Dr. Craig H. Barratt, President and Chief Executive Officer
Craig H. Barratt has served as president and chief executive officer of Atheros since March 2003, and as a director on the company’s Board since May 2003. Dr. Barratt had previously served as Atheros’ vice president of technology from April 2002 until March 2003. Prior to joining Atheros, Dr. Barratt worked with ArrayComm, Inc., a company specializing in multi-antenna signal processing. From September 1992 to March 2002, he held a number of positions with ArrayComm, including executive vice president and general manager. Dr. Barratt holds Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree and Bachelor of Science degrees in pure mathematics and physics from Sydney University in Australia. During his professional career, Dr. Barratt has earned 23 patents in a variety of wireless and related technologies.
Jack R. Lazar, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development
Jack R. Lazar has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2003 and as our Secretary since November 2003. Prior to joining Atheros, Mr. Lazar was the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of NetRatings,Inc., a publicly traded Internet audience measurement and analysis company. Prior to joining NetRatings, from January 1996 to August 1999, Mr. Lazar was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apptitude, Inc. (formerly Technically Elite, Inc. and acquired by hi/fn, inc. 2000), a developer and manufacturer of network management solutions. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Lazar served in various executive positions at Electronics for Imaging and prior to this he was employed by Price Waterhouse in San Jose, CA. Mr. Lazar is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce with an emphasis in accounting from Santa Clara University.
Reynette Au, Vice President of Marketing and Alliances
Reynette Au has served as our vice president of marketing and alliances since November 2008, in her role of leading Atheros’ corporate strategy and marketing, and building the company’s corporate alliances. Ms. Au brings over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Atheros, she served as vice president and general manager of the Portable Navigation Products group at NVIDIA from 2006, and as vice president of the company’s Business Licensing program from 2005. Ms. Au was also served as vice president of worldwide marketing for ARM, Inc., where she helped build its network of licensees for the company’s core processor technology and established ARM’s market position as ‘The Architecture for the Digital World.’ Ms. Au earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from University of Denver.
Richard G. Bahr, Vice President of Engineering
Richard G. Bahr has served as our Vice President of Engineering since February 2000. Prior to joining us, from July 1991 to February 2000, Mr. Bahr was the Vice President of Engineering for Silicon Graphics, Inc., a computing, visualization and storage company. Mr. Bahr holds Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hing Chu, Vice President of Operations
Hing Chu has served as Atheros’ vice president of operations since 2009. Mr. Chu has over 30 years of experience in engineering and operations functions with leading technology companies. Hing has been with Atheros since 2001, providing operations leadership as the senior director of engineering, operations to 2006 and vice president of engineering, operations through 2008. Prior to Atheros, Mr. Chu has served in a variety of engineering management roles at NEC Electronics, Silicon Systems and Texas Instruments. He holds Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees from Columbia University.
Amir Faintuch, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile
Amir Faintuch has served as Vice President and General Manager of Mobile since September 2008. Prior to joining Atheros, Mr. Faintuch served as business, marketing and product management director for the Mobile Connectivity Solutions division of Texas Instruments (TI). Prior to joining TI, he held various senior management roles including general management, operations, finance and strategic business development at global technology companies in the telephony communications, software and HR services markets. Faintuch earned a dual Master’s degree in management with an emphasis in high technology from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Tel-Aviv University’s Recanati School of Management. He also holds Bachelor of Science degrees in economics and business management from Haifa University in Israel.
William J. McFarland , Chief Technical Officer
Bill J. McFarland has served as our Chief Technology Officer since October 2004. Until October 2004 Mr. McFarland served as our Director of Algorithms and Architecture. In this role, he led a team developing digital signal processing algorithms, defined radio and digital architectures, and represented Atheros in regulatory and standardization efforts. Prior to joining Atheros, Mr. McFarland spent 14 years at Hewlett-Packard Labs leading research on mixed-signal ASICs. During his last six years at HP, he directed the wireless-circuit research effort. In this role, he managed a team that developed one of the world's first CMOS integrated radios. Mr. McFarland has an M.S.E.E. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.S.E.E. from Stanford University.
Dan Rabinovitsj, Vice President and General Manager, Networking Business Unit
Dan Rabinovitsj has served as vice president and general manager of Atheros’ Networking Business Unit since joining us in May, 2010. He has over twenty years of experience in general management and marketing of mixed signal and communications silicon and systems businesses. Prior to joining Atheros, he was senior vice president and general manager with ST-Ericsson, where he ran the 3G Entry business that resulted from mergers with Ericsson Mobile Platforms, ST Microelectronics, NXP Semiconductors and Silicon Laboratories’ cellular platforms businesses. Dan has also served in general management and marketing roles with NXP, Silicon Labs and AMD, spanning a wide array of communications and networking technologies. Dan holds a Masters degree in Asian Studies from the University of Texas.
Gary L. Szilagyi, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and General Manager of Computing and Consumer
Gary L. Szilagyi has served as Atheros’ Vice President of Worldwide Sales since January 2006. Prior to joining Atheros, Mr. Szilagyi served as the vice president of worldwide sales at Greenfield Networks, semiconductor startup focused on delivering advanced Ethernet switching and routing solutions for the Metro-Ethernet and Access markets. Prior to Greenfield Networks, Mr. Szilagyi served as the vice president of sales at Marvell Semiconductor’s Communications Business Unit, where he led the sales initiative and design-win activity for all communications products, including WLAN business. Mr. Szilagyi has also led sales organizations at Galileo Technology and Integrated Devices Technology. Mr. Szilagyi has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MBA from San Jose State University.
Adam H. Tachner, Vice President and General Counsel
Adam H. Tachner has served as our Vice President and General Counsel since August 2003.From October 2000 until August 2003, Mr. Tachner was our Intellectual Property Counsel. Prior to joining us, from September 1994 to September 2000, Mr. Tachner was an associate attorney with Crosby, Heafy, Roach & May, P.C., a law firm. Mr. Tachner holds a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law, a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from California State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in social science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Sharon Thompson, Vice President of Global Human Resources
Sharon Thompson has served as Atheros’ Vice President of Global Human Resources since July 2008. She joined the company as Human Resources Director in 2001. Prior to joining Atheros, Mrs. Thompson served as Vice President of Human Resources for Metricom Inc. where she was responsible for Human Resources, Training and Development, and Safety and Facilities. Mrs. Thompson’s roles have also included Vice President, Human Resources at Philips Electronics, and Manager, Human Resources at FMC Corporation. She has a Masters in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science from Santa Clara University
David D. Torre, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Dave Torre was formerly controller at CellNet Data Systems, a provider of wireless data networks. Prior to CellNet, he spent seven years in various roles at Space Systems/Loral, a satellite manufacturer, as accounting manager and corporate finance manager. Torre is a CPA and was formerly an audit manager with Ernst & Young. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Jason Zheng, Vice President Asia Pacific
Dr. Jason Zheng has served as Vice President of Asia Pacific since re-joining Atheros in 2009. In 2008, Dr. Zheng was a General Manager for a venture-backed company. Atheros’ first Director of Systems Engineering since 1999, Dr. Zheng became Vice President of Systems Engineering in 2004 and expanded his role to VP of Asia Pacific in 2005. Prior to joining Atheros, he was the Director of Systems Engineering at ATI Research (formerly Chromatic Research), a graphics and multimedia subsidiary of ATI Technologies, and was previously with Hewlett-Packard. Dr. Zheng holds a Ph.D. in electrical and biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University of China.
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