Samuel J. Anderson has served as a director and as Chairman of AnalogicTech's board of directors since August 2001. Mr. Anderson was a founder of Great Wall Semiconductor Corporation and has served as its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2002. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development at ON Semiconductor Corporation from August 1999 to December 2001 and held various positions in the semiconductor products sector of Motorola, Inc., from June 1986 to August 1999. Mr. Anderson also serves on the board of directors of Vicor Corporation. He holds over 20 U.S. patents in the area of semiconductor technology. Mr. Anderson received an M.S. in Microelectronics from Arizona State University, an M.S. in Physics from Queen's University of Belfast, Ireland, and a B.S. in Electronics from the University of Ulster, Ireland.
Jaff Lin has served as a director since June 1999. Mr. Lin co-founded Maton Ventures in 1997 and has served as a Managing Director since its inception. He served as Chief Technical Officer and previously as Vice President of Engineering at BusLogic, Inc., from November 1990 to March 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Lin served in various engineering and marketing management capacities at Cirrus Logic, Inc., Compass Development, Inc., and Scientific Micro Systems. Mr. Lin received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
Thomas Weatherford has served as a director since July 2004. Mr. Weatherford served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Business Objects S.A., from September 1997 until his retirement in January 2003. He previously held senior financial positions at NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Inc., Logitech, Inc., Texas Instruments Incorporated, Schlumberger, and Tandem Computers, Inc. Mr. Weatherford also serves on the boards of directors of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., Saba Software, Inc., Synplicity, Inc., Tesco Corporation and SMART Modular Technologies. Mr. Weatherford received a B.B.A. from the University of Houston, Texas.
Richard K. Williams, one of AnalogicTech's founders, has served as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2000 and also as Chief Technical Officer and a director since September 1998. From September 1998 to April 2000, Mr. Williams served as AnalogicTech's Vice President of Engineering and Product Strategy. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Williams served at Siliconix Incorporated from September 1980 to September 1998, most recently as Senior Director of Device Concept and Design. He holds more than 200 U.S. patents in device, process, package, circuit, system, and application methods and apparatus, and has written over 100 published articles and invited papers. Mr. Williams is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University and a B.S., with honors, in Electrical Engineering (specializing in semiconductor device physics and fabrication) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he currently holds the positions of board member and Vice President of the west coast division of UIUC's Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni.
Chandramohan Subramaniam has served as a director since March 2007. Mr. Subramaniam has served as the President of PUJA Consulting Group since January 2005. From 2003 to 2004, he held the position of Senior Vice President of Operations at MEMC Electronics Materials, Inc. Prior to joining MEMC, Mr. Subramaniam served as Vice President and Director of Final Marketing at ON Semiconductor from 1999 to 2003. He held various positions at Motorola, Inc. from 1983 to 1999. Mr. Subramaniam also currently serves on the board of directors of IceMos Technology Ltd. Mr. Subramaniam received a B.S. in Electrical/Electronics Engineering from University of Manchester, England.
Thomas P. Redfern has served as a director since February 2008. Mr. Redfern served as a National Semiconductor Fellow in the Analog Products Group at National Semiconductor Corp. from 1996 until his retirement in 2001. From 1989 through 1996 he held various directorial positions at National Semiconductor Corp. including Director of the Audio Group, Director of Development for the Audio/Video Group, and Director of New Product Development for the Interface and Peripheral Group. Prior to 1989, Mr. Redfern worked as the Director of MOS Design at Linear Technology Corp and served in various engineering, marketing, and management capacities at National Semiconductor Corp., Garrett Micro-Circuits Corp., and American Micro-Systems Inc. He received an MSEE and BSEE from Stanford University.