Morton Collins, Director.
Mr. Collins has served as one of our directors
since 1985 and was elected our Lead Independent Director in 2014. Mr. Collins received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and his PhD in Science from University of Delaware. From October 1968 to June 1974,
Mr. Collins was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Data Science Ventures, Inc. (DSV I). He was a Founder of DSV Associates (DSV II); DSV Partners III (DSV III); DSV Partners IV (DSV IV) and has been the Managing Partner of each since
their formation in 1974, 1981 and 1985 respectively. These organizations provide venture capital and management assistance to early-stage high-technology companies. In July of 1997, Mr. Collins became a Special Limited Partner of Cardinal
Partners, the successor to the DSV series of partnerships. From 2003 to 2016, Mr. Collins was a General Partner of Battelle Ventures. In January of 2017, Mr. Collins founded M Collins Ventures, a venture capital fund of which he is the
Managing Partner. Mr. Collins is currently a member of the board of directors of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public company. During the past five years, Mr. Collins has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies
or registered management investment companies other than Inovio.
Chi-Chia
Hsieh,
Director
. Dr. Hsieh has served as one of our directors since December 1995. Dr. Hsieh is currently the Vice Chairman and was previously the President of Microelectronics Technology Inc., a Taiwan corporation publicly traded on the
Taiwan Stock Exchange. Dr. Hsieh is Chairman of the board of directors of IQE Taiwan, a Taiwan corporation in which we formerly were a majority stockholder until January 2013. Dr. Hsieh is also a member of the board of directors of
BriteLED, a Taiwan Corporation publicly traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Dr. Hsieh is currently a member of the board of directors of Microelectronics Technology Inc., Advanced Wireless Systems, Bright LED Electronics Corp., and Taiwan
Cement Corporation, all public companies. Dr. Hsieh is also the Independent Director of Innolux Corporation, and Independent Director of AcBel Polytech Inc., both are public companies in Taiwan. During the past five years, Dr. Hsieh has not
served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies.
Michael J.
Landine, Director
. Mr. Landine has served as one of our directors since 2003. Mr. Landine is Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Alkermes, Inc., where he has worked for over 20 years. Mr. Landine served for 10 years
as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Alkermes. Mr. Landine worked for the international accounting firm Touche Ross & Co. During the past five years, Mr. Landine has not served on the board of directors of any other
public companies or registered management investment companies other than GTC Biotherapeutics Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology company, from 2005 to 2010.
Officers
John C.C. Fan, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of
the board.
Dr. Fan, age 74, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our organization in April 1984. He has also served as our President since July 1990. Prior to July 1985, Dr. Fan was Associate Leader
of the Electronic Materials Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Fan is the author of numerous patents and scientific publications. Dr. Fan received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University.
Richard A. Sneider, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Sneider, age 57, has served as our Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer since September 1998. Mr. Sneider is a former Certified Public Accountant and was formerly a partner of the international public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he worked for 16 years.
Hong Choi, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President.
Dr. Choi, age 66, joined us as Chief Technology Officer in July
2000. Previously, Dr. Choi served as Senior Staff Member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he worked for 17 years. Dr. Choi received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Boryeu Tsaur, Executive Vice PresidentDisplay Operations
. Dr. Tsaur, age 62, joined us as Executive Vice
PresidentDisplay Operations in July 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Tsaur served as Group Leader, Electronic Material Group, at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Tsaur received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute
of Technology.
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