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Board Committees and Charters

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below.
Chairperson Chairperson Committee Member Member Financial Expert Financial Expert
 Audit CommitteeExecutive Compensation CommitteeNominating and Governance Committee
Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang 
Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang
Director


Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang has served as a director since November 1996. Mr. Chang has served as a venture fund manager for more than 15 years and has been the President of InveStar Capital, Inc. since April 1996 and Chief Executive Officer of C Squared Management Corporation since April 2004, and is currently a Managing Member of Growstar Associates, Ltd., which is the General Partner and the Fund Manager of VCFA Growth Partners, L.P. The companies with which Mr. Chang is involved focus on inve... 

Committee Member   Committee Member
Dr. Juergen Gromer Financial Expert
Dr. Juergen Gromer
Director


Dr. Juergen Gromer has served as a director since October 2007. Dr. Gromer is the retired President of Tyco Electronics Ltd., an electronics company, a position which he held from April 1999 until December 31, 2007. Dr. Gromer formerly held senior management positions from 1983 to 1998 at AMP Incorporated (acquired by Tyco in April 1999) including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services, President of the Global Automotive Division, Vice President of Central and Eastern Europe an... 

Chairperson Chairperson Committee Member
Dr. Ta-lin Hsu 
Dr. Ta-lin Hsu
Director


Dr. Ta-lin Hsu has served as a director since November 2009. Dr. Hsu is the founder and chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific. Prior to founding H&Q Asia Pacific in 1986, Dr. Hsu was a general partner at Hambrecht & Quist. Before joining Hambrecht & Quist, Dr. Hsu worked at IBM for 12 years. In his last position in senior management, Dr. Hsu held corporate responsibility for all of IBM’s advanced research in mass storage systems and technology. Dr. Hsu serves on the boards of a number of private compa... 

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Dr. John G. Kassakian 
Dr. John G. Kassakian
Director


Dr. John G. Kassakian has served as a director since July 2008. Dr. Kassakian has been a member of the faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) since 1973 and has served as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems from 1991 to 2009. Dr. Kassakian is the founding President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, and is the recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal, the IEEE William E. Newell Award, the IEEE Power Electr... 

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Arturo Krueger 
Arturo Krueger
Director


Arturo Krueger has served as a director since August 2005. Mr. Krueger has more than 40 years of experience in the international semiconductor industry and acquired a wealth of experience in complex systems architecture, semiconductor design and development, operations, and international marketing, as well as general management of a large company. Since his retirement in February 2001, Mr. Krueger has been a consultant to automobile manufacturers and to semiconductor companies serving the aut... 

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