Ford Tamer, 64, has served as director since joining the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2024. Mr. Tamer currently sits on the boards of the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Global Semiconductor Association. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tamer, served as a Senior Operating Partner of Francisco Partners, a private equity company, which he joined in September 2022. Prior to that, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Inphi Corporation from February 2012 to April 2021, when it was acquired by Marvell Technology Inc. ( Marvell ). Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Telegent Systems, Inc. from June 2010 until August 2011. Prior to joining Telegent, Mr. Tamer was a Partner at Khosla Ventures from September 2007 to April 2010. Mr. Tamer also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager Infrastructure Networking Group at Broadcom Corporation from June 2002 to September 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Agere Inc. from September 1998 until it was acquired by Lucent Technologies in April 2000, which Lucent then spun out as Agere Systems Inc. in March 2001. Mr. Tamer continued to serve as Vice President of Agere Systems until April 2002. Mr. Tamer served on the board of directors of Marvell from April 2021 until September 2024, Teradyne from November 2021 until May 2025, and Groq Inc. from December 2021 to December 2024. Mr. Tamer holds an M.S. degree and Ph.D. in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Tamer brings to the Company extensive industry and management experience spanning semiconductors, networking, and enterprise software.