People: Power-One Inc (PWER.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Jay Walters	64	2007	Independent Chairman of the Board
Richard Thompson	63	2008	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Gary Larsen	49	2010	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance
Steven Hogge	55	2010	President - Power Solutions Strategic Business Unit
Alexander Levran	62	2010	President - Renewable Energy Solutions Strategic Business Unit
Tina McKnight	55	2012	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Kyle Ryland	46	2009	Director
Ajay Shah	52	2009	Director
Jon Gacek	51	2008	Independent Director
Kambiz Hooshmand	51	2009	Independent Director
Hartmut Liebel	39	2012	Independent Director
Mark Melliar-Smith	66	2001	Independent Director
Richard Swanson	66	2010	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Jay Walters	Mr. Jay Walters serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of Power-One, Inc., since June 12, 2007. Mr. Walters has served on the Board of Directors since 2000 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 2007. Since 2007, Mr. Walters has been an owner and executive of Magnolia Enterprises, a company that restores and manages properties along the Gulf Coast. From March 2000 to June 2007, Mr. Walters was President of New Horizon Services, LLC, a technology consulting company. Prior to joining New Horizon Services, Mr. Walters held several executive positions with Lucent Technologies, Inc. until his retirement in 1999. Mr. Walters received his B.S. in nuclear engineering from the University of Wisconsin and his M.B.A. from Louisiana State University.
Richard Thompson	Mr. Richard J. Thompson is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Power-One Inc. Mr. Thompson joined the company as Chief Executive Officer in February 2008. Before joining Power-One as an executive officer, Mr. Thompson served as a member of the Company's Board of Directors since August 2007. Mr. Thompson continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of American Power Conversion Corporation (acquired by Schneider Electric in February 2007) from May 2005 to March 2007. Prior to joining American Power Conversion Corporation, Mr. Thompson served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Artesyn Technologies for fifteen years. Mr. Thompson earned his BBA from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
Gary Larsen	Mr. Gary R. Larsen, CPA, is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance of Power-One Inc., since August 16, 2010. Mr. Larsen joined Power-One in August 2010 as the company Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the company, Mr. Larsen served as the CFO of AuthenTec, Inc., a provider of security identity management and touch control solutions since December 2006. Prior to joining AuthenTec, Mr. Larsen served as the CFO of Artesyn Technologies, Inc., a global power conversion and embedded systems manufacturer from May 2005 until November 2006, and as Artesyn's Controller from May 1999 until April 2005. Mr. Larsen also has held various financial positions with W.R. Grace & Co., from April 1988 until April 1999, and was with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP prior to joining W.R. Grace. Mr. Larsen holds a BS in Finance and Accounting from State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.B.A from New York University.
Steven Hogge	Mr. Steven D. Hogge is President - Power Solutions Strategic Business Unit of Power-One, Inc., since July 15, 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hogge held several senior management positions at Cooper Industries from 1998 to June 2010 including serving as Vice President and General Manager for Cooper Bussmann's Electronics and Transportation business units, and as Managing Director of Bussmann's Asia Pacific operations. Prior to Cooper, Mr. Hogge also held senior management positions at Bourns Inc. and Raychem Corporation. Mr. Hogge holds an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis MD. Mr. Hogge is a Director of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association.
Alexander Levran	Dr. Alexander Levran is President - Renewable Energy Solutions Strategic Business Unit of Power-One Inc., since April 2010. Dr. Levran, who joined Power-One in January 2007 as Chief Technology Officer, became the President of the Renewable Energy Solutions SBU in April 2010. Dr. Levran previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Magnetek, Inc. from July 1993 to December 2006. Dr. Levran received his B.S.E.E., and M.S.E.E. from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of NY. Dr. Levran is a past Director of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association is active in other industry associations and standards bodies. Dr. Levran holds a number of U.S. and foreign patents in the field of power conversion and electronics.
Tina McKnight	Ms. Tina D. McKnight is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Power-One Inc. Ms. McKnight joined Power-One in December 2008 as Secretary and General Counsel. Before joining Power-One, Ms. McKnight served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of BCBG Max Azria Group, an international retailer, from December 2007 to November 2008. Prior to that she served as General Counsel and Secretary of Magnetek, Inc., a global power supplies and renewable energy business, from September 2000 to December 2006. Ms. McKnight has also held in-house legal positions with Natrol, Inc. and Great Western Financial Corporation and was an attorney in the Los Angeles office of Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison after graduating from law school. Ms. McKnight earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law and her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Kyle Ryland	Mr. Kyle Ryland is Director of Power-One Inc. Mr. Ryland joined the Power-One Board of Directors in May 2009. Mr. Ryland is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru, an investment company focused on middle market strategy. He joined Silver Lake Sumeru from Shah Capital Partners, an investment company focused on technology companies. Mr. Ryland has experience with investments, financings and mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector. Before joining Shah Capital, Mr. Ryland was a managing director at Lehman Brothers, where he was the head of Global Technology Investment Banking. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, he worked in both investment banking and venture capital at Robertson Stephens. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Public Policy Studies from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business.
Ajay Shah	Mr. Ajay Shah is Director of Power-One Inc. Mr. Shah joined the Power-One Board of Directors in May 2009. Mr. Shah joined Silver Lake in 2007 as a Managing Director and founded the firm's middle market strategy, Silver Lake Sumeru. Prior to joining Silver Lake Sumeru, Mr. Shah founded Shah Capital Partners in 2004, and prior to that he founded and managed the Technology Solutions Business of Solectron. Mr. Shah was the CEO of Smart Modular Technologies, a company he co-founded in 1989 and led through its public offering in 1995. Mr. Shah served on the board of Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: FLEX) from 2005 to 2009. He has a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Baroda and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University.
Jon Gacek	Mr. Jon W. Gacek is Independent Director of Power-One, Inc., since November 17, 2008. Mr. Gacek currently serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee on November 17, 2008. Mr. Gacek currently serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Quantum Corporation, a global storage company specializing in backup, recovery and archive solutions. Prior to joining Quantum, Mr. Gacek served as the Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Digital Information Corporation ("ADIC"), a provider of Intelligent Storage™ solutions for the open systems marketplace, which was acquired by Quantum in 2006, from 1999 to 2006, and he also led ADIC's operations from 2004 to 2006. Before joining ADIC, Mr. Gacek was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC. He received a B.A. from Western Washington University and is a Certified Public Accountant. The Board has determined that Mr. Gacek qualifies as an audit committee financial experience, as defined under SEC rules and regulations, and that he meets the NASDAQ listing requirement under Rule 5605(c)(3) of having the requisite financial sophistication based upon his employment experience. He served as a director of Loud Technologies, Inc., from 2003 until September 2009. During 2011, Mr. Gacek served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee.
Kambiz Hooshmand	Mr. Kambiz Y. Hooshmand is Independent Director of Power-One, Inc., since October 21, 2009. From March 2005 until May 2009, Mr. Hooshmand was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Micro, Inc., a communications processor company that he transformed into a provider of communication processors and high speed connectivity solutions. Prior to joining Applied Micro, Mr. Hooshmand held several executive positions with Cisco Systems from 1996 until 2005. Mr. Hooshmand joined Cisco Systems as a result of the $4.5 billion acquisition of Stratacom, where Mr. Hooshmand was instrumental in developing a broad array of telecommunications products. Mr. Hooshmand received his B.S.E.E./C.S. from California State University, Chico and his M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University. Mr. Hooshmand has served as a director of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) since December 2009 and currently serves as its Chairman and as a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee. During 2011, Mr. Hooshmand served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee.
Hartmut Liebel	Mr. Hartmut Liebel has been appointed as the Independent Director of Power-One, Inc. Mr. Liebel currently serves as Executive Vice President for global electronics manufacturer Jabil Circuit, Inc. (NYSE:JBL) and as Chief Executive Officer of Jabil's Aftermarket Services Group. Jabil Aftermarket Services provides customers with outsourced reverse logistics, repair and warranty services. Prior to joining Jabil in 2002, Mr. Liebel served as Director of Business Development at Artesyn Technologies (since acquired by Emerson Electric), a power conversion and communication subsystems manufacturer. He has also held management positions at W.R. Grace and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Liebel earned an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and holds the Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Mark Melliar-Smith	Dr. Mark Melliar-Smith is Independent Director of Power-One, Inc., since 2001. Since 2005, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Molecular Imprints, Inc., a high resolution nanoimprint lithography manufacturing solutions business based in Austin, Texas. From March 2003 to September 2005 he was Chief Operating Officer of Molecular Imprints, Inc. From January 2002 to October 2003, Dr. Melliar-Smith was a Venture Partner with Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on telecommunications, semiconductor and software businesses. From January 1997 to December 2001, Dr. Melliar-Smith was the President and Chief Executive Officer of International SEMATECH, a research and development consortium for the integrated circuit industry. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from Southampton University in England and his M.B.A. from Rockhurst College. Dr. Melliar-Smith also has served since 2001 as a director of Technitrol, Inc., which changed its name to Pulse Electronics Corp. (NYSE:PULS) in November 2010. During 2011, Dr. Melliar-Smith served as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee.
Richard Swanson	Dr. Richard M. Swanson is Independent Director of Power-One, Inc., since October 29, 2010. He is the founder of SunPower Corporation, a provider of solar cells, panels, inverters and imaging detectors, and served as its President and Chief Technology Officer from 1992 until May 2010, when he became President Emeritus. Dr. Swanson received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1974. In 1976, he joined the faculty at Stanford University where he and his group conceived and developed the point-contact solar cell. In 1991, Dr. Swanson resigned from his faculty position to devote himself full-time to SunPower Corporation. In 2011, Dr. Swanson served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Jay Walters	--
Richard Thompson	5,369,090
Gary Larsen	1,165,220
Steven Hogge	1,372,540
Alexander Levran	2,843,370
Tina McKnight	1,632,950
Kyle Ryland	--
Ajay Shah	--
Jon Gacek	--
Kambiz Hooshmand	--
Hartmut Liebel	--
Mark Melliar-Smith	--
Richard Swanson	--

As Of 31 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Jay Walters	0	0
Richard Thompson	0	0
Gary Larsen	0	0
Steven Hogge	0	0
Alexander Levran	0	0
Tina McKnight	0	0
Kyle Ryland	0	0
Ajay Shah	0	0
Jon Gacek	0	0
Kambiz Hooshmand	0	0
Hartmut Liebel	0	0
Mark Melliar-Smith	0	0
Richard Swanson	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
SILVER LAKE SUMERU FUND L P	69,336	$0.00
SHAH AJAY B	69,336	$0.00
RYLAND KYLE T	8,418,071	$0.00
SHAH AJAY B	8,418,071	$0.00
SILVER LAKE SUMERU FUND L P	8,418,071	$0.00
LEVRAN ALEXANDER	4,946	$6.33
MCKNIGHT TINA D	1,392	$6.33
THOMPSON RICHARD J	12,778	$6.33
THOMPSON RICHARD J	10,429	$6.35
HOGGE STEVEN D	1,650	$6.35
LEVRAN ALEXANDER	4,942	$6.35
LARSEN GARY R	1,528	$6.35
MCKNIGHT TINA D	1,100	$6.35
GACEK JONATHAN W	8,050	$6.32
LEVRAN ALEXANDER	5,505	$6.32
LARSEN GARY R	3,419	$6.32
MCKNIGHT TINA D	2,931	$6.32
THOMPSON RICHARD J	5,893	$6.32
MCKNIGHT TINA D	1,870	$6.32
HOGGE STEVEN D	3,786	$6.32
LARSEN GARY R	2,118	$6.32
THOMPSON RICHARD J	11,908	$6.32
LEVRAN ALEXANDER	3,523	$6.32
LEVRAN ALEXANDER	9,188	$4.21
THOMPSON RICHARD J	31,182	$4.21

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