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Board of Directors
Mr. McNamara assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Flextronics in January 2006. He had served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer since 2001. In addition to serving as the Company's COO, Mr. McNamara served as President, Americas Operations from April 1997 to December 2001, and held the role of Vice President, North American Operations from 1994-1997. He joined Flextronics through the acquisition of Relevant Industries, Inc. in March 1994, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer since May 1993. From May 1992 to May 1993, he was Vice President, Manufacturing Operations at Anthem Electronics, an electronics distributor. In addition, from April 1987 to May 1992, he was a Principal of Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd & McGrath, an operations consulting firm. Mr. McNamara received a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
Mr. Read has been the chief financial officer at Flextronics since July 2008 and was previously the executive vice president of finance for Flextronics worldwide operations. His strong financial management and operations background includes increasingly important Flextronics positions where he has led many critical initiatives that include serving as the lead executive responsible for the integration of the Solectron acquisition. Prior to joining Flextronics in 1995, he held various financial positions with Allied Steel and Wire, STI Telecommunications and Associated British Foods. Mr. Read graduated from the University of Wales, Newport with a degree in business and finance and is a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Tessera Technologies, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Operations |
Current |
| Flextronics International Ltd. |
Founder |
Current |
| Incubic |
Venture Partner |
Current |
| Angel Technologies Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Zyvex Corporation |
Advisory Board |
Current |
| Angel Technologies Corporation |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Angel Technologies Corporation |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
Founder |
Former |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
|
Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
Ph.D. In Physics |
Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
M.S. |
Former |
| Temple University |
B.A. In Honors Physics |
Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
Degrees |
Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
Member |
Former |
Larry Harmer Mr. Harmer comes to the board with substantial executive experience in the consumer and retail industry. Mr. Harmer co-founded a consumer products company that, under his leadership, grew from a licensee with several brands including the Polaroid brand to a global organization with revenues that exceeded $1.5 billion (in about 4 years). Mr. Harmer played a significant role in the purchase, privatization and divestiture of the Polaroid asset portfolio and was responsible for all international vendor and customer relationships. He has extensive experience in selling the retail industry. Mr. Harmer's previous experience includes serving as CEO for the Polaroid Corporation, Managing Director of SGSV Ltd a global asset management firm, Director of Business Strategy for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Director of Organizational Development for Nortel Networks, and co-founding Wholonics Leadership Group, LLC. Mr. Harmer earned an MBA, an MOB and a BA in Chinese & Asian Studies from Brigham Young University. He has taught Rapid Prototyping and Process Design in University of Michigan's Executive MBA Program. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, equally comfortable conducting business in English or Chinese. Mr. Harmer currently works at Flextronics International Ltd. as COO of the RTS (retail and technical services) division, he also runs the Trading and Accessory group within Flextronics. It is the intention of the person named in the accompanying proxy to vote proxies for the election of the two (2) nominees. Each nominee has consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve, if elected. In the event that any of the nominees should for some reason, presently unknown, become unavailable for election, the persons named in the form of proxy as proxy holders intend to vote for substitute nominees.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Shah Capital Partners, LP |
Founder |
Current |
| Smart Modular, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Invotronics |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Baroda Net |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Moserbaer India Limited |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Flextronics International Ltd. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Avail Medical Products, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Magellan |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| C-Mac Microcircuits, Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Proactivenet, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Solectron Corporation |
CEO |
Former |
| SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Solectron Corporation |
Founder |
Former |
| SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| US Robotics Corporation |
NA |
Former |
| California Inc |
M.S. In Engineering Management |
Former |
| vCustomer Corporation |
|
Former |
| Nptest, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Smart Modular, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Solectron Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| University of Baroda |
M.S. |
Former |
| Stanford University |
MS In Engineering Management |
Former |
| University of Baroda |
Bachelor's In Engineering |
Former |
| University of Baroda |
Beng |
Former |
James A. Davidson has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since March 2003. He is a co-founder and managing director of Silver Lake, a private equity investment firm. Mr. Davidson also serves on the Board of directors for Avago Technologies, a private company that specializes in analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems. From June 1990 to November 1998, he was an investment banker with Hambrecht & Quist, most recently serving as Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Davidson was a corporate and securities lawyer with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Silver Lake Partners |
Co-Founder & Chairman |
Current |
| Invotronics |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Avail Medical Products, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Network General Corporation |
Board Member |
Current |
| Flextronics International Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Seagate Technology, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Avago Technologies, Pte. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Silver Lake Partners |
principal |
Former |
| Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC |
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions |
Former |
| Pillsbury Madison & Sutro |
Attorney |
Former |
| Enterasys Networks, Inc. |
member |
Former |
Lip-Bu Tan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2003. In 1987, he founded and has since served as Chairman of Walden International, a venture capital fund. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. In addition to Flextronics, Mr. Tan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cadence Design, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and SINA Corporation.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Safeway Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Spansion Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Flextronics International Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Invotronics |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Maxtor Corporation |
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Imation Corp. |
Officer |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Trident Capital |
Advisory Director |
Current |
| Sage Group, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Avail Medical Products, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Outsource Partners International, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lhoist Group |
Board Member |
Current |
| Invotronics |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Trident Capital |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Flextronics International Ltd. |
Board Member |
Current |
| WEDBUSH |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bateman & Co |
President |
Former |
| Trident Capital |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Trident Capital |
Founder |
Former |
| Trident Capital |
Founding Partner |
Former |
| U.S. Department of Commerce |
Deputy Secretary |
Former |
| Commerce Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Department of Commerce |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Pepperdine University |
Doctorate |
Former |
| Trinity College |
|
Former |
Willy Shih, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2008. Dr. Shih is currently a senior lecturer for the Harvard Business School, a role he has held since January 2007. Dr. Shih’s broad industry career experience includes significant accomplishments for globally-recognized organizations such as Kodak, IBM, Silicon Graphics and Thomson. While at Kodak, Dr. Shih led the organization to leadership market positions in the United States in consumer digital cameras, photo printing consumables and online photofinishing services. He also managed key intellectual property projects at Thomson and at Kodak.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Marine Ventures Foundation |
President |
Former |
| Fishing Destination |
Chief Conservationist and Finance Specialist |
Current |
| Marine Ventures Foundation |
Founder |
Current |
| The Aurora Funds, Inc. |
Venture Partner |
Current |
| Marine Ventures Foundation |
Chairman |
Current |
| Visitors |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Oracle Corporation |
Investor |
Current |
| 3Com Corporation |
Investor |
Current |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Yahoo! Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Flextronics International Ltd. |
Investor |
Current |
| NetApp Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Apple Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Sequoia Capital |
general partner |
Former |
| Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University |
Associate Professor |
Former |
| Flow Research, Inc. |
research scientist |
Former |
| Flow Research, Inc. |
research scientist |
Former |
| Duke University |
PhD. In Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science |
Former |
| Duke University |
MS |
Former |
| Duke University |
BS |
Former |
| Duke University |
M S |
Former |
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