People: GigOptix Inc (GIG.A)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Avishay Katz

54 2013 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Principal Operating Officer

Curt Sacks

42 2011 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Andrea Betti-Berutto

47 2009 Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer

John Mikulsky

67 2011 Director

Joseph Lazzara

61 2011 Independent Director

Neil Miotto

66 2008 Independent Director

David Mitchell

70 2012 Independent Director

Frank Schneider

71 2010 Independent Director

Kimberly Trapp

54 2008 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Avishay Katz

Dr. Avishay S. Katz, Ph.D., is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Principal Operating Officer of GigOptix Inc. He has been appointed as the Principal Operating Officer of the company effective from January 31, 2013. He has served as the Chairman of the board of directors, Chief Executive Officer & President of GigOptix LLC since inception in May 2007 and through its public offering in December 2007. Previously, Dr. Katz served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of iTerra Communications LLC, Intransa Inc., from 2003 to 2005, and Equator Technologies Inc., from 2000 to 2003. Earlier he served in various sales, marketing and operational executive positions following his tenure service as a Member of the Technical Staff in AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, between 1988 and 1995. Dr. Katz is active in philanthropy and among others serves as a board member for the Israeli Venture Network (IVN), a NFP social philanthropy network. He holds more than 70 U.S. and international patents, has published approximately 300 technical papers and is the editor of a number of technical books. Dr. Katz received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Technion-IIT, Israel, and is a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy.

Curt Sacks

Mr. Curt P. Sacks, CPA, is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of GigOptix Inc. Mr. Sacks had previously served as Endwave’s Chief Financial Officer since June 2009. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller of Endwave since February 2006. He joined Endwave in 2004 as Corporate Controller, after serving in this capacity for two successive companies – first, for Com21, Inc., a manufacturer of system solutions for the broadband access market; and next with Finisar, Inc., a manufacturer of high-speed communication equipment for data and storage. Prior to 1998, Mr. Sacks worked in corporate finance at 3Com Corporation and as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Sacks is a C.P.A. (inactive) in California with a B.A. in business-economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Andrea Betti-Berutto

Mr. Andrea Betti-Berutto is Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer of GigOptix Inc. He has more than 16 years of experience in the design of Integrated Circuits (IC) and multichip modules for microwave, millimeter-wave, and RF applications. He is the author of several publications in technical journals in the area of power amplifiers, high-speed ICs, and broadband design for lightwave applications. Mr. Betti-Berutto received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

John Mikulsky

Mr. John J. Mikulsky is Director of GigOptix Inc. He had previously served as Endwave’s President and Chief Executive Officer since December 1, 2009. From August 2005 until November 2009, Mr. Mikulsky served as Endwave’s Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. From May 2001 until August 2005, Mr. Mikulsky served as Endwave’s Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Marketing and Business Development. From May 1996 until April 2001, Mr. Mikulsky served as Endwave’s Vice President of Product Development. From 1993 until 1996, Mr. Mikulsky worked as a Technology Manager for Balazs Analytical Laboratory, a provider of analytical services to the semiconductor and disk drive industries. Prior to 1993, Mr. Mikulsky worked at Raychem Corporation, most recently as a Division Manager for its Electronic Systems Division. Mr. Mikulsky holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Marquette University, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an S.M. in management from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Joseph Lazzara

Mr. Joseph J. Lazzara is Independent Director of GigOptix Inc. He had previously served as a director of Endwave since February 2004. From September 2006 to March 2008, Mr. Lazzara served as the Vice Chairman and a director of Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of factory automation sensors and machine safeguarding products. Until the acquisition by Omron Corporation in September, 2006, Mr. Lazzara served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Scientific Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:STIZ) between 1993 and 2006, as the President between 1989 and 1993, and as the Treasurer and a director of Scientific Technologies between 1984 and 2006. Mr. Lazzara also served as a Vice President of Scientific Technologies between September 1984 and June 1989. From 2006, Mr. Lazzara also served as the Vice Chairman and Director of Automation Products Group, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of automation sensors. He also served as Treasurer and a director of Scientific Technologies’ parent company, Scientific Technology Incorporation, from 1981 and 2006. Prior to 1981, Mr. Lazzara was employed by Hewlett-Packard Company, a global technology solutions provider, in Process and Engineering Management. Mr. Lazzara received a B.S. in engineering from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Neil Miotto

Mr. Neil J. Miotto is Independent Director of GigOptix Inc. He is a retired assurance partner of KPMG LLP, where he was a partner for twenty-seven years until his retirement in September 2006. While at KPMG, Mr. Miotto also served as an SEC reviewing partner. He is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baruch College, of The City University of New York. Mr. Miotto is a member of the Board of Directors of Micrel Inc., where he serves as chairman of the Audit Committee.

David Mitchell

Mr. David T. Mitchell is Independent Director of GigOptix, Inc. Mr. Mitchell has over 33 years of experience in the electronics and semiconductor industries, while founding and co-founding two of the biggest manufacturing names in the industry. Currently, Mr. Mitchell is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Fabrinet (NYSE: FN). Mr. Mitchell was also a co-founder and president of Seagate Technology, a disk drive company, and formerly Thailand's foreign employer. Mr. Mitchell is widely considered a pioneering force in the establishment of Asia as the pre-eminent manufacturing base for the hard disk drive industry. With his experience in manufacturing of complex high precision electronics, Mr. Mitchell leveraged his experience into other vertical markets such as optical, automotive and industrial products. Today many of the world's many technology companies look to Fabrinet for the manufacture of their complex technology products. Mr. Mitchell has established high quality, high volume, and low cost manufacturing bases in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India and China. Mitchell received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Montana State University. He has also served as Captain in the U.S. Marine Corp.

Frank Schneider

Dr. Frank W. Schneider is Independent Director of GigOptix Inc. From October 2003 to January 2006, Mr. Schneider served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ION Systems, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of electrostatic management systems. In January 2006, ION Systems was acquired by MKS Instruments, Inc., where Mr. Schneider served as Vice President and General Manager until his retirement in 2009. Prior to these roles, Mr. Schneider was the President and Chief Executive Officer of GHz Technology, Inc., until its merger with Advanced Power Technology, Inc. Subsequent to the merger, Mr. Schneider served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Radio Frequency business unit of that company. Mr. Schneider also serves on the board of directors of Micrel, Incorporated where he serves as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees, and has served as a member of the advisory board of Neomagic, Inc. and held various management and executive positions with Sharp Electronics Corporation, Philips Semiconductor and Corning Electronics. Mr. Schneider serves as a member of the Compensation Committee of board of directors. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business.

Kimberly Trapp

Ms. Kimberly D.C. Trapp is Independent Director of GigOptix Inc. She previously served as a director of Lumera Corporation from October 2006 and a director of GigOptix LLC from October 2007 until the merger of the two companies in December 2008. From 2003 to 2010, she was the Industry Liaison Officer for the Center of Optical Technologies at Lehigh University, which advances the research and application of optical and electro-optic technologies. Under her leadership, the Center added more than 45 industry liaison members and joint partners, obtained more than $95 million in funding, and in 2007, opened The Smith Laboratory for Optical Technologies. Prior to joining Lehigh University, Ms. Trapp spent 23 years in the telecommunications industry, her last position being Director of Marketing and Business Operations for the Agere Systems Inc. Optoelectronics Business Unit. Ms. Trapp received her B.S. degree in chemistry from Purdue University, her M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and completed a corporate sponsored MBA program.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Avishay Katz

2,133,320

Curt Sacks

712,065

Andrea Betti-Berutto

650,066

John Mikulsky

--

Joseph Lazzara

--

Neil Miotto

--

David Mitchell

--

Frank Schneider

--

Kimberly Trapp

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011
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