Volterra

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.

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.

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.

Mr. Quinsey has been a member of our Board since January 2011. Mr. Quinsey is a distinguished 30 year semiconductor veteran, having held leadership positions in several major technology companies. Mr. Quinsey is currently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of TriQuint Semiconductor, a role he has held since joining the company in July 2002. Mr. Quinsey had served as Vice President and General Manager of the Analog Division at ON Semiconductor from 1999 to 2002, and prior to that, he had a successful 20 year career at Motorola, holding various positions including Vice President and General Manager of the RF/IF Circuits Division.

Mr. Richardson has been a member of our Board since April 2011. Mr. Richardson has served as a senior executive at LSI Corp. since 2005, including previously serving as its Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Semiconductor Solutions Group, Executive Vice President of the Network and Storage Products Group, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Custom Solutions Group and Executive Vice President of Worldwide Strategic Planning. Prior to joining LSI, Mr. Richardson had a successful career at Intel Corporation, holding executive management positions as its Vice President and General Manager of Server Platforms Group and Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Platforms and Services Division.

Mr. Smith has been a member of our Board since January 2012. Mr. Smith currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services. He has served in that capacity since joining Equinix in 2007 from Hewlett-Packard Co. At HP, Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President of HP Services, where he was responsible for management of the organization's Consulting and Integration, Managed Services, and Technology Deployment and Support business groups. Prior to joining HP, Mr. Smith served as Vice President of Global Professional and Managed Services at Lucent Technologies. He also held various management and sales positions during his 16 years with Electronic Data Systems Corporation, and had a successful eight-year career in the U.S. Army. Mr. Smith graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a B.S. in Engineering.