Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| American Power Conversion Corporation |
Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Gambit Communications, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Director, President & CEO |
Current |
| American Power Conversion Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Artesyn Technologies, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| American Power Conversion Corporation |
Senior Vice President, Finance |
Former |
| Artesyn Technologies, Inc. |
Vice President, Finance |
Former |
| Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. |
Finance and Accounting Roles |
Former |
| Schlumberger Limited |
Finance and Accounting Roles |
Former |
| American Power Conversion Corporation |
Investor Relations Programs. |
Former |
| Control Data Corporation |
Finance and Accounting Roles |
Former |
| Artesyn Technologies, Inc. |
Treasurer |
Former |
| Lamar University |
Bba |
Former |
Mr. Yeates joined us in January, 2000 as President and Chief Operating Officer and served as President and Chief Operating Officer until February, 2006 when he was appointed our Chief Executive Officer. Before joining us, Mr. Yeates held various positions of increasing responsibility at Lucent Technologies, including Vice President and General Manager of the Titania Power Division. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and his M.B.A degree in Finance from Louisiana Tech University.
Dr. Levran joined Power-One, Inc. in January, 2007 as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Levran previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Magnetek, Inc. from July, 1993 to December, 2006. Dr. Levran received his B.S.E.E in 1973, and M.S.E.E. in 1979 from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1982 from Polytechnic Institute of NY. Dr. Levran is a Director of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association, and is active in other industry associations and standards bodies. Dr. Levran holds a number of U.S. and foreign patents in the field of power conversion and electronics.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| MagneTek, Inc. |
Chief Technology Officer |
Former |
| MagneTek, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
B.S.E.E In 1973, and M.S.E.E. |
Former |
Ms. Heller joined Power-One in July 2008 as our Senior Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining us, Ms. Heller was most recently Vice President, Investor Relations at Applied Materials Inc. Before joining Applied Materials, she was Vice President, Finance, at Amgen, where her last position was heading global operations finance. Before joining Amgen, Ms. Heller held positions at Johnson & Johnson, Pharmacia, Silicon Graphics, and Salomon Brothers serving in finance, investor relations, marketing, and M&A roles. Ms. Heller holds an M.S. in Management from the M.I.T Sloan School of Management and a B.A. Economics from Rice University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Finance, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Mit Sloan |
M.S. In Management |
Former |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Treasurer |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer |
Current |
| Pepperdine University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Pomona College |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Powerone Capital Markets Ltd |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Powerone Capital Markets Ltd |
Founder |
Current |
| Lmda |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Galena Capital Corp |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Gowlings Inc |
|
Former |
| Osgoode Hall Law School |
|
Former |
Mr. Bishop serves as our Lead Director. Mr. Bishop is retired from the full time active practice of law. Mr. Bishop retired as a partner of the O'Melveny & Myers LLP law firm in January 2003, after 38 years of service with an emphasis in securities, corporate, and major transactional matters. He received his B.A. degree from Stanford University and his J.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He was also awarded the Order of the Coif (Research Editor, Law Review 1963-64).
Paul McWilliams is the founder and editor of Next Inning Technology Research. McWilliams has over twenty-five years of experience in the semiconductor and high-tech industries, working with companies such as Linear Technology, Altera, Cypress Semiconductor, American Technical Ceramics, Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Micrel, Power-One, Siliconix, Xicor, and many others. After starting his career at Avnet in the mid-seventies, McWilliams left in 1977 to start his own company, MTS Inc., which contracted with various manufacturers to act as their exclusive representative for sales, marketing and application support. While at MTS, McWilliams was involved in a wide variety of products ranging from semiconductors to microwave sub-systems and even cesium timing standards (atomic clocks). When confronted with an opportunity to sell his stake in MTS Inc., McWilliams jumped at the chance to concentrate on investing full-time, something he began at the age of ten by making a smart bet on the initial public offering of ComSat. With the knowledge gained through years of direct field experience, a wide range of industry contacts and healthy a dose of common sense, McWilliams provides readers many with a better understanding of how technology moves through our economic system and ideas as to how they can optimize their investing profits while managing risks. It was this, and his folksy writing style, that led SmartMoney magazine to select him as one of the thirty most influential people in the world of investing. When not researching and writing about investing, McWilliams enjoys time with his family. He loves to travel and participate in outdoor activities. The entire McWilliams' family is active in a variety of community service projects supporting causes such as Project SOS, Hospice, mentoring inner-city children and coaching youth sports.
Ms. McKnight joined Power-One in December 2008 as Secretary and General Counsel. Before joining Power-One, Ms. McKnight served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of BCBG Max Azria Group, an international retailer. Prior to that she served as General Counsel and Secretary to Magnetek, Inc., a global power supplies and renewable energy business. Ms. McKnight has also held in-house legal positions with Natrol, Inc. and Great Western Financial Corporation and was an attorney in the Los Angeles office of Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison after graduating from law school. Ms. McKnight earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law and her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Power-One, Inc. |
General Counsel |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bcbg Max Azria Group, Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Bcbg Max Azria Group, Inc. |
General Counsel |
Former |
| Natrol, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Great Western Financial Corporation |
|
Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Geograce Resources Philippines, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bank of Commerce Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
Jay Walters serves as our Chairman. He is an owner of and executive with Magnolia Enterprises, a company that restores and manages properties in the Katrina-ravaged sections of the Gulf of Mexico. He has also been a technical consultant following his retirement from Lucent Technologies in 1999. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Power-One, Inc. in 2000. As a Director of the company he has previously chaired the Audit and Compensation Committees and has served as the Lead Director. Mr. Walters had a thirty year career with AT&T and then Lucent Technologies. He held successively higher positions over that time in manufacturing, R & D, quality and eventually as President of the Lucent Technologies Power Systems business. He received a degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and an MBA from Louisiana State University.
Jon Gacek joined Quantum as executive vice president and chief financial officer in August 2006, upon Quantum’s acquisition of Advanced Digital Information Corp. (ADIC). Previously, he served as the chief financial officer at ADIC from 1999 to 2006 and also led Operations during his last two years there. Prior to ADIC, Gacek was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and led the Technology Practice in the firm's Seattle office. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, he assisted several private equity investment firms with a number of mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other transactions. Gacek serves on the board of directors for Loud Technologies, Inc. and HouseValues, Inc.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Quantum Corporation |
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Principal Financial Officer |
Current |
| LOUD Technologies Inc. |
Director of the Company |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| LOUD Technologies Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| HouseValues, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Advanced Digital Information Corporation |
CFO & Vice President, Finance Operations |
Former |
| Adic |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers |
partner |
Former |
| Western Washington University |
B.A. In Accounting |
Former |
Mark Melliar-Smith. Mr. Melliar-Smith is the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Molecular Imprints, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. From March 2003 to September 2005 he was Chief Operating Officer of Molecular Imprints, Inc. From January 2002 to October 2003, Mr. Melliar-Smith was a Venture Partner with Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on the telecommunications, semiconductor and software businesses. From January 1997 to December 2001, Mr. Melliar-Smith was the President and Chief Executive Officer of International SEMATECH, a research and development consortium for the integrated circuit industry. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from Southampton University in England and his M.B.A. from Rockhurst College. Mr. Melliar-Smith is a Director of Technitrol, Inc., Molecular Imprints, Inc. and Metrosol, Inc.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Molecular Imprints, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Austinchips |
|
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Chairman of The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee |
Current |
| Molecular Imprints, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Technitrol, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Metrosol, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sematech |
CEO |
Former |
| Sematech |
President |
Former |
| Molecular Imprints, Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Austin Ventures |
Venture Partner |
Former |
| Southampton University |
Ph.D. Degrees In Chemistry |
Former |
| Rockhurst University |
MBA |
Former |
| Southampton University |
B.S. |
Former |
| Rockhurst University |
B.S. |
Former |
| Technitrol, Inc. |
member |
Former |
| 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 |
Mr. Godfrey, who joined us in 1988, was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in February, 2006. During his tenure with us, he has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility and scope within the Company, including Senior Vice President-Global Operations. He served as the CAPS Division President from July, 2003 until February, 2006.
C. Mark Melliar-Smith is the President of MSC, a consulting and investment company based in Austin, Texas that specializes in early-stage high-technology start-up companies. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Molecular Imprints, which manufactures semiconductor process equipment. From January 2002 to October 2003, Mr. Melliar-Smith was a Venture Partner with Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on the telecommunications, semiconductor and software businesses. Before these venture activities, Mr. Melliar-Smith was the President and Chief Executive Officer of International SEMATECH, a research and development consortium for the integrated circuit industry, from January 1997 to December 2001. He was Chief Technical Officer of Lucent Technologies Microelectronics, the forerunner of Agere Systems Inc., from January 1990 through December 1996. Mr. Melliar-Smith also serves as a director of Power-One Inc., and Molecular Imprints, Inc. He became a director of Technitrol in January 2002.
Jon E. M. Jacoby has served as a director since April 2003. In September 2006 Mr. Jacoby was elected Vice Chairman and Senior Principal of Stephens Group LLC, a family-owned investment company, and, on June 30, 2006, was elected as Executive Vice President of SF Holdings, Inc., formerly known as The Stephens Group, Inc. In September 2003, he retired as a Vice Chairman of Stephens Inc., where he was employed since 1963. His positions included Investment Analyst, Assistant to the President and Manager of the Corporate Finance Department and the Special Investments Department for Stephens Group, Inc. Mr. Jacoby serves on the board of directors of Delta and Pine Land Company, Power-One, Inc. and Eden Bioscience Corporation. He received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Jacoby is 71 years old.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Conn's, Inc. |
Compensation Committee Chairman |
Current |
| Conn's, Inc. |
Board Director |
Current |
| Eden Bioscience Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| SF Holding Corp. |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| SF Holding Corp. |
Senior Principal |
Former |
| Golden Gate National Senior Care Holdings LLC |
Representative |
Former |
| Delta & Pine Land Company |
Chairman |
Former |
| Golden Gate National Senior Care Holdings LLC |
Director |
Former |
| Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| SF Holding Corp. |
Vice Chairman |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
MBA |
Former |
| University of Notre Dame |
BS |
Former |
Randall Holliday joined the Company in October 2008 as Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to Semtech, he served as General Counsel and Secretary at Power-One, Inc. from 2001 through 2008, where he had responsibility for worldwide legal affairs. From 1994 through 2000, he held the position of Secretary and General Counsel with Xircom, Inc. His 20 years experience in the legal field also includes service as a Staff Judge Advocate with the U.S. Air Force. Randall holds both a B.A. and a J.D. degree from Florida State University.
Steve Goldman currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Power-One (NASDAQ: PWER), a manufacturer of power supplies primarily for telecommunications and Internet companies. He also serves on the board of directors for SMC. Goldman joined Power-One in 1982 and was appointed president and CEO in 1990. He was responsible for taking the company public in 1997. Goldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bridgeport and a master's degree in business administration from Pepperdine University's Presidential Program. Goldman was recognized by Pepperdine as a Distinguished Alumnus of the Graziadio School in 1999. He is an active member of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of Young President's Organization (YPO).
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Young Presidents' Organization |
|
Current |
| Data Exchange Corporation |
Chairman of the Board for Power, One |
Current |
| Specialty Merchandise Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| William Pitt Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Chairman & CEO |
Former |
| Power-One, Inc. |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| SMC Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Pepperdine University |
Mba Program, and |
Former |
| University of Bridgeport |
B.S. Degree In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Connecticut, Inc. |
B.S. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
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