GRID DYNAMICS HOLDINGS INC CLASS A (GDYN)
Sector: Information Technology
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Information Technology
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for GDYN
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDYN | Director | 70 | [] | [] | 2025 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Mr. Benhamou, a director since inception, co-founded Bridge Communications, a specialist in computer network technologies in 1981. Bridge Communications later merged with 3Com Corporation, a networking equipment vendor, in 1987. Thereafter, he became Chief Executive Officer of 3Com, serving there from 1990 to 2000, and as chairman until 2010. As 3Com s Chief Executive Officer, he led the company in acquiring US Robotics, the owner of Palm, Inc. the maker of the groundbreaking Palm Pilot. Palm, Inc. was thereafter spun off in 2000, and Mr. Benhamou served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2003. In 2003, Mr. Benhamou founded BGV, a venture capital firm focused on technology companies, specializing in cloud software, artificial intelligence cyber security, and mobile applications. Mr. Benhamou was a member of the board of directors of Silicon Valley Bank from 2004 until October 2024. He was a member of the board of directors of Finjan Holdings, a cybersecurity firm, from 2013 until July 2020. He served on the board of Cypress Semiconductor as chairman for over a decade, until 2017. He served as a member of the board of directors of Enterprise 4.0 Technology Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, from May 2021 until September 2023. He also serves on the board of several privately held technology companies, including Evinced, an AI-powered digital accessibility company, Blendid, a maker of AI-robotics smoothie preparation kiosks, Virtana (formerly Virtual Instruments), an IT infrastructure performance management platform, 6dbytes, a food robotics company, Source Defense, a cybersecurity company, and Covu, an InsureTech AI company. He holds an M.S. from Stanford University s School of Engineering and a Dipl me d Ing nieur and a Doctorate from Ecole Nationale Sup rieure d Arts et M tiers, Paris. Mr. Benhamou taught entrepreneurship in various business schools around the world for over 10 years, principally at INSEAD, Stanford University and IDC s Herzliya s Arison School of Business, where he was a visiting professor. He also served on the Advisory Board of Stanford s School of Engineering and the Board of Governors of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. We believe Mr. Benhamou is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive operational and management experience in the technology industry as well as his public company governance experience and his venture capital background.