Bruce Walicek was appointed President and CEO of Pixelworks on March 31, 2008, after serving as Interim President and CEO from January through March 2008. He has also served as a director of the Company since May 2005. From 2003 until his election to the Board, Mr. Walicek served as a business development consultant to Pixelworks. During 2007, Mr. Walicek was Executive in Residence at venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds. From 2003 through 2006, he was employed by Worldview Technology Partners, a venture capital firm focused on building leading U.S. technology companies. From 1996 to 2003, he was employed by Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, first as Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Semiconductor and EDA industries, and then as an investment banker responsible for Semiconductor Investment Banking as part of the firm’s Global Investment Banking Group. Before entering the financial services industry in the mid 1990s, Mr. Walicek held a number of management positions over a 16-year career in the semiconductor industry at firms such as Texas Instruments, VLSI Technology and Cirrus Logic. Mr. Walicek holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Texas State University and an M.B.A. in finance from Santa Clara University.
Steve Moore joined the Company in July 2007 as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining Pixelworks, from June 2006 to July 2007 Mr. Moore served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Adept Technology Inc., a publicly-traded robotics company. From June 2003 to June 2006, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at SCM Microsystems, Inc., a publicly-traded security/access control products company. From March 2000 to September 2002, Mr. Moore was Vice President of Finance at Virata Corporation, a publicly-traded semiconductor company. Prior to his service to Virata, Mr. Moore was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Health Systems Design Corporation, a publicly-traded managed care information systems software company. Mr. Moore holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Colorado.
Reuben Aspacio joined Pixelworks in February 2009 as Vice President, Operations. Prior to joining Pixelworks, from February 2007 to January 2009, Mr. Aspacio served as Vice President of Operations at Legend Silicon Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company. From 2000 to 2007, he was the Director of Operations at Ikanos Communications, Inc., a fabless communication chip set company. From November 1998 to 2000, he was Senior Engineering Manager with ATI Research Silicon Valley, Inc., a manufacturer of 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions. Mr. Aspacio also served as a senior member of the Technical Staff at Chromatic Research, Inc., prior to their acquisition by ATI Research Valley in November 1998. From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Aspacio held a variety of engineering positions at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University.
Tony Bozzini joined Pixelworks in June 2008 as Vice President, Worldwide Sales, and in February 2009 was promoted to Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Pixelworks, from January 1998 to June 2008, Mr. Bozzini served as an executive of several privately-held, venture-backed technology startup companies, including GCT Semiconductor, Inc. FyreStorm, Inc., I-Control Security, Inc., (Atrua Technologies, Inc.) DotRocket, Inc. and Veridicom International. He was also a co-founder of I-Control Security and DotRocket and a director of I-Control Security. From July 1993 to November 1997, Mr. Bozzini held various sales management positions at Cirrus Logic, Inc., most recently as Vice President of Corporate Sales. Mr. Bozzini holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Santa Clara University.
“T” Chan joined Pixelworks in January 2009 and Senior Vice President, Engineering. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Mr. Chan served as General Manager and Executive Senior Vice President of C2 Microsystems, Inc., and previously as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Tzero Technologies, Inc. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Chan held the executive engineering positions with Genesis Microchip, Inc., a provider of solutions for LCD monitor, device interconnect, image enhancement and analog and digital TV systems. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Chan was Vice President of Engineering at Paradise Electronics, Inc., which merged with Genesis Microchip in 1999. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Chan held the position of Engineering Director, Multi-Media Products at Cirrus Logic, Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Chan held various design management positions at S3 Inc., Chips and Technologies, Inc., LSI Logic Corporation, Intel Corporation and Bell Labs Inc. Mr. Chan has registered 11 U.S. patents in the areas of computer architecture, mixed-signal design and MPEG technologies. He holds a B.S. degree from National Taiwan University, a M.S. degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Ph.D from the University of Arizona.
Shelley Hilderbrand joined Pixelworks in 2003 as Internal Controls Manager and was promoted to Accounting Manager in December 2003, Corporate Controller in June 2004 and Vice President, Finance in March 2008. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Ms. Hilderbrand worked in assurance at KPMG LLP. Ms. Hilderbrand holds a B.A. degree in International Business from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon and a Post-Baccalaureate Accounting Certificate from Portland State University. She is a CPA.
John Lau joined Pixelworks in January 1999 as Foundry Manager, and in January 2001 was promoted to Vice President, Operations. During 2006 Mr. Lau was named Vice President, China Site Management and Manufacturing, and currently he serves as Vice President, China General Manager. Prior to joining Pixelworks, from 1991 to 1999, Mr. Lau held various management positions in process and product engineering at Matsushita Semiconductor of America, most recently as Wafer Fab Production Manager. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Lau was Engineering Manager for the BICMOS product line at National Semiconductor. From 1979 to 1989, he held various engineering and engineering management positions at Texas Instruments. Mr. Lau holds a B.S.E.E. from the University of Arkansas and an M.S.E.E. from Texas Technical University.
Hongmin (Bob) Zhang joined Pixelworks in January 2002 as Vice President, Technology as a result of the Company’s acquisition of nDSP Corporation. In February 2007, Dr. Zhang also became Pixelworks’ Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Pixelworks, From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Zhang held the position of Chief Technical Officer of nDSP, which he co-founded in 1997. From 1988 to 1997, Dr. Zhang served in various executive positions with Aptronix Inc. (formerly Apt Instruments, Ltd.), a pioneer in fuzzy logic, first as Vice President of Research and Development, then as Chief Technical Officer and later as President. From 1986 to 1988, Dr. Zhang held the position of Chief Scientist at Machine Intelligence Corp. in Beijing and served as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Fuzzy Systems and Mathematics. From 1985 to 1986, Dr. Zhang was a Research Scientist at the Air Force Institute of Engineering in Xian. Dr. Zhang has registered 12 international patents on fuzzy logic and expert systems technologies and holds a Ph.D in Mathematics from Beijing Normal University, China.
Allen Alley co-founded Pixelworks and has served as our Chairman since our inception. From 1997 through 2006 he served as President and CEO of Pixelworks. Mr. Alley has built an experience base that spans multiple disciplines from engineering to marketing, venture capital, entrepreneurship and most recently, public service. From January 2007 to March 2008, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Oregon for Energy, Transportation and Economic Development. In May 2008, Mr. Alley was elected as the Republican candidate for State Treasurer and he is currently running for Governor of Oregon in 2010. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Alley served as the Vice President, Corporate Development, Engineering and Product Marketing for In Focus Corporation, a leading digital projection company. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Alley was a General Partner of Battery Ventures, a venture capital investment firm. Prior to this, Mr. Alley held positions with Computervision Corporation, a computer-aided design software developer, Boeing Company and Ford Motor Company. Mr. Alley serves as the Chairman of the Oregon Chapter of TechAmerica, as a member of two Not-for-Profit Boards for Purdue University and on the Board of Directors of Zapproved, an early stage Software as a Service startup company. Mr. Alley holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.
Mark Christensen has served as a Director of Pixelworks since May 2005. From 1982 to 2005, Mr. Christensen was employed at Intel Corporation in a variety of engineering, management, Director and executive management positions, with his last position being Corporate Vice President and Director of Communications Sectors for Intel Capital. In that position, Mr. Christensen was responsible for managing Intel Capital’s investments in Mobile devices and Communications Infrastructure. In 2005, Mr. Christensen founded Global Capital Management, LLC, a consulting company for technology startup companies. Mr. Christensen is a charter member of Oregon State University’s Academy of Distinguished Engineers and has been awarded their Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers Award. Mr. Christensen holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Oregon.
James Fiebiger has served as a Director of Pixelworks since April 2006. Dr. Fiebiger is a veteran of the semiconductor industry and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of four other publicly-traded companies, including: Mentor Graphics Corporation, a leading provider of electronic hardware and software design solutions; Actel Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company producing field programmable gate arrays; QLogic Corporation, a leading provider of storage and communications equipment, and Power Integrations Inc., a fabless semiconductor company supplying high-voltage analog integrated circuits used in power conversion. Dr. Fiebiger has been a consultant to the semiconductor industry since 2004. From 1999 to 2004, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lovoltech, a startup fabless semiconductor company specializing in low-voltage devices. He served as Vice Chairman, of GateField Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, from 1999 until the company was sold to Actel Corporation in 2000. From 1996 to 1999, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of GateField Corporation. From 1993 until 1996, he was Managing Director and Chairman of Thunderbird Technologies Inc., a semiconductor technology licensing company. From 1987 to 1993, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of VLSI, now part of NXP Semiconductors. Dr. Fiebiger has also held executive positions with leading semiconductor manufacturers including United Technologies, Motorola and Texas Instruments. He holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
Scott Gibson has served as a Director of Pixelworks since May 2002. From January 1983 through February 1992, Mr. Gibson served as President of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a computer systems company that he co-founded. Prior to this, Mr. Gibson served as General Manager, Memory Components Operation, at Intel. Since March 1992, Mr. Gibson has been an angel investor. He currently serves on the boards of several publicly-held technology companies, including Electroglas, Inc., Northwest Natural Company and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., is lead director at Verigy Ltd. Chairman of the Board of Radisys Corporation. Additionally, Mr. Gibson serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Oregon Health and Science University’s Governing Board and is a Trustee of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and the Oregon Community Foundation. Mr. Gibson holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois.
Daniel Heneghan has served as a Director of Pixelworks since April 2006. He currently serves as an advisor to the semiconductor industry. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Heneghan served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog solutions. From 1980 to 1999, Mr. Heneghan worked in various management positions in finance, information technology, purchasing and operations for Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets, which included the position of Vice President and Controller of the Harris Semiconductor Corporation, which he held from 1996 until leaving the company. Mr. Heneghan also serves on the boards of publicly-held technology companies NTELOS Holdings Corp. and Micrel, Inc. He holds a BS in Accounting from Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois as well as an MBA from Western Illinois University. He is a CPA.