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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.

Patrick Paul Gelsinger (born 1961) is an American business executive and engineer, currently serving as CEO of Intel.

Juergen Stark is the Chief Executive Officer of Turtle Beach. Stark assumes leadership from Carmine Bonanno, who founded the company in 1975 with Fred Romano. Both Bonanno and Romano will continue with roles on Turtle Beach’s Board of Directors. Prior to Turtle Beach Stark served as Chief Operating Officer for Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.’s Mobile Devices business. In addition to leading a team of 700 individuals covering program management, global service and customer care, quality and testing, Stark played a comprehensive role in the operational management and turnaround of the $9.5 billion mobile devices business that led to its sale to Google in May of 2011. Prior to his COO role, Stark lead the Motorola’s Productivity business, successfully doubling the portfolio of Windows Mobile based phones and putting the business back on a strong growth trajectory. He also previously served as General Manager and Corporate Vice President for several businesses within Motorola's Commercial and Government Solutions Division. Prior to his nine year tenure with Motorola, Stark led as the CEO of Centerpost Corporation and as the President and Founder of Advanced Micro Systems Inc. Stark also served as a Principal at McKinsey & Company, Inc. for nine years.Stark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master’s of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

Gerald Paul was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2005. Paul has served as a Director of the Company since 1993, and has been President of the Company since March 1998. Paul also was Chief Operating Officer from 1996 to 2006. Paul previously was an Executive Vice President of the Company from 1996 to 1998, and President of Vishay Electronic Components, Europe from 1994 to 1996. Paul has been Managing Director of Vishay Electronic GmbH, a subsidiary of the Company, since 1991. Paul has been employed by Vishay and a predecessor company since 1978. Paul possesses extensive experience with the Company, has senior responsibilities for our overall business, and has been instrumental in promoting our strategic advances. His in-depth knowledge of our operations includes the integration of acquired companies and a proven understanding of the challenges facing the Company in all aspects of the business cycle.

Patrick Spence is the Chief Executive Officer and serves on the Board of Directors for Sonos. Patrick joined Sonos as Chief Commercial Officer in 2012. He has played a central role in the development and launch of some of the company’s most successful products. Patrick has also led the company’s expansion into new territories including China, France, Australia, and Mexico. Prior to joining Sonos, Patrick spent over 14 years at RIM/BlackBerry in a variety of roles, including overseeing sales channels and country marketing operations in various regions including North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, ultimately becoming the Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. During Patrick’s time at RIM/Blackberry, the company grew from $50 million in revenue to more than $20 billion, and from 150 people to more than 17,000. In 2007, Patrick was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40, a national program to celebrate leaders of today and tomorrow and to honor Canadians who have reached a significant level of success. Patrick holds an Honors Degree in Business and Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.