People: Memsic Inc (MEMS.W)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Yang Zhao	49	2007	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Patricia Niu	45	2008	Chief Financial Officer
Paul Zavracky	63	2011	President - North American and European Operations
Roger Blethen	61	2008	Lead Independent Director
Quan Zhou	55	2011	Director
Lawrence Kaufman	71	2008	Independent Director
Michael Tung	56	2004	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Yang Zhao	Dr. Yang Zhao, Ph.D., is the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of MEMSIC Inc. He is founder and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since inception and as chairman of the Board of Directors since 2007. Dr. Zhao has over 20 years of experience in MEMS technology and related business development. Prior to founding company in 1999, Dr. Zhao served in various management positions at Analog Devices, Inc. for seven years, where he was instrumental in developing ADI’s MEMS product line and forming industry-wide strategic relationships. Dr. Zhao is well-recognized in the field of MEMS technology. He has been named as an inventor on 22 U.S. patents in IC circuit, processing, packaging and MEMS technology. Dr. Zhao holds a B.S. degree in physics from Peking University, as well as a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University where he studied under Professor Daniel Tsui, who won the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics. He is currently a member of the board at the School of Engineering of Peking University.
Patricia Niu	Ms. Patricia Niu is Chief Financial Officer of MEMSIC Inc. since June 2008. From 2003 to 2008, Ms. Niu held positions as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Ms. Niu has over 17 years of experience in corporate finance and four years of experience in commercial banking. Prior to joining MEMSIC, Ms. Niu served as the International Business Unit Controller at Key3Media Events, Inc. from 2001 to 2002 and Audit Supervisor and Senior Financial Analyst at Fresenius Medical Care, N.A. from 1995 to 2001. From 1989 through 1995, Ms. Niu was a commercial lender at Bank of China, Head Office in Beijing, China and The Savings Bank in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Ms. Niu received an M.B.A. from Northeastern University in Boston in 1994 and a B.A. from Beijing Foreign Studies University in China in 1989.
Paul Zavracky	Dr. Paul M. Zavracky, Ph.D., is the President - North American and European Operations of MEMSIC Inc. since January 1, 2011. Dr. Zavracky also served as a member of Board of Directors from 1999 until his resignation on December 31, 2010. Dr. Zavracky’s more than 30 years of business experience includes research at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, teaching at a university, and management of venture funded companies. From 2006 to 2010, he served Northeastern University as the Dean of the School of Technological Entrepreneurship. From 1998 to 2006, he was the president and chief operating officer of The MicroOptical Corporation, a start-up company he co-founded. Between 1991 and 1998, he was a tenured professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University. Before joining Northeastern University, Dr. Zavracky was the chief operating officer of Kopin Corporation, a venture backed company that he and a small group of colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Labs started. He led the effort in establishing Kopin’s SOI materials capability as an enabling technology for liquid crystal microdisplays. Dr. Zavracky spent five years at The Foxboro Company as principal scientist and technical group leader establishing a MEMS program beginning in 1980. Dr. Zavracky also spent five years at Coulter Corporation managing the government system group working on electrophotographic film and five years at MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he was involved in the development of materials for solar energy applications. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics at Tufts University. He holds Bachelors and Master’s degrees in Physics from Northeastern University. He has more than 100 publications and 67 issued patents.
Roger Blethen	Mr. Roger W. Blethen is Lead Independent Director of MEMSIC, Inc. Mr. Blethen was appointed chairman of the board of LTX-Credence Corporation, a provider of semiconductor test solutions to integrated-circuit manufacturers in December 2008. Mr. Blethen also served as chairman of the board of LTX Corporation from December 2001 until its merger with Credence in August 2008. He was the chief executive officer of LTX Corporation from September 1996 to November 2005 and the president of LTX Corporation from 1994 to 1996. Mr. Blethen serves as Chairman of Ottawa-based Diablo Technologies Inc. Mr. Blethen currently serves Northeastern University on its Industrial Advisory Board to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Mr. Blethen received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in 1974.
Quan Zhou	Dr. Quan Zhou, Ph. D., is Director of MEMSIC, Inc since March 2011. Dr. Zhou is a co-founder of IDG Capital Partners and has held this position since 1995. He is currently a managing member of the general partner of IDG Technology Venture Investments, L.P. and its successor funds and is serving as a director of the general partner of each of IDG-Accel China Growth Fund I, IDG-Accel China Growth Fund II and IDG-Accel China Capital Fund. In addition, Dr. Zhou currently serves as a director of Soufun Holdings Limited and also on the boards of a number of private companies, including Superdata Technology (Asia) Limited, OriGene Technologies Inc., CosmoChina International Inc., Xunlei Limited, Yesky.com Inc. and Wupima Inc. Dr. Zhou received his bachelor degree in science from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1981 and a Ph.D. in fiber optics from Rutgers University in 1989.
Lawrence Kaufman	Dr. Lawrence A. Kaufman, Ph.D. is Independent Director of MEMSIC Inc since 2008. Dr. Kaufman has been the president and chief executive officer of Lightwave Power Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based light management products, since May 2008. From 2006 to 2007, Dr. Kaufman was a partner in The GulfStream Group. Prior to joining The GulfStream Group, Dr. Kaufman founded Sionex Corporation, a venture-backed company that develops miniature chemical sensors, and served as its president and chief executive officer from 2000 to 2003 and as Executive Vice President from 2003 to 2005. Dr. Kaufman currently serves as a director of Top Banana, a non-profit education company and is an advisor to Water Analytics, Inc., a company selling waste water analytical instrumentation. Dr. Kaufman was a director of Optical Tape Systems, Inc., from 2005 to 2007, and a director of The MicroOptical Corporation, from 2002 to 2006. Dr. Kaufman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Tufts University.
Michael Tung	Mr. Michael Tung is Independent Director of MEMSIC, Inc. since 2004. Mr. Tung joined VentureStar-InveStar Capital Inc. as chief financial officer and Managing Partner in 2002 and is responsible for managing its investment portfolio companies. Mr. Tung has over 20 years of experience in finance, taxation, accounting and general management. He served as chief financial officer for more than 10 years in various organizations, including Acer America Corp., Foxconn Corporation and Fibera Inc. (a start-up company). Mr. Tung worked as Senior Audit Manager of KPMG for 10 years. Mr. Tung received a B.S. degree in Accounting from Tam Kay University.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Yang Zhao	1,139,490
Patricia Niu	387,310
Paul Zavracky	809,294
Roger Blethen	--
Quan Zhou	--
Lawrence Kaufman	--
Michael Tung	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Yang Zhao	46,250	157,250
Patricia Niu	30,000	491,200
Paul Zavracky	0	0
Roger Blethen	0	0
Quan Zhou	0	0
Lawrence Kaufman	0	0
Michael Tung	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
ZHAO YANG	4,782	$2.86
YANG DAVID	30,000	$0.00
SELIGMAN SPECTRUM FOCUS MASTER FUND	6,200	$2.25
SELIGMAN SPECTRUM FOCUS MASTER FUND	5,000	$2.29
ZHAO YANG	500	$3.86
ZHAO YANG	400	$3.80
ZHAO YANG	600	$3.86
ZHAO YANG	100	$3.80
ZHAO YANG	800	$3.87
ZHAO YANG	300	$3.85
ZHAO YANG	2,000	$3.80
ZHAO YANG	550	$3.86
ZHAO YANG	2,100	$3.80
ZHAO YANG	1,000	$3.86
ZHAO YANG	300	$3.81
ZHAO YANG	1,850	$3.85
ZHAO YANG	100	$3.81
ZHAO YANG	400	$3.86
ZHAO YANG	2,100	$3.83
ZHAO YANG	200	$3.82
ZHAO YANG	700	$3.82
ZHAO YANG	200	$3.84
ZHAO YANG	600	$3.82
ZHAO YANG	200	$3.84
ZHAO YANG	1,000	$3.84

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