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John Forsyth became chief executive officer in January 2021. Forsyth, who was named president of Cirrus Logic in January 2020, joined Cirrus Logic in 2014 through the acquisition of Wolfson Microelectronics. Previously, Forsyth served as chief strategy officer, responsible for driving Cirrus Logic’s product strategy, as well as vice president of Marketing, responsible for building and leading Cirrus Logic’s team focusing on voice biometrics. Forsyth began his career working in handheld device development for Psion in London and has more than 20 years’ experience in embedded technology. Prior to joining Wolfson in 2012, Forsyth had led product development and strategy in several technology companies, including serving as chief technical officer of the Symbian Foundation and as vice president of strategy at Symbian Software. Forsyth graduated from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1995.

Rick Wallace serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of KLA Corporation as well as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Wallace began as an applications engineer at KLA Instruments in 1988, and has held various general management positions throughout his tenure with the company. Earlier in his career, Wallace held positions with Ultratech Stepper and Cypress Semiconductor.Wallace currently serves on the board of directors of Proofpoint., a security and compliance company.Wallace earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and his Master of Science degree in engineering management from Santa Clara University. Wallace lives in the bay area with his wife and three children.

Arun serves as Radisys CEO where he is responsible for the vision, strategies, and execution to further Radisys’ role in transforming the telecom industry. He brings to Radisys a wide range of industry experience and a proven track record of leadership. Most recently as Chief Marketing Officer for MediaKind, Arun was responsible for creating and establishing the brand and marketing/communications functions for a joint venture media technology company of Ericsson and One Equity Partners. He has also held multiple vice president and senior leadership positions at Ericsson, including VP and Chief of Staff of Ericsson North America, VP of Sales, VP of Strategy and Marketing, VP of Customer Solutions, and SVP of Strategy, Marketing and CTO Office, and a global role as Chief Marketing Officer for the Ericsson Group. Arun completed his Master of Science degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a Distinguished Alumni. In addition, Arun received an Executive Certificate in Business Marketing from the Kellogg School of Business and completed the Executive Program in Strategy and General Management from the Columbia Business School.

Mr. Jagiela became CEO of Teradyne in February of 2014. He has been President of Teradyne since January 2013 and the President of the Semiconductor Test Division since 2003. He is also on the Board of Directors. Prior to these roles, he was the worldwide marketing manager of Teradyne's semiconductor test products from 2001 to 2003. Mark joined Teradyne in 1982 as a design engineer, developing image sensor test systems. From 1989 to 1999 he served as general manager of Teradyne's Japan Division. He returned to the U.S. in 1999 as the engineering manager for the company's VLSI Test Division in Agoura Hills, California. Mark holds a BSEE from the University of Michigan. Mr. Jagiela has been a director of Teradyne, Inc. since 2014.

Victor Peng (born 1960) is a Taiwanese-American technology executive and CEO of Xilinx, an American technology company that supplies programmable logic devices.

Dave Mosley was appointed CEO of Seagate and to Seagate’s Board of Directors in 2017. Prior to his current role, Dr. Mosley was President and COO of Seagate, responsible for Seagate’s Global Operations, Research and Development, Supply Chain / Procurement and Logistics, IT, Sales and Marketing. Dr. Mosley has held a variety of posts at Seagate during his 20+ year tenure, including President Operations and Technology, Executive Vice President Global Sales and Marketing, as well as many R&D leadership roles. Dave Mosley brings broad-based executive-level experience and in-depth understanding of the various aspects of Seagate's business, as well as valuable global operational, technological, research and development, and sales and marketing expertise. Dr. Mosley earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Davis focusing on solid state physics.

Tim Eriksen is a Managing Member/Founder at Cedar Creek Partners Llc; CEO/Interim CFO at SOLITRON DEVICES INC; and Board Member at NOVATION COMPANIES, INC. and is based in Lynden, Washington. He has worked as Shareholder Services at Franklin Templeton Investments, Analyst / Newsletter Writer at Walker's Manual, and Engineer at Kiewit Corporation. Howard works or has worked as CEO at ERIKSEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC. He studied at The Master's University between 1986 and 1991 and Texas A&M University - Mays Business School between 1995 and 1997.