Executive Officers
Executive officers of the Corporation (designated as our corporate officers in accordance with our
By-Laws)
are appointed annually by the Board and hold office until the first meeting of the Board following the next annual meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, or
until their earlier death, resignation, or removal. The following persons are the Corporations executive officers:
Patrizio
Vinciarelli, Ph.D.
, 72, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Vinciarellis background and experience is contained in the section of this Proxy Statement entitled Information Regarding Nominees and
Qualifications.
Sean Crilly
, 61, Corporate Vice President, Engineering, Power Systems since June 2015. From December 2012 to
May 2015, Mr. Crilly served as Vice President, Engineering, VI Chip. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Crilly held the position of Director of Sustaining Engineering, and, from 2000 to 2006, the position of Manager, Test Engineering. Previously,
Mr. Crilly held the positions of Project Manager, from 1996 to 2000, and Senior Test Engineer, from 1993 to 1996. Prior to joining the Corporation in 1993, Mr. Crilly was Vice President of Applications Engineering at Intepro Systems,
specializing in power electronics test equipment. Earlier, he was employed in engineering roles at Schaffner and Nixdorf Computer. Mr. Crilly received a B.Eng. in Electronics from the Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland.
Philip D. Davies
, 59, Corporate Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing. Mr. Daviess background and experience is
contained in the section of this Proxy Statement entitled Information Regarding Nominees and Qualifications.
Robert
Gendron
, 54, Corporate Vice President, Marketing, Power Components since April 2017. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Gendron served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for the Picor and VI Chip subsidiaries of the Corporation.
From 2011 to 2014, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Picor. Prior to joining Picor, Mr. Gendron held senior marketing and sales roles at various semiconductor companies including Analog Devices,
STMicroelectronics, Fairchild Semiconductor, International Rectifier, and Volterra. Mr. Gendron also serves on the Industrial Advisory Board for the University of New Hampshire Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds a B.S.
in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, and a M.B.A. from the Whittemore School of Business at the University of New Hampshire, and is a registered Professional Engineer by
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Nancy L. Grava,
48, Corporate Vice President, Human Resources, since July 2015. From 2009 to
June 2015, Ms. Grava held the position of Director, Human Resources. From 2002 to 2009, Ms. Grava held the position of Senior Manager, Compensation and Benefits and, from 1999 to 2002, she held the position of Manager, Compensation and
Benefits. Prior to that time, Ms. Grava held various other positions within Human Resources since joining the Corporation in 1993. Ms. Grava received a B.A. from the Massachusetts School of Liberal Arts and an M.B.A. from Bentley
University.
Alex Gusinov
, 55, Corporate Vice President, Engineering, Power Components since June 2015. From 2006 to 2015,
Mr. Gusinov served as Vice President of Design Engineering for Picor. He joined Picor in 2004 as Director of IC Design. Prior to joining Picor, Mr. Gusinov was employed by SIPEX Corporation from 1996 to 2004, most recently as Vice
President of Design Engineering, Power Management. From 1986 to 1996, he was employed by Analog Devices, Inc., developing integrated circuits for telecom, fiber optics, video, and related applications. Mr. Gusinov received a B.S.E.E. from
Boston University and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Gordon Institute of Tufts University.
Joseph A. Jeffery, Jr.
, 68,
Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer since September 2015. From 2009 to 2015, Mr. Jeffery served as Vice President, Applications Development. From 1999 to 2009,
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