| John K. Allen |
John K. Allen is currently the Director, Senior Vice President & Controller at TiVo Corp., the Director at Xperi Corp., the Chief Accounting Officer & VP-Accounting at Rambus, Inc., and the Chief Financial Officer at Adeia Media Solutions, Inc. He previously worked as the Controller at Asyst Technologies, Inc. from 2002 to 2004, the Chief Financial Officer, Senior VP & Controller at Tessera Technologies LLC from 2013 to 2014, the CFO, Secretary, CAO & Head-Investor Relations at Leadis Technology, Inc. in 2010, the Vice President & Controller at Arcot Systems, Inc. from 2000 to 2002, the Corporate Controller & Vice President at Corsair Memory, Inc., and the Corporate Controller at Corsair Components, Inc. He also holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, which he received in 1985. |
| Kit Rodgers |
Kit Rodgers is currently working as SVP-Technology Partnerships & Development at Rambus, Inc. Previously, he worked as Vice President-Business Development Licensing at Cryptography Research, Inc. from 2003 to 2011. Mr. Rodgers completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University. |
| Cliff Burnette |
Cliff Burnette is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer & Senior VP at Rambus, Inc. He previously worked as the Director-North America Human Resources at Ottobock North America, Inc. and as the Vice President-Human Resources at Cypress Semiconductor. Corp. Burnette has a graduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and an undergraduate degree from Texas State University. |
| Desmond Lynch |
Desmond Lynch is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP-Finance at Rambus, Inc. He previously worked as the Vice President-Finance at Knowles Corp. from 2019 to 2020. Prior to that, he held the position of Vice President-Finance at Renesas Electronics America, Inc. Mr. Lynch completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Glasgow in 2000. |
| Tina Faris |
Tina Faris is currently working as the Chief of Staff, Vice President & General Counsel at Rambus, Inc. and is also a Member at The State Bar of California. She has a graduate degree from Duke University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida. |
| John Shinn |
John Shinn's current job(s) include serving as the Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer & Senior VP at Rambus, Inc. and as a Member at The State Bar of California. His former job(s) include being a Senior Director-Legal & Commercial Transactions at Brocade Communications Systems LLC, Vice President-Legal at Tanium, Inc., and Vice President & General Counsel at Toptal LLC. Mr. Shinn's education history includes an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a graduate degree from Santa Clara University. |
| Charles D. Kissner |
Charles D. Kissner is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Digital Pillars and the Chairman at Rambus, Inc. He previously served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Stratex Networks, Inc. from 1995 to 2007. He also held positions as the President & Chief Executive Officer at Aristacom International, Inc., Director at SonicWall, Inc., Independent Director at Meru Networks, Inc., Director at KQED, Inc., Director at Digital Microwave Corp., Director at ShoreTel, Inc., Director at Aviat Networks, Inc., Director at Northern California Public Broadcasting, Director & Executive Vice President at Fujitsu Network Switching, Inc., Director at Angel Flight, Inc., Director at NPR Foundation, and Vice President & General Manager at M. Mr. Kissner holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and an undergraduate degree from California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo). |
| Xianzhi Fan |
Xianzhi Fan is currently the Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President at Rambus, Inc. Prior to this, he worked as the Director at Accent SpA, Director at The Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council, SVP, General Manager-Computing & Communication at Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Principal at Mitel Semiconductor AB, and Principal at Lucent Microelectronics. Mr. Fan completed his undergraduate degree at Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications and his graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio). |
| Luc Seraphin |
Luc Seraphin is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Rambus, Inc. He previously worked as the Co-Managing Director at NemeriX SA, Head-Sales at Lucent Technologies, Inc., Vice President-Worldwide Sales & Support at Sequans Communications SA, and Executive VP & GM-Wireless Business Unit at Avago Technologies U.S., Inc. Mr. Seraphin holds an MBA from the University of Hartford and undergraduate and graduate degrees from École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique. |
| Eric B. Stang |
Eric B. Stang is the founder of Monitor Company (Europe). He is currently the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Ooma, Inc. since 2014. He is also currently serving as an Independent Director at Rambus, Inc. since 2019. In addition, he holds the position of Director at Avalanche Technology, Inc. since 2006 and Director at DecaWave Ltd. Previously, Mr. Stang held the position of Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Lexar Media, Inc. from 2004 to 2006. He was also the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Reliant Technologies, Inc. from 2006 to 2008. Prior to that, he served as the Operations Director at Raychem Corp. from 1990 to 1997. He was a Director at Miradia, Inc. from 2006 to 2008 and an Independent Director at InvenSense, Inc. from 2013 to 2017. Additionally, he served as an Independent Director at Solta Medical, Inc. from 2008 to 2014 and as the VP & GM-Radiation Therapy Products Division at ADAC Laboratories, Inc. from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Stang's education includes an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Steven A. Laub |
Steven A. Laub is an Independent Director at Rambus, Inc. and Director at Heterodox Academy. He was the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Atmel Corp. from 2006 to 2015, President & Chief Executive Officer at Silicon Image, Inc. from 2004 to 2005, and Executive Chairman at Teridian Semiconductor Corp. in 2006. He was also the President, Chief Operating Officer & Director at Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and Vice President & Partner at Bain & Co., Inc. Additionally, he served as a Director at Semiconductor Industry Association from 2011 to 2016 and was a Technology Partner at Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. from 2005 to 2006. Laub received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and his graduate degree from Harvard Law School. |
| Emiko Higashi |
Emiko Higashi is the founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. (1988), Gilo Ventures LLC (2000), Tomon Partners LLC (2003), and Tohmon Capital Partners LLC (2003). She currently holds positions as an Independent Director at Rambus, Inc. (since 2017), KLA Corp. (since 2010), Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (since 2016), Director at Tara Health Foundation, and Independent Director at One Equity Partners Open Water I Corp. (since 2021). Ms. Higashi received an undergraduate degree from International Christian University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Necip Sayiner |
Necip Sayiner currently works at Rambus, Inc., as Independent Director from 2019 and Axcelis Technologies, Inc., as Director from 2024. Dr. Sayiner also formerly worked at Intersil Corp., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2013 to 2017, Silicon Laboratories, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2011 to 2012, Semiconductor Industry Association, as Chairman in 2016, Power Integrations, Inc., as Independent Director from 2018 to 2023, Agere Systems, Inc., as VP, GM-Enterprise & Networking Division from 2002 to 2005, and Renesas Electronics Corp., as Executive Vice President from 2017 to 2019. Dr. Sayiner received his doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, graduate degree from Southern Illinois University, and undergraduate degree from Bogazici University. |
| Meera P. Rao |
Meera P. Rao is an Independent Director at Rambus, Inc. since 2019 and at Impinj, Inc. since 2022. Previously, she worked as a Controller at NVIDIA Corp. from 1998 to 1999, Chief Financial Officer at Atrica, Inc. from 2002 to 2003, Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. from 2013 to 2016, Chief Financial Officer at Foundries Holdings, Inc. from 2000 to 2002, and Chief Financial Officer at Integration Associates, Inc. from 2004 to 2006. She holds an MBA from Rochester Christian University. |
