Jeffrey Staszak joined Volterra as our President and Chief Operating Officer in March 1999, and has been our Chief Executive Officer since August 2000 and a member of our Board since April 2000. Prior to joining Volterra, Mr. Staszak was Senior Vice President in the Storage Products Group of Texas Instruments Inc., a semiconductor company, from July 1996 to March 1999. From May 1993 to July 1996, Mr. Staszak served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Storage Products Division of Silicon Systems, Inc., a semiconductor company then affiliated with TDK Corporation. Mr. Staszak holds a B.S. in Industrial Technology from the University of Wisconsin — Stout and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.
Christopher Paisley has been our Chairman of the Board since August 2007 and a member of our Board since April 2000. Since January 2001, Mr. Paisley has served as the Dean's Executive Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. Mr. Paisley retired from his position as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of 3Com Corporation, a networking products company, in May 2000 after having served as an officer at 3Com since September 1985. Mr. Paisley currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Equinix, Inc., a provider of network-neutral data center and interconnection services and 3PAR, Inc., a storage company. Mr. Paisley holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Mel Friedman has been a member of our Board since May 2004. From July 2002 to December 2003, Mr. Friedman served as a consultant to Sun Microsystems, Inc., a network computing company. Mr. Friedman retired as Senior Vice President of Customer Advocacy at Sun Microsystems in July 2002 after serving in that position since July 2000. From April 1989 to June 2000, Mr. Friedman served in several other roles for Sun Microsystems, including President of its Microelectronics Division, Vice President of Worldwide Operations for its Systems Operation, Vice President of West Coast Operations and Vice President of Supply Management. Mr. Friedman formerly held executive positions at Prime Computer, a minicomputer company, and Apollo Computer Corp., a computer workstation company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Friedman currently serves on the board of directors of Electroglas, Inc., a semiconductor equipment company. He holds a B.S.M.E. from City College of New York and has completed masters courses in industrial management and mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Edward Ross has been a member of our Board since May 2004. From January 2005 to December 2005, Dr. Ross served as the President Emeritus of TSMC North America, the U.S. subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., a semiconductor manufacturer. From March 2000 to December 2004, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of TSMC North America. From July 1998 to March 2000, Dr. Ross was Senior Vice President of the Professional Services Group at Synopsys, Inc., a semiconductor design software company. From September 1995 to July 1998, he served as President of Technology and Manufacturing at Cirrus Logic, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer. Dr. Ross Mrcurrently serves as a member of the board of directors of California Micro Devices Corporation, a semiconductor company, Atmel Corporation, a semiconductor company and Open Silicon, Inc., a privately held semiconductor company. Dr. Ross holds a B.S.E.E. from Drexel University and an M.S.E.E., M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Edward Winn has been a member of our Board since April 2004. From March 1992 to January 2000, Mr. Winn served in various capacities at TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a semiconductor company, most recently as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. From 1985 to 1992, Mr. Winn served in various capacities at Avantek, Inc., a microwave component and subsystem company, most recently as Product Group Vice President. Mr. Winn serves as chairman of the board of directors of Endwave Corporation, a radio frequency subsystem company. Mr. Winn received a B.S. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Fu-Tai Liou has been a member of our Board since December 2008. From 1997 to 2008, Dr. Liou had served in various capacities at United Microelectronics Corporation, a provider of semiconductor foundry services, including as UMC's President, Quality & Reliability Assurance; President, America Business Group; Chief Officer Worldwide Sales & Marketing; Chief Technology Officer for Research & Development; and as a member of the UMC board of directors. Dr. Liou received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from State University of New York at Stony Brook, received a M.S. in physics, from Auburn University, and graduated from the National Central University in Taiwan.
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