Mr. Khaykin joined VIAVI in February 2016 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Khaykin was a Senior Advisor with Silver Lake Partners from February 2015 to February 2016. Before that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of International Rectifier from 2008 until its acquisition by Infineon AG in January of 2015. He has also served as Chief Operating Officer of Amkor Technology and Vice President of Strategy & Business Development at Conexant Systems. Earlier in his career he spent eight years with The Boston Consulting Group and prior to that, he was an engineer at Motorola, Inc. Mr. Khaykin is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Avnet, Inc. where Mr. Khaykin serves on the Audit Committee and chairs the Technology and Risk Committees. Within the past five years, Mr. Khaykin also served as Chair of the Executive Compensation Committee and member of the Nominating and Governance Committee of Marvell Technology Group. Other Current Public Company Boards: Avnet, Inc. Former Public Company Boards in Last Five Years: Marvell Technology Group Qualifications: Mr. Khaykin s hands on experience leading the Company provides him with day-to-day knowledge of the Company s operations. Additionally, Mr. Khaykin s extensive operational and strategic experience at other technology companies adds substantial value to the Board and the Company.