GSI TECHNOLOGY - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Vice President, Associative Computing Business Unit

Avidan Akerib has served as our Vice President, Associative Computing Business Unit since December 2015. From 2011 to 2015, Dr. Akerib was Founder of MikaMonu Group Ltd, a compute in memory organization. From 2008 to 2011, Dr. Akerib served as Co-founder for Zikbit Ltd. From 1999 to 2007, Dr. Akerib served as Chief Technologist (1999-2001) and General Manager (2001-2007) at Neomagic Israel Ltd. From 1993 to 1999, Dr. Akerib served as Co-Founder and President at Associative Computing Ltd (ACL). From 1979 to 1993, Dr. Akerib served as Algorithm and Software Developer at Defense Industries.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Director
• Member of the Audit Committee
• Independent Director / Audit Committee

Ms. Nelson is currently serving as a board member, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and member of the Audit Committee of Backblaze, Inc., a publicly traded cloud data management, storage and backup SaaS company. She also serves on the board of o8t, a private company pioneering AI applied to brain connectivity, for neurosurgery and mental health. From May 2017 to April 2020, she served as Vice President, and from November 2016 to May 2017 she served as senior consultant to the President and Chief Operating Officer, at Western Digital Corporation, (Nasdaq: WDC) a data technology products, systems and cloud storage services company. From May 2013 to March 2016, she served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the IronKey, the mobile security and SaaS division of Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN) a data storage and information security products and solutions company. From July 2008 to March 2010, Ms. Nelson served as Chief Executive Officer of Element Labs Inc., a video and LED-lightning company and from October 2003 to December 2007, Ms. Nelson served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of NeoScale Systems Inc., an enterprise storage security and key management company. Ms. Nelson holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Ms. Nelson's extensive experience in the semiconductor and storage industries, with over fifteen years of P&L leadership, in matters of go-to-market, product development and finance, and her expertise in cloud services and SaaS businesses makes her highly qualified to serve as a director and provide input and guidance to the GSI Technology Board and management team.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• Vice President, Taiwan Operations

Bor-Tay Wu has served as our Vice President, Taiwan Operations since January 1997. From January 1995 to December 1996, Mr. Wu was a design manager at Atalent, an IC design company in Taiwan.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• Vice President, Sales

Didier Lasserre has served as our Vice President, Sales since July 2002. From November 1997 to July 2002, Mr. Lasserre served as our Director of Sales for the Western United States and Europe. From July 1996 to October 1997, Mr. Lasserre was an account manager at Solectron Corporation, a provider of electronics manufacturing services. From June 1988 to July 1996, Mr. Lasserre was a field sales engineer at Cypress Semiconductor, a semiconductor company.

Job Titles:

• Chief Financial Officer
• Member of the Management Team

Douglas Schirle has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2000. From June 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Schirle served as our Corporate Controller. From March 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Schirle was the Corporate Controller at Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, a provider of digital and mixed signal integrated circuits. From November 1996 to February 1997, Mr. Schirle was Vice President, Finance for Paradigm Technology, a manufacturer of SRAMs, and from December 1993 to October 1996, he was the Controller for Paradigm Technology. Mr. Schirle was formerly a certified public accountant.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Compensation Committee
• Director
• Member of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Independent Director / Audit Committee

Dr. Cholawsky is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of HG Insights Inc., a technology intelligence big data company that provides sales and marketing insights for B2B companies in the Fortune 500. From November 2016 to March 2018, Dr. Cholawsky was a partner at Cholawsky Gruenfeld Advisory, providing SaaS strategy consulting services to high growth companies. Dr. Cholawsky served as President, CEO and Board member of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT) from May 2014 to October 2016, where she formulated and led a transformation strategy, developing and bringing to market a new category of products. Dr. Cholawsky has a Ph.D. in Political Science with a concentration in Econometrics from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. (cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from Franklin & Marshall College.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Member of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Compensation Committee
• Independent Director / Audit Committee
• President and Chief Executive Officer of Wistron NeWeb Corporation

Haydn Hsieh was elected to GSI Technology's Board of Directors in August 2008. Mr. Hsieh has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wistron NeWeb Corporation, a manufacturer of wireless communications products, since June 2000. From February 1981 through June 2000, Mr. Hsieh served in various capacities at several divisions of Acer Group, including President of the Mobile Computing Business Unit and Senior Vice President, Acer Inc. Mr. Hsieh graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Tatung Institute of Technology in Taiwan.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Audit Committee
• Director
• Member of the Compensation Committee
• Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Independent Director / Audit Committee

Mr. Bradley has over 30 years' experience in executive management positions with public and private companies engaged in the software, systems and semiconductor industries. Mr. Bradley is currently a partner at David Powell Financial Services, providing financial consulting and advisory services. From February 2006 through March 2013, Mr. Bradley served as Chief Executive Officer of Packet Design, Inc., a venture capital-funded company that developed and marketed analytic management systems for data communications and that was sold to private equity investors in 2013. Prior to joining Packet Design, Mr. Bradley held senior operational and financial management positions with several networking and communications companies, including Cisco Systems, Inc. (General Manager of Video Internet Services Business Unit), 3Com Corporation (Vice President and General Manager, International Division), and Bridge Communications, Inc. (Chief Financial Officer). Mr. Bradley holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of San Francisco.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Board
• Chief Executive Officer
• Member of the Management Team
• President

Lee-Lean Shu co-founded our company in March 1995 and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since inception. In October 2000, Mr. Shu became Chairman of our Board. From January 1995 to March 1995, Mr. Shu was Director, SRAM Design at Sony Microelectronics Corporation, a semiconductor company and a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, and from July 1990 to January 1995, he was a design manager at Sony Microelectronics Corporation.

Job Titles:

• Vice President
• Vice President, U.S. Operations

Ping Wu has served as our Vice President, U.S. Operations since September 2006. He served in the same capacity from February 2004 to April 2006. From April 2006 to August 2006, Mr. Wu was Vice President of Operations at QPixel Technology, a semiconductor company. From July 1999 to January 2004, Mr. Wu served as our Director of Operations. From July 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Wu served as Vice President of Operations at Scan Vision, a semiconductor manufacturer.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Vice President, Engineering

Robert Yau co-founded our company in March 1995 and has served as our Vice President, Engineering and as a member of our Board of Directors since inception. From December 1993 to February 1995, Mr. Yau was design manager for specialty memory devices at Sony Microelectronics Corporation. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Yau was design manager at MOSEL/VITELIC, a semiconductor company.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Independent Director
• Member of the Audit Committee
• Member of the Compensation Committee
• Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
• Member of Our Board of Directors
• President of EMPIA Technology

Ruey L. Lu has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2000. Mr. Lu is the President of EMPIA Technology, a semiconductor solutions company, which he founded in January 2002. From March 1993 to December 2000, Mr. Lu served as President of ARK Logic, a storage device and software applications company, which he founded in March 1993. From October 1989 to February 1993, Mr. Lu served as Director of Engineering in the Imaging Product Division of Western Digital, an information storage company.