People: Audience Inc (ADNC.OQ)

ADNC.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market

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1 Aug 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Mohanbir Gyani

61 2011 Independent Chairman of the Board

Peter Santos

52 2005 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Kevin Palatnik

54 2011 Chief Financial Officer

Alexis Bernard

2013 Chief Technology Officer

Andrew Micallef

46 2010 Vice President - Operations

Craig Factor

2012 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Thomas Spade

45 2010 Vice President - Sales

Robert Schoenfield

48 2011 Vice President - Business Development

Forest Baskett

69 2006 Independent Director

Marvin Burkett

70 2010 Independent Director

Barry Cox

70 2011 Independent Director

George Pavlov

52 2003 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Mohanbir Gyani

Mr. Mohanbir Singh Gyani is Independent Chairman of the Board of Audience Inc. He has served as one of the company directors since March 2011 and as the company chairman since August 2011. Since May 2005, Mr. Gyani has served in various capacities at Roamware, Inc., a mobile roaming solutions company, the most recent of which was vice chairman. From March 2000 to November 2002, Mr. Gyani served as president and chief executive officer of AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., a telecommunications company. From September 1995 to 1999, Mr. Gyani was an executive vice president and chief financial officer of AirTouch Communications, Inc., a wireless telephone service provider. Prior to AirTouch Communications, Mr. Gyani spent 15 years with Pacific Telesis Group, Inc. of Pacific Bell, a telecommunications company. From June 2007 to June 2010, Mr. Gyani served on the board of directors of Mobile Telesystems, Inc. Currently, Mr. Gyani serves on the boards of directors of Keynote Systems, Inc., Safeway, Inc., Union Bank, N.A., Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Ring Central, Inc. and Mformation Technologies, Inc. Mr. Gyani holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. from San Francisco State University.

Peter Santos

Mr. Peter B. Santos is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Audience Inc., since October 2005. From June 2004 to October 2005, Mr. Santos served as the company vice president of marketing and business development. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Santos was vice president of marketing and business development at Barcelona Design, Inc., an analog semiconductor intellectual property company. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Santos was vice president of marketing at Voyan Technology Inc., a DSL systems provider. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Santos served as director of services marketing at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., an electronic design automation software company. Mr. Santos also spent six years at LSI Corp., an ASIC solutions company, where he led worldwide ASIC product marketing. Mr. Santos received a B.A. from Colby College and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina.

Kevin Palatnik

Mr. Kevin S. Palatnik is Chief Financial Officer of Audience Inc., since August 2011. From 1994 to 1999 and June 2001 to November 2010, Mr. Palatnik held various positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., including corporate controller and most recently as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Palatnik also spent 14 years at IBM Corporation where he held various engineering and executive financial positions. Mr. Palatnik received a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Syracuse University.

Alexis Bernard

Dr. Alexis Bernard is Chief Technology Officer of Audience Inc. Dr. Bernard was most recently vice president of technology strategy and business development at Nokia, where he worked closely with the CTO on technology strategy, portfolio management, open innovation, operational excellence and mobile ecosystem partnerships. Prior to Nokia, he spent 5 years at McKinsey & Company in the firm's telecom, media and technology practice in New York, consulting with telecom and semiconductor clients on strategy and operations. Dr. Bernard began his career as a researcher in speech coding and recognition, including more than 4 years in the DSP research and development center of Texas Instruments. Dr. Bernard holds an MSEE from the University of Louvain in Belgium, a PhD electrical engineering from UCLA, and is an inventor on 5 patents in digital communications and speech technology.

Andrew Micallef

Mr. Andrew J. Micallef is Vice President - Operations of Audience Inc., since July 2010. From April 2007 to February 2010, Mr. Micallef served as executive vice president of worldwide manufacturing and operations at LSI. From October 2000 to April 2007, Mr. Micallef held various positions at Agere Systems Inc., an integrated circuit components company, where he most recently served as executive vice president of global operations. From August 1995 to August 2000, Mr. Micallef also held various operations and finance positions at Fujitsu-ICL Systems, a provider of IT products and services, and from June 1993 to August 1995 at IBM. Mr. Micallef also spent three years at General Dynamics, where he worked as a mechanical and fluid systems design engineer. Mr. Micallef earned a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. and M.S. in engineering from the University of Michigan.

Craig Factor

Mr. Craig Factor has been appointed as the Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Audience Inc. Prior to joining Audience, Mr. Factor served as vice president and general counsel at Nanosolar, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing company. Prior to his time at Nanosolar, he served as vice president of legal affairs and general counsel at Innovative Silicon, Inc., a semiconductor memory company. Mr. Factor also served as general counsel at RITA Medical Systems, Inc., a medical device company that was acquired by AngioDynamics, Inc.; Artisan Components, Inc., a semiconductor intellectual property licensing company that was acquired by ARM Holdings plc; and Immersion Corporation, a company which licenses computer technologies that engage the sense of touch. Earlier in his career, he was an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Wiley Rein LLP. Mr. Factor holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of New York.

Thomas Spade

Mr. Thomas D. Spade is Vice President - Sales of Audience Inc., since August 2010. From August 2009 to August 2010, Mr. Spade was vice president of global sales for portable power at Boston-Power, Inc., a battery systems company. From May 2007 to August 2009, Mr. Spade served as vice president of global sales at Validity, Inc., a sensor technology company. From April 1998 to May 2007, Mr. Spade held various positions at Synaptics Incorporated, a human interface solutions company, the most recent of which was vice president of worldwide sales. Previously, Mr. Spade held senior sales positions at Alliance Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Spade holds a B.S. from Albion College.

Robert Schoenfield

Mr. Robert H. Schoenfield is Vice President - Business Development of Audience Inc., since March 2011. From November 2009 to February 2011, Mr. Schoenfield was vice president of sales for North America at Polaris Wireless, Inc., a software-based location systems company. From January 1999 to October 2009, Mr. Schoenfield served in several positions with Aeris Communications, Inc., a mobile network operator, the most recent of which was senior vice president of sales, marketing and business development and he previously served as president of their South American division. Mr. Schoenfield also held various executive roles managing sales and business development for Tetra Tech, Inc., an environmental engineering and consulting company, from November 1995 to October 1998, and Nextel Communications, Inc., a telecommunications company, from April 1992 to September 1995. Mr. Schoenfield earned a B.S. from San Francisco State University.

Forest Baskett

Dr. Forest Baskett Ph.D., is Independent Director of Audience Inc., since April 2006. Dr. Baskett joined New Enterprise Associates, Inc., a venture capital firm, in 1999 and became a General Partner in 2004. From 1986 to 1999, Dr. Baskett was senior vice president of research and development and chief technology officer at Silicon Graphics Inc., a computing solutions company. Prior to Silicon Graphics, Dr. Baskett founded and directed the Western Research Laboratory of Digital Equipment Corporation, a computer manufacturer, and was a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford University. During the past five years Dr. Baskett has served on the boards of directors of Atheros Communications, Inc. from March 2000 to April 2007, Aeluros, Inc. from August 2001 to October 2007, Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc. from August 2001 to August 2011, T-RAM Semiconductor, Inc. from May 2002 to October 2008, Agility Design Solutions, Inc. from July 2003 to December 2008, SiBEAM, Inc. from December 2004 to April 2011, Arch Rock Corporation from September 2005 to September 2010, RingCube Technologies, Inc. from February 2006 to July 2008, Foveon, Inc. from March 2006 to November 2008 and Aprius, Inc. from October 2006 to June 2011. Currently, Dr. Baskett is a member of the boards of directors of AstroWatt, Inc., Chelsio Communications Inc., Azuray Technologies, Inc., Bandgap Engineering, Inc., Firefly Green Technologies, Inc., Fusion-io, Inc., Illumitex, Inc., Luxtera, Inc., Solar Junction Corporation, Terrajoule Corporation (f/k/a Solar Storage Company), SuVolta, Inc., Svaya Nanotechnologies, Inc., Serious Energy, Inc. (f/k/a Serious Materials, Inc.), Tableau Software, Inc., and Tintri, Inc. Dr. Baskett earned a B.A. from Rice University and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Marvin Burkett

Mr. Marvin D. Burkett is Independent Director of Audience Inc., since August 2010. From September 2002 to February 2009, Mr. Burkett was chief financial officer and chief administrative officer for NVIDIA Corp. From February 2000 to September 2002, Mr. Burkett served in various capacities at Arcot Systems, Inc., a cloud-based authentication company, the most recent of which was as its chief financial officer. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Burkett served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Packard Bell NEC, Inc., a telecommunications company. From 1972 to 1998, Mr. Burkett served in various capacities at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company, the most recent of which was as its chief financial officer. Prior to Advanced Micro Devices, Mr. Burkett worked at Raytheon Company, a defense contractor. Currently, Mr. Burkett is a member of the board of directors of Entegris Corporation, G2 Holdings Corporation, Intermolecular, Inc. and NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Burkett holds a B.S. and an M.B.A. from the University of Arizona.

Barry Cox

Mr. Barry L. Cox is Independent Director of Audience Inc., since October 2009. He served as the company chairman from October 2009 to August 2011. From June 2005 to August 2009, Mr. Cox served as executive chairman of the board of directors of BrightScale. From July 1998 to August 2000, Mr. Cox served as executive chairman of the board of directors at Quantum Effect Devices. Mr. Cox also held executive roles at Weitek Corp., a semiconductor design company, and ATEQ Corp., a semiconductor equipment manufacturing company that Mr. Cox co-founded. Mr. Cox also spent eight years at Intel Corporation, most recently as president of Intel Europe. From February 2003 to April 2006, Mr. Cox served as chairman of the board of directors for Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd., a semiconductor capital equipment company. Mr. Cox also served on the boards of directors of Softier, Inc., an IPTV software solutions company, from November 2004 to April 2007, of Nanoconduction, Inc., a nanotechnology company, from June 2007 to September 2008, of GigaFin Networks, Inc., a network appliance company, from October 2007 to November 2008 and of Grandis, Inc., a semiconductor company, from July 2008 to September 2011. Currently, Mr. Cox is a member of the board of directors of Summit Microelectronics, Inc., a semiconductor company. Mr. Cox holds a B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. from Boston University.

George Pavlov

Mr. George A. Pavlov is Independent Director of Audience Inc., since December 2003. Mr. Pavlov has served as a general partner of Tallwood Venture Capital, a venture capital firm focused on semiconductor technologies, since its founding in June 2000. From April 2000 to July 2001, Mr. Pavlov served as the chief executive officer of eTime Capital, Inc., a financial services company. From April 1996 to April 2000, Mr. Pavlov served as a general partner and chief financial officer at Mayfield Fund, a venture capital firm. From February 1991 to April 1996, Mr. Pavlov served as managing director and chief financial officer with Blum Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Mr. Pavlov also spent four years in financial and sales management positions at NeXT Computer, Inc., a computer hardware and software company. From May 2009 to May 2010, Mr. Pavlov served on the board of directors of Ozmo Devices, Inc. Currently, Mr. Pavlov is a member of the boards of directors of Alphion Corp., Amulaire Thermal Technology, Inc., Astute Networks, Inc., Calypto Design Systems, Inc., Crossing Automation, Inc., Ikanos Communications, Inc., Quintic Corporation and SVTC Technologies, Inc. Mr. Pavlov holds a B.S. from Boston College.

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