to market innovations such as Wireless connectivity, a mobile framework for smartphone applications, and a mobile application for note-taking and collaboration. His specialties are in B2B business development and marketing in the mobile industry. He has generated multi million dollars businesses by partnering with leading carriers, OEMs, and software companies.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Niklas Lyback
Director, Developer Success of Samsung Electronics
Niklas Lyback heads the Developer Success team and manages complementary developer services within the Samsung Developer Program, which are intended to make developers successful. For example, promotion requests and Galaxy Badges services help developers to be featured in the store with banners and outside the store, developers can provide a simple one-click solution for their loyal customers to be sent to the Galaxy Apps or Theme store, as well as can save money and improve their productivity by remote testing their Android APKs with the Cloud Device Farm.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Marvin Storey
Director – Customer Experience and Developer Ecosystem; Multiscreen Services of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Michelle Harper
US Director of Sales for Healthcare, Samsung Business of Samsung Electronics
Michelle Harper is a US Director of Sales for Healthcare, Samsung Business at Samsung Electronics.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Tim Schaaff
Member of the Board of Directors of Sony
Timothy Schaaff joined Sony Corporation of America in 2005 in the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Software Development. In 2007 he was appointed President, Sony Media Software and Services, and in 2010 he assumed the role of President, Sony Network Entertainment. Schaaff is responsible for the development of Sony’s digital services businesses and infrastructure. He has global responsibility for strategy and business development related to network services, alignment of Sony-wide network services activities, and delivery of network services to all relevant Sony product platforms. Prior to joining Sony, Schaaff spent more than 14 years with Apple Computer, where he was responsible for development of a broad range of Apple’s media technologies including 2D- and 3D-graphics, audio and video platforms, print and digital imaging technologies, and real-time communications. He also led development of Apple’s QuickTime platform.
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About Intertrust: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Pete Wurman
Director, Sony AI America of Sony
Peter Wurman is the Director, Sony AI America
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About Acsibi Studios, Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Greg Kruczek
Director of New Ventures and Corporate Strategy of Asurion
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About Asurion: Asurion helps people get the most out of their technology by providing expert help and product insurance and warranties.
Gordon Bethune
Member of the Board of Directors of Honeywell
Bethune has been Managing Director of g-b1 Partners (a travel advisory firm) since January 2005. He was Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines, Inc. from 1996 until his retirement in December 2004. Mr. Bethune was the President and CEO of Continental Airlines from November 1994 to 1996, and served as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) from February 1994 to November 1994. Prior to joining Continental, Mr. Bethune held senior management positions with The Boeing Company, Piedmont Airlines, Western Air Lines, Inc. and Braniff Airlines.
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About : Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Pamela Ross
Director Operations OE of Honeywell
Pamela Ross is a Advisor at Lowell Observatory.
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About Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Don Harroll
Director of Sales, North America of Honeywell
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About Honeywell, NextNine, TIEMAC: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
John Hajdukiewicz
Senior Director User Experience Design, Offering Management of Honeywell
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About Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Shane Fazzio
Director, Product Management, IoT Platforms of Honeywell
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About Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Matthew Nordan
Managing Director of Prime Impact Fund
Matthew joined Venrock in 2009 and focuses on energy, environmental and materials technologies. He is a board observer at OnChip Power and Boston-Power, and has been closely involved with portfolio companies Phononic Devices and Nest Labs. Prior to Venrock, Matthew was President of Lux Research, an advisory services firm for science-driven innovation that he co-founded in 2004. Under Matthew’s leadership, Lux Research became a widely recognized authority on energy and materials innovation, counseling corporations, investors and governments. Earlier, Matthew served in a variety of management roles with technology advisor Forrester Research in the United States and Europe. Matthew holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University, where he conducted cognitive neuroscience research on the neural pathways mediating emotion and memory.
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About MNL Partners, Prime Impact Fund: Prime Impact Fund invests in transformative technology companies with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact.
Kanwaljit S Bombra
Program Management Director of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Ujwal Rajbhandari
IT Director, Infrastructure Automation & Cloud Engineering of Dell
Ujjwal Rajbhandari is an IT director at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Gary Radburn
Director of Virtually eVeRything of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Jason Chan
Sr. Director, Global Network Services of Dell
Jason Chan serves as a senior director at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Todd Edmunds
Director Industrial IoT Strategy and Solution Architecture of Dell
Todd Edmunds is the Director of Industrial IoT Strategy and Solution Architecture at Dell Technologies where he has global responsibility for digital manufacturing solution development across the seven strategically aligned companies that make up Dell Technologies. Todd is an industry expert with 20+ years’ experience in industrial IoT and Edge Computing having worked for Cisco, Rockwell Automation and a leading nationwide solution integrator. Todd currently chairs the Edge Computing TG for the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) where he led the recent publication of the “Introduction to Edge Computing in IIoT” whitepaper and is heading up work on a more detailed technical report to be published later this year.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Kirsten Billhardt
Marketing Director, Internet of Things of Dell
Kirsten Billhardt has been part of Dell’s IoT business since before there was a formal IoT business. Over the past five years, Kirsten has been listening, learning, writing and speaking about the evolution of IoT with our customers, partners and with Dell Technologies itself. Kirsten leads the team responsible for the global marketing campaign that supports the Dell Technologies IoT/Edge division. Kirsten has engineering degrees from Kettering University and Purdue University, and an MBA from Harvard. She resides in Austin, TX with her husband and three children.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
David Bohl
Director Global Services Delivery Social Media Support of Dell
David Bohl serves as director of global services delivery social media support at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
John Whittaker
Executive Director Product Marketing of Dell
John Whittaker is the executive director of marketing for Dell Software’s Information Management group, where he oversees marketing activities for a diverse portfolio of solutions spanning database management, data integration, business intelligence and big data analytics. Prior to joining Dell, he was the director of product marketing for Quest Software’s database management business. Whittaker has more than 20 years of experience with a variety of technology companies, including leadership positions with companies such as AlertSource, Trinent Internet Solutions and KnowledgeCentrix, among others. His areas of expertise include database management, business intelligence, advanced analytics, information security, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, managed services and E-Commerce.
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About Dell, Persistent Systems, SmartBear: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Jack McMichael
Director, Service Delivery, Mobile of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Michelle Andino
Director of Merchandising of Hollar
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About Hollar: Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials.
Douglas Warner
Corporate Director of General Electric
Following graduation from Yale University in 1968, Warner joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, a wholly owned subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (formerly J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated). He was elected president and a director of the bank and its parent in 1990, serving as chairman and chief executive officer from 1995 to 2000, when he became chairman of the board of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company until his retirement in 2001. Warner is chairman of the board of managers and the board of overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, chairman of the Yale Investment Committee and a trustee of Yale University. Warner also served as a director at Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., Motorola Inc. and Motorola Solutions Inc. during the last five years.
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
James Mulva
Member of the Board of Directors of General Electric
James Mulva is a Member of the Board of Directors at General Electric and General Motors (since June 2012. James is a US citizen. James was President and Chief Executive Officer at Houston-based ConocoPhillips from 2002 until retirement in 2012. From 2004 to 2012 James also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to ConocoPhillips James was Chairman of the Board of Directors President and Chief Executive Officer at Phillips Petroleum from 1999 to 2002. James started his career in the oil and gas industry with Phillips Petroleum Company in 1973 and held positions within the finance area, being Chief Financial Officer from 1990 – 1993. James served as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for all operations including refineries, offshore and onshore activities from 1994 to 1999. James formerly served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Statoil ASA. James served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at American Petroleum Institute in 2005 and 2006 and is Chair-elect of the Board of Visitors for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. James received a BBA and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas.
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About : General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Matt Schnugg
Senior Director, Data & Analytics, ML/AI of General Electric
Matt Schnugg is a Senior Director, Data & Analytics for GE Power Digital, where he is responsible for the development and productization of analytics across all of GE Power. Matt focuses on delivering best in class outcomes to utility customers using the breadth of their data, with an emphasis on leveraging both GE’s domain expertise and a wide variety of advanced analytical and data science-based tactics. Matt is passionate about finding elegant solutions to complex problems. Matt comes to GE from Microsoft, where he held leadership roles in Marketing and Engineering for the Cloud + Enterprise (C+E) organization. He was most recently a Principal in the C+E Growth + Ecosystems group, where he led a team leveraging Experimentation, Analytics, and Data Science across the Azure platform. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, where he was also a fellow at the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Sam Olstein
Executive Director, Corporate Marketing of General Electric
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About General Electric, General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Matt Merchant
Global Managing Director, DevOps of General Electric
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Robert Gates
Sr Director Customer Success Leader – Manufacturing of General Electric
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About General Electric, General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Tim Alessi
Director of New Products of LG Electronics
Tim Alessi is Director of New Products at LG.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Lokesh Goel
Director of Platform Engineering & Core Technologies of LG Electronics
Lokesh Kumar Goel leads the webOS platform team at LG Electronics’s Silicon Valley Lab, where he and his team are responsible for delivering webOS platform and application frameworks for LG products as well as open source versions including the browser stack and web application runtime that are the heart of webOS and make HTML5 apps look, feel, and perform like native applications.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
David VanderWaal
Senior Director of Marketing of LG Electronics
David VanderWaal is Senior Director of Marketing at LG.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Michael Loth
Director Technical Support and Service NA of Bosch
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About Bosch, Navistar Inc, Provisur Technologies, Siemens: The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services.
Marcellino Gemelli
Director of Business Development of Bosch
Marcellino Gemelli is currently based in Sunnyvale (CA) responsible for business development of Bosch Sensortec’s MEMS product portfolio. He received the ‘Laurea’ degree in Electronic Engineering at the University of Pavia, Italy while in the Italian Army and an MBA from MIP, the Milano (Italy) Polytechnic business school. He previously held various engineering and product management positions at STMicroelectronics from 1995 to 2011 in the fields of MEMS, electronic design automation and data storage. He was contract professor for the Microelectronics course at the Milano (Italy) Polytechnic from 2000 to 2002.
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About Bosch: The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services.
John McHale
Board of Directors of TrackingPoint
Prior to forming TrackingPoint, John McHale founded a series of high-technology companies. McHale was founder, CEO and Chairman of NetWorth, Inc. NetWorth developed and manufactured high-speed networking infrastructure products for corporations and other large institutions. NetWorth was publicly traded on NASDAQ and was acquired by Compaq Computer Corporation. Mr. McHale subsequently founded and was CEO and Chairman of NetSpeed, Inc. NetSpeed was a pioneer in developing and manufacturing high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) infrastructure products enabling telecommunication providers to provide residential broadband internet services. NetSpeed was acquired by Cisco Systems. McHale also founded and was CEO and Chairman of TippingPoint, Inc. TippingPoint developed the first Intrusion Prevention Systems for protecting corporate networks from cyber-attack. TippingPoint was traded on NASDAQ and was ultimately acquired by 3COM Corporation. Additionally, McHale was founder and Chairman of BreakingPoint Inc. BreakingPoint developed and manufactured high performance test systems that enabled large institutions to stress-test their networks to ensure resiliency against cyber-attack. BreakingPoint was acquired by IXIA, Inc. Early in his career Mr. McHale was involved in the development of the guidance system for the TOW anti-tank missile and accuracy enhancements for various tank systems.
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About : TrackingPoint is focused on creating advanced technology optics that produce pinpoint accuracy when paired with quality firearms.
Mark Tan
Director of Product of Wyze Labs
Mark Tan is the Director of Product Development at Wyze Labs, Inc, a smart home startup focusing on consumer IoT. He leads the app platform, digital products, content and community growth. Previously, he was at Amazon retail and Prime Video, focusing on user experience and digital platforms. His work spans across different categories, which includes video games, electronics, and movies. Prior to this, he worked as Product Manager for Quixey, a mobile app search and discovery startup based in California, establishing the groundwork for deep-linking and integrating with partners such as Alibaba. He started his career at Procter & Gamble leading data analytics.
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About Wyze Labs: Wyze Labs is a smart home device company that aims to make smart home tech accessible to everyone.
Guilhem de Valicourt
Co-Founder and Director of Photonic Integration of Nubis Communications
Guilhem de Valicourt currently works as Co-founder and Director of Photonic Integration. He previously worked at IPG Photonics as Principal – Integrated Photonic Engineer.
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About Nubis Communications: Nubis Communications is a startup providing services to the electrical and electronic manufacturing industries.
Raju Panjwani
Member of Board of Directors of Cemtrex
Raju is an accomplished executive with over 35 years of experience, including 20 years on Wall Street, and 20 years as an entrepreneur and business builder. Raju was a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley, where he spent 18 years in several senior roles in risk management, audit, strategy and being the Chief Operating Officer and Country Head for the Firm’s India office. Since leaving Morgan Stanley in 2005, Raju has considerable experience in emerging Asian markets, with a reputation built on focused execution, high integrity and strong relationships. He has excellent connectivity in US and India with a proven track record in negotiating complex joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and capital raises, particularly within the technology sector. Raju is a CPA in New York State and spent several years with Price Waterhouse and other accounting firms prior to joining Morgan Stanley.
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About : Cemtrex drives innovation in many sectors, including smart tech, VR & AR, advanced electronic systems, and intelligent security systems.
Tam Hulusi
Member of Board Director of UniKey Technologies
Tam Hulusi is a principal of Mycroft LLC, a technology strategy and innovation consulting group. Tam most recently served as Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation at HID Global. He previously served as President of SMF Systems Technology Corp., a leading small-business Federal Government IT services provider and President of Newmark Technology Inc., an early stage RFID asset tracking company. Tam is an inventor with nine patents. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the Institute of Polymer Science, University of Essex, and M.Sc. in Quantum Mechanics from the University of Sussex. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s International Senior Management Program.
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About : UniKey Technologies offers a mobile platform to replace keys, codes, and passwords by turning a smartphone into a universal electronic key.
Thomas Strat
Board of Directors of Tonbo Imaging
Tom received the B.S., M.S., and E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from M.I.T., and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and has authored or edited numerous books on computer vision.
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About : Tonbo Imaging offers advanced imaging and sensor systems for military reconnaissance and the security of critical industrial establishments.
Paul Bernard
Director of Amazon Alexa Fund
Paul Bernard is the Director, Worldwide Corporate Development – Alexa Fund Lead at Amazon.
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About Amazon, Amazon Alexa Fund: Amazon’s venture capital fund investing in artificial intelligence, frontier tech, voice, robotics, and digital health.
Mercedes Johnson
Member of the Board of Directors of Intersil
Mercedes Johnson was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avago Technologies Limited, a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, from December 2005 to August 2008. She also served as the Senior Vice President, Finance, of Lam Research Corporation (“Lam”) from June 2004 to January 2005 and as Lam’s Chief Financial Officer from May 1997 to May 2004. Ms. Johnson holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Buenos Aires and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Intersil Corporation, Juniper Networks, Inc., and Teradyne, Inc. Ms. Johnson is the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee and has served on our Board of Directors since 2005.
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About : Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
David J. Drury
Board of Director of Plexus Corporation
David J. Drury is one of the founding partners of WING Capital Group, a Milwaukee-based investment firm focused on middle market industrial businesses. He previously was president and owner of Poblocki Sign Company LLC for more than 16 years. A graduate of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Drury currently serves on the boards of Plexus Corp. and Northwestern Mutual. His nonprofit board service includes Children’s Hospital and Health System (past chairman), Junior Achievement of Wisconsin and the Greater Milwaukee Committee.
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About : Plexus uses unique Product Realization service model to transform your concepts into branded products and deliver to your target markets.
Philip R. Martens
Board of Director of Plexus Corporation
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About : Plexus uses unique Product Realization service model to transform your concepts into branded products and deliver to your target markets.
Chris Schoppa
Sr. Director Smart Device Solutions and Strategy of Harman International Industries
Chris Schoppa has spent his career working at the intersection of hardware and software, whether delivering big-iron solutions for ISV’s, leading the transformation to virtualized hosted services or creating system solutions that encapsulate edge device interaction, edge analytics and cloud-based solutions. Throughout this work, Chris’s approach is to create an encapsulating abstraction that encourages differentiated product/solution concepts to be developed – or leveraged – from different industry verticals and applications. That abstraction can then be opened up to derive practical approaches that exploit technology usage in novel ways.
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About Harman International Industries, Harman International Industries, Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
David Glaubke
Director of Corporate Communications of Harman International Industries
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Jason Johnson
Director of User Experience Design & Detroit Studio Lead of Harman International Industries
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Martha Brooks
Board Of Director of Jabil
Ms. Brooks is currently a Director of Bombardier Inc., Algeco Scotsman and Harley-Davidson, Inc. She is also on the board of CARE, a non-profit that fights extreme poverty through empowerment of women and girls. She was also a Director of International Paper from 2003 to 2009. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Brooks served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Novelis Inc., a global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling. She served as Chief Operating Officer of Novelis from 2005 to 2007, after Alcan, Inc. completed a spinoff of Novelis. From 2002 to 2004, Ms. Brooks served as CEO, Americas and Asia Rolled Products Business and Senior Vice President of Alcan Inc. In addition, she was Vice President of Cummins Inc. from 1996 to 2002. Ms. Brooks holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science and an M.B.A. in International Business from Yale University.
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About : Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Tim DeRosett
Director of Marketing, Additive Manufacturing of Jabil
Tim DeRosett is the Director of Marketing, Additive Manufacturing at Jabil, where he leads the strategic marketing activities for Additive Manufacturing products and services, including 3D printing. Jabil is accelerating the use of 3D printing technologies as a part of its manufacturing partnerships supporting many of the world’s largest brands. Tim has 20 years of experience bringing advanced technology solutions to manufacturing. Prior to joining Jabil, Tim served as the VP of Industrial Automation at Aethon, Inc.; and was the co-founder of Blue Ocean Robotics, LLC; as well as the director of strategic initiatives at YASKAWA Motoman. He previously held several positions at Adept Technology. Tim has been an advisor to startups, established companies and investors with an interest in the robotics and automation space. Additionally, he served on the board of directors for the Robotics Industries Association (RIA).
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Thomas Sansone
Board Of Director of Jabil
Mr. Sansone served as President of Jabil from 1988 to January 1999 when he became Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Sansone joined Jabil in 1983 as Vice President and has served as a director since that time. Prior to joining Jabil, Mr. Sansone was a practicing attorney with a specialized practice in taxation. He holds a B.A. from Hillsdale College, a J.D. from Detroit College of Law and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University.
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About : Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Jeff Porada
Director Lean Six Sigma of Jabil
Jeff Porada is the Global Director of Lean Six Sigma at Jabil. Jeff manages the “Business Process Re-engineering Team” from Jabil’s corporate headquarters, in St. Petersburg, FL. He is responsible for the strategically-driven transformation efforts of Jabil’s Corporate Functions and Capabilities, including: Information Technology, Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain Management, and Engineering Technology Services. Jeff has 20 years of professional experience of working in various industries with the ability to successfully influence and positively impact a culture at all levels of an organization to embrace a philosophy of continual improvement. Jeff has a demonstrated track record of driving business transformations resulting in significant financial savings and operational performance.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Charles Prober
CEO, Board of Directors of Tile
Charles “CJ” Prober is CEO of Tile. He is an entrepreneurial leader who has a broad mix of operational, strategic and transactional experience with a strong track record of success over the past 20 years. I have a passion for building and operating consumer experiences that are at the cutting edge of hardware, media and technology.
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About Tile: Tile creates devices connected to a mobile app, helping users locate their personal items.
Jules Malin
Director, Data Science & Analytics of GoPro
Jules Malin is a manager of product analytics and data science at GoPro, where he leads a team responsible for discovering product and behavioral insights from GoPro’s growing family and ecosystem of smart devices and driving product and user experience improvements, including influencing and refining data pipelines in Hadoop/Spark and developing scalable machine learning data products, metrics, and visualizations that produce actionable insights. Previously, Jules worked in product management and analytics engineering at Intel and Shutterfly. He holds a master’s degree in predictive analytics from Northwestern University.
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About GoPro, University of San Diego: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Abe Kislevitz
Senior Creative Director of GoPro
Abe Kislevitz is Senior Creative Director at GoPro where he’s worked in media production for the past 8+ years. He’s a media creator, tech geek, and an outdoor enthusiast. He spends his weekends in the mountains skiing or in the ocean surfing creating content for his social channels along the way.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Dan Larsen
Director of Software Engineering of GoPro
Dan Larsen is the Director of Software Engineering at GoPro.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Leslie Heisz
Member of the Board of Directors of Ingram Micro
Leslie Stone Heisz is an experienced investment banking and finance executive. Leslie Heisz joined Lazard Freres & Co. in 2003 as a senior advisor, and served as a managing director from 2004 through April 2010, providing strategic financial advisory services for clients in a variety of industries. Leslie Heisz was a managing director of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (and its predecessor Wasserstein Perella & Co.) for six years, and a director prior to that, specializing in mergers and acquisitions as well as leveraged finance and leading the Gaming and Leisure Group and the Los Angeles office. She was also a vice president at Salomon Brothers, where she developed the firm’s industry-leading gaming practice and was a senior consultant specializing in strategic information systems at Price Waterhouse. Leslie Heisz has been a member of the board of directors of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. since November 2010 and Towers Watson & Co. since April 2012. She previously served on the Board of Directors of International Game Technology and Eldorado Resorts LLC. Leslie Heisz career in the investment banking industry, deep understanding of capital markets and her previous board experience brings expertise in oversight of Ingram Micro’s financial reporting, enterprise and operational risk management, and corporate finance, tax and treasury matters.
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About : Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Steve Pearson
Sr. Director and Global Business Operations of Ingram Micro
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Eric Hembree
Director of IoT of Ingram Micro
Eric Hembree is the Director of IoT at Ingam Micro where he leads the US go-to-market team. He is responsible for leading the overall vision, development, strategy and execution of the Internet of Things business and go-to-market programs.
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Mike Jennett
Global Director of Technology Alliances of Ingram Micro
Business and technology professional with extensive experience building and deploying state-of-the-art products and guiding executives in achieving sustainable business outcomes through long term vision and implementation. Proven ability to lead high-profile initiatives providing strategic, measurable value by working collaboratively across organizations in ambiguous, rapidly changing and deadline-driven environments.
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About Ingram Micro: Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management services.
Shawn Hurt
Director, Channel Partners of goTenna
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About goTenna: GoTenna is advancing universal access to connectivity by building intelligent and scalable mobile mesh networks.
Christian Rohrer
Senior Director of Design of McAfee
Christian Rohrer is the Senior Director of Design at McAfee.
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About McAfee, Nielsen Norman Group, XDStrategy: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Sreenu Pillutla
Sr. Director, Software Engineering of McAfee
Sreenu is a Sr. Director of Software Engineering at McAfee, LLC. In this role, he leads Mobile and IoT security and mobile threat research. Prior to this, he managed different groups at McAfee that include Consumer SaaS, core products, data warehouse, product integrations and partner delivery. He holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from India and MBA from Santa Clara University.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
George McNamee
Director of iRobot
George McNamee has served as a director since August 1999; he brings extensive experience with the management of public and private companies, as well as deep financial expertise. Currently a private investor, McNamee served as a managing partner of FA Technology Ventures Corporation, an information and energy technology venture capital firm, from 2000 until 2012. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of Plug Power Inc., a leading fuel cell developer, and is a director of several private companies, a Sterling Fellow of Yale and a Trustee of the Albany Academies and The American Friends of Eton College. McNamee previously served on the board of directors of Broadpoint (now Gleacher) Securities as well as serving from 1984 to 2007 as chairman of its predecessor First Albany Companies and was also a board member of the New York Stock Exchange Inc., Maplnfo, Home Shopping Network, Inc. and the Meta Group. He holds a B.A. from Yale University. McNamee will be retiring from the board of directors and is not standing for re-election at this annual meeting.
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About AmberWave, iRobot, Plug Power, Yale University: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Gail Deegan
Member of the Board of Directors of iRobot
Gail Deegan has served as a director since May 2011 and brings extensive experience as a former chief financial officer of three public companies and director of five public companies, in addition to iRobot; she has served as Audit Committee Chair for three boards of directors. From 1996 until her retirement in 2001, Deegan served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Houghton Mifflin, a publishing company. She was previously senior vice president of regulatory and government affairs for NYNEX New England, and vice president and chief financial officer of New England Telephone. Earlier in her career she was senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Eastern Enterprises, as well as chief administrative officer of that company. Deegan is a former director of EMC Corporation, TJX Companies, Inc., and three other public companies. She brings deep experience with financial accounting matters for complex organizations, capital allocation, business transformation, and oversight of corporate governance requirements and financial reporting processes. Deegan holds a B.A. in Elementary Education from The College of Saint Rose, an M.S. in History from Ohio State University, and an M.B.A. from Simmons College School of Management.
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About : iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Danielle Dean
Technical Director of Machine Learning of iRobot
Danielle Dean is a senior data scientist lead at Microsoft in the Azure Machine Learning product group. She leads a team of data scientists and engineers on end-to-end analytics projects using Azure ML, from automating the ingestion of data to analysis and implementation of algorithms, creating web services of these implementations, and using those to integrate into customer solutions or build end-user dashboards and visualizations. Danielle holds her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied the application of multilevel event history models to understand the timing and processes leading to events between dyads within social networks
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Stephen Drzewiczewski
Director of Collaborative Applications of iRobot
Steve has been with iRobot for 8 years and is the Sr. Manager of Collaborative Applications. One Steve and his team’s main responsibility is maintaining their Windchill implementation. Prior to iRobot – Steve spent 11 years’ experience as a PLM/MCAD Consultant & MCAD. University of Vermont graduate with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Ted Deffenbaugh
Sr. Director Of Product Line Marketing of Seagate Technology
Sr. Director Of Product Line Marketing at Seagate Technology.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Frank Biondi
Member of the Board of Directors of Seagate Technology
Frank Biondi has served as Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC, an investment advisor organization, since 1999.
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About Waterview Advisors: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Rags Srinivasan
Senior Director Growth and Customer Success – Cloud Business of Seagate Technology
Rags Srinivasan is Senior Director of Product Strategy and Marketing, Cloud, IoT and Video Surveillance for Seagate. He is responsible for market development, ecosystem partner development and storage solutions for video surveillance and IoT. He is passionate about solving data challenges and enabling businesses to manage data and harness its power.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Dambisa Moyo
Non Executive Director of Seagate Technology
Dambisa Moyo is a global economist and author who analyzes the macroeconomy and international affairs. In particular, her work examines the interplay of international business, technology, and the global economy, while highlighting the key opportunities for investment; capitalizing on her rare ability to translate trends in markets, innovation, politics, regulatory matters and economics into their likely impact on global business. Dambisa was named by TIME Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World and was the Thinkers50 Thinker of the Month in April 2015. She was an early investor in Silver Creek and is a keynote speaker at the 2015 Global Drucker Forum. Her writing appears regularly appears in publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, covering key topics for businesses in the 21st century and the relationship between technology, global economic growth, and the private sector.
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About : Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Willem Roelandts
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Applied Materials
Willem P. Roelandts was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Applied Materials in June 2015. Willem Roelandts has served on the board since 2004 and was Applied Materials’ lead independent director until his appointment as Chairman. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Xilinx, Inc., a supplier of programmable logic solutions, from July 2003 to February 2009, and as a director from January 1996 to August 2009. Willem Roelandts served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Xilinx from January 1996 to January 2008. Prior to joining Xilinx, Willem Roelandts held various executive positions during a 29-year career at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he last served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Computer Systems Organizations. Willem Roelandts currently serves as a member of the board of directors of IMEC, a non-profit research company in Belgium, eSilicon Corporation, a privately held company, and the El Camino Hospital Foundation, a non-profit foundation, and on the Boards of Trustees of Santa Clara University and the Lincoln Law School. He is chairman of the advisory board of Engineering Pathways to Success at San Jose State University. Willem Roelandts received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rijks Hogere Technische School in Belgium and holds an honorary doctorate from Santa Clara University (2004) and from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (2009).
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About : Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Susan James
Member of the Board of Directors of Applied Materials
Susan James, also known as Sue, served as a Consultant of Ernst & Young from June 2006 to December 2009. During, James’s tenure at Ernst & Young, she was the Lead Partner or partner-in-charge for the audit work for a significant number of technology companies, including Intel Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com, Autodesk and the Hewlett-Packard Corporation, and for the Ernst & Young North America Global Account Network. James joined Ernst & Young in 1975 and was its Partner from 1987 to 2006. James has been an Independent Director at Yahoo! Inc. since January 11, 2010. She has been a Director of Applied Materials Inc. since December 8, 2009. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Tri-Valley Animal Rescue. She has been a Director at Coherent Inc. since 2008.
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About : Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Thomas Iannotti
Member of the Board of Directors of Applied Materials
Thomas J. Iannotti, also known as Tom, served as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Services and General Manager of Enterprise Services at Hewlett-Packard Company until 2011. Thomas Iannotti served as the Managing Director of Asia Region of Hewlett-Packard Co. since May 1, 2006 and served as its Senior Vice President of Business Operations of Technology Solutions Group since 2005. From 2002 to January 2008, Thomas Iannotti held various executive positions at Hewlett-Packard, including Asia-Pacific and Japan. At Hewlett-Packard, he also held Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consulting and Integration, from 2002 to 2004. He served at Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq Computer Corporation from 1978 to 2002. Thomas Iannotti has been a Director of Applied Materials Inc., since September 2005.
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About : Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Dennis Powell
Member of the Board of Directors of Applied Materials
Dennis Powell has been a director of VMware since November 2007. Powell served as an Executive Advisor at Cisco Systems, Inc., a provider of networking products and services, from February 2008 to September 2010. Prior to that, Powell served as Cisco’s Chief Financial Officer from May 2003 to February 2008. In that position, Powell served as Cisco’s Executive Vice President from August 2007 and, previously, as its Senior Vice President since May 2003. From June 2002 to May 2003, Powell served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. Prior to that, from January 1997 to June 2002, he served as Cisco’s Vice President, Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Cisco, Powell had a 26-year tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was engagement lead for several global clients, was a national SEC reviewer and had regional responsibilities for audit quality assurance in the United States. Dennis Powell is also a director of Applied Materials, Inc., where he serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Investment Committee and Stockholder Rights Committee. Dennis Powell is also a director of Intuit Inc., where he serves as Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and is a member of the Acquisition Committee.
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About : Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Myron Shak
Director Computer System Architecture, AI Systems Solutions of Applied Materials
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Don Cerney
Technical Director of Applied Materials
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Raymond Bingham
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Flex
H. Raymond Bingham joined the firm in 2006 and serves as an Advisory Director out of General Atlantic’s Palo Alto office. He is an Advisory Director of General Atlantic LLC, a global private equity firm, and from 2006 to 2010 was a Managing Director of General Atlantic. Ray Bingham’s distinguished career of more than 30 years has spanned businesses in high tech, chemical engineering, and hospitality real estate development with accomplishments in mergers and acquisitions, global trade and venture capital. Previously, Raymond Bingham served in various positions with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a supplier of electronic designautomation software and services, from 1997 through 2005, most recently as its Executive Chairman from May 2004 to July 2005, director from November 1997 to April 2004, President and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to May 2004, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 1993 to April 1999. During his tenure as CEO, the company’s technology leadership grew through a series of strategic acquisitions, internal research and development and venture investments. Bingham also directed Cadence’s global expansion into India, China and Russia, a decade ahead of today’s focus in those emerging markets. Before joining Cadence, he held senior management roles with the Marriott Corporation, Red Lion Hotels and Inns, Agrico Overseas Investment Company and N-ReN International. He is a director of three public companies: Oracle Corporation, Flextronics International Ltd. and STMicroelectronics NV. He also helped found and serves as a Director of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation and is a board member of the National Parks Conservation Association. Bingham earned a B.S with Honors from Weber State University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Additionally, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Weber State University.
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About : Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Winnie Yu
Sr. Director, Medical Innovation of Flex
Winnie Yu is a technology, product development and manufacturing expert leading the Medical Innovations team at Flex Health Solutions. She has over fifteen years of experience developing products and solutions in the sensor and connected device space. Before joining Flex, Ms. Yu held positions in R&D and product development at Western Digital and SVTC Technologies, and was heavily involved with numerous startups in the semiconductor and hardware sectors. An inventor with eight patents, Ms. Yu holds a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Ahmed Tantawy
Sr. Director Product Solutions and Business Development of Flex
Ahmed is an experienced business strategist, product developer and operations professional with over 15 years in the Hi-Tech industry. Ahmed currently works at Flex (formerly Flextronics) as Director of Innovation Services working with diverse customers on new product development, technology innovation and enabling new business models with a focus on IoT. Before Flex, Ahmed spent the core of his engineering career working in the Semiconductor industry supporting customers from the top 10 global semiconductor manufacturing companies. During his professional career Ahmed worked in several client facing roles in engineering, product marketing and business development working with global teams across North America, Europe and Asia. Ahmed holds an MBA with Honors from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University in California, and a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Payam Abrishami
Director of Product Management – Tracking & Telematics Solutions of Flex
Payam Abrishami is the director of product management at [Flex](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/flextronics-international#/entity), a multinational technological manufacturer that provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight, and logistics services to companies of all sizes and industries. At the Tracking and Telematics Solutions business unit, Abrishami focuses on enabling businesses to make smarter, real-time decisions about their assets wherever they are in the world. Abrishami served as the director of product management at Motorola Mobility before joining Flex. Prior to that, he lead partner product management at Cyanogen. Abrishami served as the director of product management at bSafe before he joined Cyanogen. Previously, he was a senior partner product manager at HTC Corp. He has also been employed as the director of solutions architecture at Lilien Systems. Abrishami holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Michigan State University and master’s degree in business administration from the University of California’s Haas School of Business. He lives in San Jose, California, United States.
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Joe Kuklewicz
Senior Director and Controller, BIW of Bath Iron Works
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About Bath Iron Works: Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major American shipyard.
Eddy Brown
International Sales Director of Altec Industries
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About Altec Industries: Altec is a leading provider of products and services to the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, lights and signs.
Richard Beyer
Member of Board of Directors of Analog Devices
Richard Beyer was Chairman and CEO of Freescale Semiconductor from 2008 through June 2012. Prior to Freescale, Richard Beyerr was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Intersil Corporation from 2002 to 2008. He has also previously served in executive management roles at FVC.com, VLSI Technology and National Semiconductor Corporation. Richard Beyer served three years as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Russian from Georgetown University and a master’s of business administration in marketing and international business from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Richard Beyer also serves on the Board of Directors for Dialog Semiconductor and Freescale Semiconductor. Richard Beyer joined our Board of Directors in January 2013.
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About : Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. ADI’s analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal
Mark Cox
Senior Director, Digital Platforms of Analog Devices
Mark Cox is Director of Digital Platforms at Analog Devices, Inc. in Wilmington, MA where he is leading the digital strategy for the WW Sales and Digital Marketing organization currently focused on Customer Engagement. This includes leveraging digital technology to deliver innovative solutions to strengthen collaboration, accelerate customer engagements through software, and to drive growth and deliver new sources of revenue. Mark has held a number of business and technology leadership roles at ADI throughout an 18 year career where he has led both emerging and established businesses with a focus on growth. As General Manager of ADI’s Consumer Business he delivered new opportunities for growth in Portable, Prosumer and Emerging Sensing segments and as Product Line Director for ADI’s Low Power Wireless and MCU strategy he established a new strategy targeting the Internet-Of-Things market. Prior to this Mark developed and led ADI’s Low Power MCU Platform spanning products across ADI’s Industrial, Healthcare, Automotive and Communications businesses. Mark joined ADI in 2001 as an IC Design Engineer. He holds an MS in System Integration from the University of Edinburgh and a BEng in Electrical Engineering from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
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About Analog Devices: Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. ADI’s analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal
Michelle Farrington
Product Line Director, Inertial MEMS of Analog Devices
Michelle Farrington is responsible for the Energy Harvesting and Wireless Charging strategy at Analog Devices. She has held leadership positions in manufacturing and new product and technology development since joining Analog Devices in 1996. She has a BSEE and an MBA from Northeastern University and an MSEE from the University of Virginia.
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About Analog Devices: Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. ADI’s analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal
Alan Yeung
Director US Strategic Initiatives of Foxconn Technology Group
Since 2017, Alan Yeung has led Foxconn’s U.S. strategic initiatives for corporate development and infrastructure – including establishing its North America headquarters. Prior to that, Alan held senior roles at MediaMarkt, Inventec and Raychem. An author and entrepreneur, Alan serves on startup and nonprofit boards including CAVH International and Nature Pacific Foundation. Alan received his PhD from Stanford, MBA from UC-Berkeley, and BSChE from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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About Foxconn Technology Group: Foxconn Technology Group, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company, headquartered in Tucheng.
Dennis Reilley
Member of the Board of Directors of Covidien
Dennis H. Reilley was elected to the Dow Board of Directors in August 2007. Currently, he serves as chair of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee, and as a member of the Governance Committee. Marathon Oil Corporation – Non-Executive Chairman, January 2014 to date; Board member 2002 to date.Covidien, Ltd.: Former Non-Executive Chairman, April 2007 to November 2008, and Board member, April 2007 to present. Praxair, Inc.: Chairman, December 2000 to April 30, 2007; President and Chief Executive Officer, 2000-2006. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, May 1999-2000; Executive Vice President, 1997-1999; Vice President and general manager, Lycra business, 1996-1997; Vice President and general manager, specialty chemicals business, 1994-1995; Vice President and general manager, titanium dioxide business, 1990-1994. Prior to 1989, Dennis Reilley held various senior executive positions with Conoco. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Covidien, Ltd., H.J. Heinz Company, and Marathon Oil Company. He is a former Chairman of the American Chemistry Council, and former director of the Conservation Fund. Dennis Reilley holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Oklahoma State University. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.
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About : Global Healthcare Products Leader
Beau Chimene
Director Audio Engineering of Logitech
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About Logitech: Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Guerrino De Luca
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Logitech
As Logitech’s chairman, Guerrino Luca supervises the company’s strategy and performance. De Luca joined Logitech as president and chief executive officer in early 1998, and became a member of the board of directors a few months later. During this tenure as Logitech’s chief executive officer from 1998 to 2008, the company posted nine consecutive years of record sales and profits as its annual revenue grew from $400 million to more than $2.1 billion, and its operating income grew from $16 million to more than $230 million. Since 2008, De Luca has served solely as chairman of the board, except from July 2011 through December 2012, when he resumed the executive leadership role prior to turning it over to Bracken P. Darrell January 2013. A technology-industry veteran with more than thirty years of European and U.S. experience, De Luca has an extensive background in product strategy, marketing and management. Prior to joining Logitech, De Luca served as executive vice president of worldwide marketing for Apple. He was president of Claris Corporation, a U.S. personal computing software vendor, after having served in various marketing positions with Apple in the United States and Europe. He began his career at Olivetti in Ivrea, Italy. De Luca holds a B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Rome, Italy.
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About : Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Dario Laverde
Director of Developer Relations of HTC
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About HTC: HTC Corp is engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of virtual reality hardware, smartphones and tablets in Taiwan.
