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Market Cap:$1.9B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$525.0M
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PMC-Sierra , the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, offers worldwide technical and sales support through a network of offices in North America, Europe, Israel and Asia. PMC-Sierra provides semiconductor solutions for Enterprise Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure, Fiber To The Home, and Laser Printer/SMB NAS markets. The Company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol.

Board of Directors
James V. Diller
Number of Employees 1,064
Contact Information

3975 Freedom Circle

Santa Clara, California 95054

pmc-sierra.com

1 408 988 8276

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Recent Events

  • Audience names chairman, CFO

    11/11/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • UPDATE 2-PMC Sierra profit up, rev outlook in line

    10/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

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    7/27/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • PMC-Sierra Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

    7/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • PMC-Sierra Q1 Loss Narrows On Lower Income Tax Provision

    4/24/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • OFC/NFOEC 2009 Preview

    4/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

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    1/31/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Ben Naskar Vice President and General Manager, Communications Products Division
Aaron Gilroy Marketing Manager
Gregory S. Lang Chief Executive Officer
Colin Harris Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Michael W. Zellner Chief Financial Officer
Dino Bekis Vice President, Marketing
Doug Brownridge Vice President, Marketing
Kelley Steven-Waiss Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources
Lee Rhodes Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources
Mark C. Stibitz Vice President, General Manager Esd
Ra'Ed O. Elmurib Vice President, General Manager, Microprocessor Products Division
Robert M. Liszt Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Steven Cadigan Vice President, Worldwide HR
Tom Sun Product Line Manager
Travis Karr Vice President and General Manager, Communication Products Division
Andy Wright Director of Wireless and Signal Processing Product Research
Brian Holden Director of Standards
David Climie Director, Investor Relations & Communications
Stacy Nichols Director, Communications Products Division
Babak Samimi Product Marketing Manager
Bill Richardson Marketing Manager
Marc Ghobriel Product Line Manager
Susan Kirk Manager, Communications
Susan Shaw Senior Manager, Brand Communications
Frank Marshall Director
Ian Mackintosh
Lewis O. Wilks Management Consultant

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
James V. Diller Board of Directors
Robert Bailey chairman
Alinka Flaminia Board of Directors
Brian Gerson Board of Directors
William H. Kurtz Board of Directors
Alan Krock Board of Directors
Alexandre Balkanski Board of Directors
Jonathan J. Judge Board of Directors
Michael J. Callahan Board of Directors
Michael R. Farese Board of Directors
Richard E. Belluzzo Board of Directors

James Diller, Sr. was a founder of PMC-Sierra, Inc., or PMC, serving as PMC's CEO from 1983 to July 1997 and president from 1983 to July 1993. He has been a director of PMC since its formation in 1983. Diller was chairman of PMC's board of directors from July 1993 until February 2000, when he became vice chairman. He also serves as a director of Intersil Corporation, and is the chairman of the board of Summit Microelectronics.

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Founder Current
Intersil Corporation Chairman Current
Summit Microelectronics Inc Chairman of The Board of Directors Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Board of Directors Current
Brecis Communications Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice Chairman Current
Intersil Corporation Director Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board Member Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Elantec Chief Executive Officer Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. President Former
Elantec President Former
Elantec Chairman Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chairman Former
Sierra Wireless Incorporated Director Former
Elantec Director Former
Summit Microelectronics Inc Member of The Board of Directors Former
University of Rhode Island B.S. Degree In Physics Former

Organization Position Status
U-Nav Microelectronics Corporation Vice President and General Manager of Atheros' Wireless Networking Business Unit Current
Atheros Communications, Inc. Vice President & General Manager, Wireless Networking Business Unit Current
Passave, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Communications Products Division Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Communications Products Division Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Current
Analog Devices, Inc. Vice President, Asia Pacific Former
Analog Devices, Inc. Managing Director Former
University of Wisconsin-Madison Mba Former
University of Auckland Bsee Former
University of Santa Clara Former

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Marketing Manager Current

Gregory Lang, Director . Mr. Lang has been one of the Company s Directors since February 2006. Mr. Lang serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of PMC-Sierra, Inc., a company that engages in the design, development, marketing, and support of communications semiconductors, storage semiconductors, and microprocessors. In March 2008, Mr. Lang resigned his position as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Integrated Device Technology Inc. ( IDT ). Mr. Lang joined IDT as President in October 2001, was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2003 and elected to the IDT Board of Directors in September 2003. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Lang held the position of Vice President and General Manager of Intel s platform networking group. Previously he managed Intel s industry leading Ethernet, storage I/O processing, home networking and broadband businesses. Age: 45

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Brecis Communications President and Chief Executive Officer Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. President Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant President and Chief Executive Officer Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director Current
Intersil Corporation Board of Directors Current
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. CEO Former
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. President Former
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Former
University of Michigan Master's Former
Washington University Master's Former
Washington State University Master's Degree In Business Administration Former
Washington University Bachelor's Degree Former
Washington State University Bachelor's Former
University of Michigan Bachelor's Degree Former

Bob Bailey is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of PMC-Sierra. Mr. Bailey joined PMC-Sierra as president and chief executive officer in November 1993. In September 1994, he helped facilitate themerger of the company with Sierra Semiconductor. Mr. Bailey was elected as a director of Sierra Semiconductor in October 1996, which subsequently changed its name to PMC-Sierra, and was named the company's president and chief executive officer in July 1997. Prior to joining PMC-Sierra, Mr. Bailey was the vice president of Application Specific Integrated Circuits at AT&T's Microelectronics Unit. He was also at Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) where he worked for over ten years,mostly in the semiconductor group. In 2000, Mr. Bailey was named "CEO of the Year" by Electronic Business and was ranked as one of the "Top Ten CEOs of 2000" by Investor's Business Daily.

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. President Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. chairman Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Chairman and CEO of Pmc, Sierra Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Brecis Communications Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Former
AT&T Inc. vice president of Application Specific Integrated Circuits Former
Texas Instruments Incorporated Vice President Former
Texas Instruments Incorporated General Manager, and Former
Copper Mountain Networks Board of Directors Former
Crystal Decisions Board of Directors Former
The Cost Reduction Consultant Board of Directors Former
University of Dallas MBA Former
University of Bridgeport BS Degree In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Brecis Communications Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Wireline Division Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Chief Operating Officer Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Current
Passave, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Operations Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Founder Current
Global Semiconductor Association Member Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director of Operations Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Operations Manager Former

Michael W. Zellner has served as PMC-Sierra's Chief Financial Officer since March 2007. Mr. Zellner was Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer at Wind River Systems, Inc. from October 2000 through February 2007. Mr. Zellner was employed by Applied Materials, Inc. from July 1990 to October 2000 where he held a variety of management positions, the last of which was Senior Director of Finance, Transistor Capacitor and Gate Division. Mr. Zellner worked at UNISYS Corporation from 1978 to 1990.

Organization Position Status
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Chief Financial Officer Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Brecis Communications Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President Current
Wind River Systems, Inc. Cfo, Senior Vice President & Secretary Former
Applied Materials, Inc. Director of Finance Former
Unisys Corporation Former
Wind River Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Florida Atlantic University MBA Former
Florida Atlantic University Bba In Accounting Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program Former

Organization Position Status
Brecis Communications Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel Current
Passave, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. General Counsel Former
Xilinx, Inc. Senior Counsel Former
McAfee, Inc. Former
University of Colorado School of Law Law Degree Former
Yale University B.A. Former
University of Colorado School of Law Degree Former

Organization Position Status
The Cost Reduction Consultant Vice President and Fellow, Research and Development Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President and Fellow Current
Brecis Communications Vice President and Fellow, Research and Development Current
Trlabs Vice President Current
Passave, Inc. Vice President Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Vice President and Fellow, Research and Development Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Founder Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Trlabs Board of Directors Current
Nortel Networks Corporation Former
Northern Telecom Former
Nortel Former
Bell Northern Research Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Member Former

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources, Pmc, Sierra Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources Current
Brecis Communications Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources Current
ROI Communications, Inc. Account Manager Current
Aspire Communications, Inc Founder Former
Aspire Communications, Inc Managing Partner Former
Watson Wyatt Worldwide Senior Consultant Former
University of San Francisco Master of Arts In Human Resources and Organization Development Former
The University of Arizona Bachelor of Arts In Journalism Former

Lee Rhodes has served as Vice President Human Resources since July 2009. Prior to this appointment he served as Global Director, HR, at Research in Motion where he re-engineered the recruitment function for all regions including the Americas, Asia and Europe. Previous to that position he was the Global HR Director at Hewlett Packard from 2000 to 2007 where he was responsible for outsourcing and technical services divisions in the Americas, Asia and EMEA. In this role, he was responsible for growing and re-building the divisions, coaching and development, workforce planning, talent acquisition, and merger & acquisition integration. From 1994 to 2000 Lee Rhodes was Director of Human Resources at Manulife Financial Services.

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources Current

Mark Stibitz is the vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra's Enterprise and Storage Division. Mr. Stibitz has over twenty-five years of experience in the technology and semiconductor industry. Prior to joining PMC-Sierra in December 2001, Mr. Stibitz was the vice president and general manager at Agere Systems and oversaw the communications IC and system-level products. Previously, Mr. Stibitz held general management positions at Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group and at AT&T Microelectronics. He also held a variety of technical and marketing management positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Organization Position Status
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise and Storage Division Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise and Storage Division Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, General Manager Esd Current
Agere Systems Inc. vice president Former
AT&T Bell Laboratories Former

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, General Manager, Microprocessor Products Division Current

Organization Position Status
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
Agere Systems Inc. vice president of Worldwide Sales Current
Nec Electronics Corporation vice president, Components Division Former
Hughes Aircraft Company design engineer Former
California State University bachelor's of science degree in Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide HR Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Current
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
The Cost Reduction Consultant Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Wireless Division Current
Passave, Inc. Vice President, Asia Pacific Operations Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Wireless Division Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. General Manager Current
Brecis Communications Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Wireless Division Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Product Line Manager Current

Organization Position Status
The Cost Reduction Consultant Vice President and General Manager, Communication Products Division Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Communication Products Division Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Communication Products Division Current

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director of Wireless and Signal Processing Product Research Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Manager Former
Zymeworks Inc Board of Directors Current
Actenum Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Co-Founder Former

Brian Holden is the Vice President and Chair Person of the Technical Working Group for the HyperTransport Consortium. He is also Director of Standards for PMC-Sierra, Inc. As Chair of the Technical Working Group, Brian is responsible for managing and directing all developments of the HyperTransport specification. At PMC-Sierra, he is responsible for directing the activities between the company and industry standard groups. Brian has worked in the communications industry for 21 years, serving as the CTO of Integrated Telecom Technologies, Inc., the CEO of Network Synthesis, Inc., and as a Manager and Co-Founder of StrataCom, Inc. He has worked in many standards efforts including IEEE 802.17 and various ATM Forum specifications. Brian holds 17 U.S. patents including StrataCom's original patents. He has also helped to architect and to develop many significant products including the NSI/IgT/PMC AAl1gator and the StrataCom IPX. Brian earned an MBA with graduate studies in Computer Science from Cornell University and a BSEE with highest honors from U.C. Davis.

Organization Position Status
Hypertransport Technology Corporation Vice President and Chair Current
Optical Internetworking Forum Director of Standards for Pmc, Sierra's Office Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director of Standards Current
Optical Internetworking Forum Board of Directors Current
Stratacom Inc. Co-Founder Former
Stratacom Inc. Manager Former
IGT Former
Hypertransport Technology Corporation Chair, Technical Working Group, Hypertransport Technology Consortium Former
Cornell University Mba Former
University of California, Davis Bsee Former

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director, Investor Relations & Communications Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director, Investor Relations Former

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director, Communications Products Division Current

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Product Marketing Manager Current

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Marketing Manager Current

Marc Ghobriel is a product line manager at PMC-Sierra’s Service Provider Division and is responsible for the SONET/SDH transport framers. Prior to joining the marketing group, he was a member of the company's transport framer development design team.

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Product Line Manager Current

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Manager, Communications Current

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Senior Manager, Brand Communications Current

Organization Position Status
Focus Ventures Advisor Current
InterWest Partners Advisory Committee Member Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Private Investor and Management Consultant Current
Infoblox, Inc. General Partner, Big Basin Partners LP Frank Marshall Current
Campventures Current
Covad Communications Company vice chairman Current
Brecis Communications Lead Independent Director of Pmc, Sierra's Board of Directors Current
Focus Ventures Board of Directors Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Metrofi, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Director Current
Nanostellar Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Board of Directors Current
Infoblox, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Covad Communications Group, Inc. Interim Chief Executive Officer Former
Covad Communications Company CEO Former
Metrofi, Inc. Interim Chief Executive Officer of Covad Communications Group Former
Cisco Systems, Inc. Vice President Former
Cisco Systems, Inc. General Manager Former
Sequoia Capital Venture Partner Former
NetScreen Technologies Chairman of the Board of Directors Former
Covad Communications Group, Inc. Vice Chairman Former
University of California, Irvine Msee Former
Carnegie Mellon University Bsee Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. member Former

IAN MACKINTOSH is the Chairman and President of OCP-IP. Mr. Mackintosh is well known in the EDA and Semiconductor industries as an ASIC pioneer with a background in semiconductor design, software development and business management. Mr. Mackintosh, founder of OCP-IP, has been historically on the Boards of groups dedicated to SoC development and IP exchange through open standards and has also chaired working group activity developing Standards for and investigation in, IP Protection. Since 1980, he has held various senior management positions with National Semiconductor, VLSI Technology (now NXP), PMC-Sierra, Mentor Graphics and several start-up companies. He holds a Masters of Science from Southampton University, England.

Organization Position Status
Ocp-IP President Current
National Semiconductor Corporation Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Current
VLSI Technology Current
Ocp-IP Chairman Current
Ocp-IP Founder Former
Southampton University Masters of Science Former

Mr. Wilks has been a director of PMC since August 2001. Since September 2001, he has been a management consultant and advisor. From October 2000 to September 2001, Mr. Wilks served as Executive Vice President, Internet Business Development and Chief Strategy Officer of Qwest Communications International, Inc., a telecommunications company. From February 1998 to October 2000, Mr. Wilks served as President, Internet and Multimedia Markets of Qwest Communications and from October 1997 to February 1998, he served as President, Business Markets of Qwest Communications. From June 1996 to September 1997, Mr. Wilks served as President of GTE Communications.

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Management Consultant Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Kurtz has been a director of PMC since April 2003. Mr. Kurtz joined Bloom Energy, a developer of fuel cell systems for on-site power generation, as its Chief Financial Officer in March 2008. Prior to joining Bloom Energy, Mr. Kurtz served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Novellus Systems, Inc., a global semiconductor equipment company from September 2005 until March 2008. From March 2004 until August 2005, Mr. Kurtz was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Engenio Information Technologies, Inc. From July 2001 to February 2004, Mr. Kurtz was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of 3PARdata, Inc. From August 1998 to June 2001, Mr. Kurtz was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Scient Corporation. From July 1983 to August 1998, Mr. Kurtz served in various capacities at AT&T, including Vice President of Cost Management and Chief Financial Officer of AT&T s Business Markets Division. Prior to joining AT&T, he worked at Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Kurtz is a certified public accountant.

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chair Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Board of Directors Current
Brecis Communications Board of Directors Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Engenio Information Technologies, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Scient Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Novellus Systems, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Scient Corp. Chief Financial Officer Former
Novellus Systems, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Scient Corp. Executive Vice President Former
Scient Corporation Executive Vice President Former
Engenio Information Technologies, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
AT&T Inc. Vice President of Cost Management Former
Price Waterhouse & Co. Former
Redback Networks Inc. Board of Directors Former
Redback Networks Inc. Director Former
Rider University Bachelor of Science Degree In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Chief Financial Officer, Pmc, Sierra, Inc. Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Current
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Chairman Current
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. chief financial officer Former
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. vice president Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice President of Corporate Affairs Former
IDT Corporation vice president Former
IDT Corporation corporate controller Former

Organization Position Status
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chairman Former

Mr. Judge has been a director since April 2004 and serves as Compensation Committee Chairperson. Since October 2004, Mr. Judge has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer of Paychex, Inc., a provider of payroll and human resource services. Mr. Judge served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Decisions, Inc. from October 2002 until the merger of Crystal Decisions with Business Objects S.A. in December 2003. From 1976 until October 2002, Mr. Judge was employed by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), where he held senior management positions, most recently as General Manager of IBM's personal computing division. Mr. Judge was also a member of IBM's Worldwide Management Committee from 1999 until 2002. Mr. Judge is also a director of Paychex, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Paychex, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Board of Directors Current
Paychex, Inc. President Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Board of Directors Current
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Board of Directors Current
Paychex, Inc. Director Current
Brecis Communications Board of Directors Current
Crystal Decisions Chief Executive Officer Former
Crystal Decisions President Former
International Business Machines Corporation General Manager Former
Paychex, Inc. Chairman Former
International Business Machines Corporation member Former

Michael J. Callahan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 1997. Since January 2004, Mr. Callahan has been the Chairman of Teknovus, Inc., a privately held company specializing in communications chipsets for subscriber access networks. From March 1990 through his semi-retirement in September 2000, Mr. Callahan served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of WaferScale Integration, Inc., a producer of peripheral integrated circuits. From 1987 to March 1990, Mr. Callahan was President of Monolithic Memories, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturing company. During this period Monolithic Memories became a subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturing company, where Mr. Callahan was Senior Vice President of Programmable Products. From 1978 to 1987, Mr. Callahan was employed by Monolithic Memories in various positions including Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Monolithic Memories, he worked at Motorola Semiconductor for 16 years where he was Director of Research and Development as well as Director of Linear Operations. Mr. Callahan also serves on the Board of Micrel, Incorporated, which files reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, and is a provider of analog power, mixed-signal and digital semiconductor devices. Mr. Callahan holds a B.S.E.E. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Organization Position Status
QuickLogic Corporation Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Micrel, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Teknovus, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Senior Vice President of Programmable Products Former
Princeton University M.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S.E.E. Former
Massachusetts, Inc. B.S.E.E. Former

Organization Position Status
Bitwave Semiconductor Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Brecis Communications Board of Directors Current
Bitwave Semiconductor Inc. President Current
QuickLogic Corporation Director Current
Newfound Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bitwave Semiconductor Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Board of Directors Current
Tropian, Inc. chief executive officer Former
WJ Communications Incorporated chief executive officer Former
WJ Communications Incorporated president Former
Tropian, Inc. president Former
Palm, Inc. Senior Vice President, Engineering Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Doctorate In Electrical Engineering Former
Princeton University master's degree in electrical engineering Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering Former

Rick Belluzzo, chairman and chief executive officer of Quantum, joined the company in September 2002 and is responsible for its overall business strategy and direction. Since Belluzzo came to Quantum, the company has taken a number of steps to enhance its leadership in backup, recovery and archive, strengthen its underlying foundation and provide long-term value to customers and shareholders. These steps include making three acquisitions, launching a wide range of innovative new products, creating greater operational efficiencies, improving Quantum's balance sheet, and reducing costs. Before joining Quantum, Belluzzo was president and chief operating officer of Microsoft Corp. During his tenure at Microsoft, he also served as group vice president of the Personal Services and Devices Group and group vice president for the Consumer Group. Prior to Microsoft, Belluzzo was chief executive officer of Silicon Graphics Inc. Before his tenure at SGI, Belluzzo was executive vice president of the computer organization at Hewlett-Packard Co. In total, he was at HP for 23 years and held numerous positions in finance and marketing during that time. Belluzzo also serves on the board of PMC-Sierra and JDS Uniphase as well as the board of trustees for Golden Gate University.

Organization Position Status
Quantum Corporation CEO Current
Agility Communications, Inc. Governance Committee Chair Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Current
JDS Uniphase Corporation Board of Directors Current
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Microsoft Corporation President Former
Microsoft Corporation COO Former
Hewlett-Packard Company Executive Vice President Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. member Former

Executive News

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    Calibre Macro World - 10/21/07 - View Story

  • PMC-Sierra Announces Retirement Plans of Chief Executive Officer

    Canada NewsWire - 10/18/07 - View Story

  • PMC-Sierra Announces Retirement Plans of Chie

    IP Communications - 10/18/07 - View Story

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     PMCS $8.83 -0.22 (-2.43% )
Average Volume 4,173,790
Shares Outstanding 228.77M
Market Cap 2.0B
Year High 10.07
Year Low 6.11
Earnings Per Share 0.20
P/E Ratio 44.15
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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