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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.

Robert Willett has been the Chief Executive Officer of Cognex since 2011. He is responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s strategy and operations. Cognex, a Nasdaq-listed company, is the world leader in the field of industrial machine vision: technology that allows computers to see and which is used in the field of advanced factory automation and robotics to manufacture smart phones, automobiles and medical devices, as well as in logistics for ecommerce fulfillment. Cognex is a technology and growth company with 2,000 employees (who proudly call themselves “Cognoids”) and over $700M in revenue. Robert’s career has focused on growth through innovation, acquisition and global expansion. He has taken two companies through their transition from founder-led businesses to global scale and marketshare leadership. He credits his success to a: strategic focus on critical growth and margin levers; promotion of a work hard, play hard, move fast entrepreneurial culture; experience and success in acquiring and integrating twenty companies and, attention to process improvement.

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.

Alex Bouzari brings more than twenty years of experience in the storage industry and a wealth of knowledge in running profitable, fast growth technology companies. Prior to co-founding DataDirect Networks, Mr. Bouzari served as CEO of Personal Writer, Inc., and co-founder of MegaDrive Systems, Inc. Mr. Bouzari holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering and Economics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), with graduate studies in Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University.