Brian M. Shirley retired from Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), a global corporation that produces various forms of semiconductor devices, as Senior Vice President DRAM and Emerging Memory Engineering in December 2019. He joined Micron as a Product Engineer in 1988, and held positions of increasing responsibility across product design, engineering, and business unit management. Mr. Shirley is listed as an inventor on 82 U.S. patents and helped drive Micron s expansion into specialized memory for servers, mobile and networking solutions, in addition to maintaining a focus on cost leadership and power reduction. After retirement from Micron, Mr. Shirley consults for various U.S. government departments through CTC Aero, LLC, a consulting firm, advising on the semiconductor geopolitical landscape, supply chain resilience, and national security. He also serves on the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute and as an executive advisor to multiple early-stage companies. Mr. Shirley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.