People: Pixelworks Inc (PXLW.W)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Richard Sanquini	77	2010	Independent Chairman of the Board
Bruce Walicek	55	2008	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Steven Moore	57	2007	Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary
Tzoyao Chan	59	2011	Executive Vice President - Engineering
Hongmin Zhang	52	2010	Senior Vice President - Technology, Chief Technology Officer
Charles Parr	56	2011	Senior Vice President - World Wide Sales
Graham Loveridge	45	2011	Senior Vice President - Strategic Marketing and Business Development
Reuben Aspacio	51	2011	Senior Vice President - Operations
John Lau	56	2011	Senior Vice President, Foundry, IP and EDA
Neil Woodall	52	2011	Vice President - DSP Engineering and Chief Architect
Steven Becker	47	2012	Independent Director
Mark Christensen	53	2005	Independent Director
Barry Cox	69	2012	Independent Director
Stephen Domenik	51	2010	Independent Director
Charles Gibson	60	2002	Independent Director
Daniel Heneghan	57	2006	Independent Director
Bradley Shisler	42	2012	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Richard Sanquini	Mr. Richard L. Sanquini is an Independent Chairman of the Board of Pixelworks Inc. He has served as a Director of Pixelworks since February 2010. Mr. Sanquini serves as a consultant to the semiconductor industry, and has served on the Board of Directors of Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA), a publicly-held developer and supplier of custom-designed human interface solutions, since 1994. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of three private companies, WaveConnex Inc., Validity Sensors, Inc. and R2 Semiconductor Inc. Mr. Sanquini served as the former Chairman of the Board of PortalPlayer, Inc., a publicly-held, fabless chip manufacturer from November 2002 until it was acquired by NVIDIA Corporation in 2007, and served on the Board of Directors of ZiLOG, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZILG), a publicly-held fabless semiconductor supplier of microprocessors and microcontrollers until it was acquired by IXYS Corporation in February 2010. Previously and until retirement, Mr. Sanquini worked for National Semiconductor Corporation for 20 years, where he managed key business units, including microprocessors and microcontrollers, served as Chief Technology Officer, managed business development and intellectual property protection, and was Chairman of the Board for two China joint ventures. Prior to this, he served in executive positions at RCA. His current service on complementary public company boards allows him to draw on experiences and knowledge from across the industry, and enables him to identify practices and developments. Mr. Sanquini holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Wisconsin, and has completed the Accounting Essentials Program for Corporate Directors at Columbia University.
Bruce Walicek	Mr. Bruce A. Walicek is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Pixelworks, Inc. He has served as a Director of Pixelworks since May 2005 and has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Pixelworks since January 2008. From 2003 through Mr. Walicek’s election to the Company’s Board in May 2005, Mr. Walicek served as a consultant to Pixelworks. In 2007, Mr. Walicek was an Executive in Residence at Sevin Rosen Funds. From 2003 through 2006, Mr. Walicek was employed by Worldview Technology Partners, a venture capital firm focused on building U.S. technology companies. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Walicek was employed by Deutsche Bank. As part of their Global Investment Banking Group, he led their Semiconductor Investment Banking effort and was involved in raising $3 billion for companies ranging from venture backed startups to multinational firms. From 1996 to 1999, he was a Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the semiconductor and EDA industries. Before entering the financial services industry in 1996, Mr. Walicek held a number of executive positions a 16 year career in the semiconductor industry at firms such as Texas Instruments Incorporated, VLSI Technology, Inc. and Cirrus Logic, Inc. Mr. Walicek’s leadership and knowledge of the operations of the Company contribute to informed decision making at the Board level. In addition, prior experience as a venture capitalist, investment banker and executive at complementary semiconductor companies provides him with critical analysis and decision making skills, relationships within industry and knowledge of practices across the key functions of an organization. Mr. Walicek holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Texas State University and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
Steven Moore	Mr. Steven L. Moore is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary of Pixelworks, Inc., since July 2007. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Mr. Moore served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Adept Technology, Inc., a publicly traded industrial robotics company, from June 2006 to July 2007. From June 2003 to June 2006, held the position of Chief Financial Officer at SCM Microsystems, Inc., a publicly traded security/access control products company. From March 2000 to September 2002, Mr. Moore was Vice President of Finance at Virata Corporation, a publicly-traded semiconductor company. Prior to his service at Virata, Mr. Moore was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Health Systems Design Corporation, a publicly traded managed care information systems software company. Mr. Moore holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Colorado.
Tzoyao Chan	Dr. Tzoyao Chan is an Executive Vice President - Engineering of Pixelworks Inc. He joined Pixelworks in January 2009 as Senior Vice President, Engineering and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Engineering in July 2011. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Mr. Chan most recently served as the General Manager and Senior Vice President of C2 Microsystems, Inc., and as the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Tzero Technologies, Inc. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Chan held the position of Vice President and then Senior Vice President of Engineering with Genesis Microchip, Inc., a provider of solutions for LCD monitor, device interconnect, image enhancement and analog and digital TV systems. From 1997 to 1999 Mr. Chan was the Vice President of Engineering at Paradise Electronics, Inc., which merged with Genesis Microchip, Inc., in 1999. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Chan held the position of Engineering Director, Multi-Media Products at Cirrus Logic, Inc. Prior to his service at Cirrus Logic, Mr. Chan held design management positions at S3 Inc., Chips and Technologies, Inc., LSI Logic Corporation, Intel Corporation and Bell Labs Inc. Mr. Chan has registered 11 U.S. patents in the areas of computer architecture, mixed-signal design and MPEG technologies. Mr. Chan holds a B.S. degree from National Taiwan University, an M.S. degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Ph.D from the University of Arizona.
Hongmin Zhang	Dr. Hongmin Zhang is Senior Vice President - Technology, Chief Technology Officer of Pixelworks, Inc. He joined Pixelworks in January 2002 as Vice President, Technology after Pixelworks’ acquisition of nDSP Corporation. In February 2007, Dr. Zhang became Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Zhang was promoted to Senior Vice President, Technology and Chief Technology Officer in January 2010. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Zhang held the position of Chief Technical Officer of nDSP, which he co-founded in 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Zhang served as President of Aptronix Inc., a pioneer in fuzzy logic, and, from 1989 to 1993, he served as Chief Technical Officer. From 1988 to 1989, Dr. Zhang held the position of Vice President of Research and Development at Apt Instruments, Ltd., which was renamed Aptronix Inc. From 1986 to 1988, Dr. Zhang held the position of Chief Scientist at Machine Intelligence Corp. in Beijing and served as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Fuzzy Systems and Mathematics. From 1985 to 1986, Dr. Zhang held the position of Research Scientist at the Air Force Institute of Engineering in Xian. Dr. Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Beijing Normal University, China.
Charles Parr	Mr. Charles E. Parr is Senior Vice President - World Wide Sales of Pixelworks, Inc., since November 2011. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Mr. Parr served as Vice President of World Wide Sales at Zoran Corporation, a provider of high-performance digital solutions for the digital entertainment and digital imaging market. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Parr served as Zoran’s Director of Sales and Business Development, Americas and Europe. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Parr served as Vice President of World Wide Sales at Oak Technology, Inc., a provider of optical storage and digital imaging solutions, which merged with Zoran in 2003. Prior to his service at Oak Technology, Mr. Parr served in management positions at Sycon Design, Inc., Gatefield Corporation, VLSI Technology, Inc., Vatic Systems, Inc. and Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector. Mr. Parr holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic University and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University.
Graham Loveridge	Mr. Graham D. Loveridge is Senior Vice President - Strategic Marketing and Business Development of Pixelworks Inc., since February 2011. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Mr. Loveridge served as Vice President of Marketing at Analogix Semiconductor, Inc., a provider of high-performance mixed-signal semiconductors, where he was responsible for marketing activities in their IP core, mixed signal devices and SerDes product lines. From 2008 to 2009 he served as the Director of the TV and Video Business Unit at STMicroelectronics N.V., a provider of semiconductor ICs and discrete devices, where he was responsible for high performance digital TV SoCs and image enhancement devices. Prior to his tenure at STMicroelectronics N.V., Mr. Loveridge served 15 years at Genesis Microchip, Inc., a provider of solutions for LCD monitor, device interconnect, image enhancement and analog and digital TV systems which was acquired by STMicroelectronics N.V. in 2008. During this time Mr. Loveridge held positions, including VP of Video Marketing, Director of Marketing and Director of Customer and Product Support. Prior to his role at Genesis Microchip, Inc., Mr. Loveridge held engineering roles at GEC – Marconi Inflight Systems and British Gas. Mr. Loveridge holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Teesside in the United Kingdom.
Reuben Aspacio	Mr. Reuben A. Aspacio is Senior Vice President - Operations of Pixelworks Inc. He joined Pixelworks in February 2009 as Vice President, Operations and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations in February 2011. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Mr. Aspacio was the Vice President of Operations at Legend Silicon Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, from February 2007 to January 2009. From 2000 to 2007, Mr. Aspacio was Director of Operations at Ikanos Communications, Inc., a fabless communication chip set company. From November 1998 to 2000, Mr. Aspacio held the position of Senior Engineering Manager with ATI Research Silicon Valley, Inc., a manufacturer of 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions. Mr. Aspacio served as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Chromatic Research, Inc., prior to their acquisition by ATI Research Valley, Inc., in November 1998. From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Aspacio held a engineering positions at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Mr. Aspacio holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University.
John Lau	Mr. John Y. Lau is Senior Vice President, Foundry, IP and EDA of Pixelworks, Inc. He joined Pixelworks in January 1999 as Foundry Manager. Mr. Lau was promoted to Vice President, Operations in January 2001 and during 2006 became Vice President, China Site Management and Manufacturing and was promoted to Senior Vice President, China General Manager in March 2010. In December 2011, Mr. Lau assumed the position of Senior Vice President, Foundry, IP and EDA. From 1991 to 1999, Mr. Lau held various management positions in process and product engineering at Matsushita Semiconductor of America with his last position being Wafer Fab Production Manager. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Lau held the position of Engineering Manager for the BICMOS product line at National Semiconductor Corporation. From 1979 to 1989, Mr. Lau held engineering and engineering management positions in memory and bipolar products at Texas Instruments Incorporated. Mr. Lau holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Technical University.
Neil Woodall	Mr. Neil D. Woodall is Vice President - DSP Engineering and Chief Architect of Pixelworks, Inc. He joined Pixelworks in July 2002 as a Principal Engineer and was promoted to DSP Engineering Fellow in 2004, Chief Architect in 2007 and Vice President of DSP Engineering and Chief Architect in July 2011. Prior to joining Pixelworks, Mr. Woodall was a Senior Architect with Jaldi Semiconductor Corporation, a designer of audio and video semiconductor products, until it was acquired by Pixelworks in 2002. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Woodall was the Director of Engineering at Runco International, Inc., a manufacturer of home theater video equipment and from 1990 to 1999 he held a contract and consulting positions, including with Motorola, Inc., Faroudja Laboratories, Inc., and Monster Cable International, Inc. From 1981 to 1990, Mr. Woodall held engineering positions at Ford Aerospace International, Inc., and Irvine Sensors Corporation. Mr. Woodall has registered 9 U.S. patents in the areas of video image and signal processing. Mr. Woodall holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Steven Becker	Mr. Steven R. Becker is an Independent Director of Pixelworks, Inc., since February 9, 2012. Mr. Becker has served since 2004 as Managing Partner and Founder of Becker Drapkin Management, L.P. (“BDM”) (previously known as Greenway Capital), a small-cap investment fund. Prior to founding BDM, Mr. Becker was a Partner at Special Situations Private Equity Fund (“Special Situations”), a New York-based asset manager. Prior to joining Special Situations, Mr. Becker worked at Bankers Trust Securities in distressed debt and leveraged equities research. Mr. Becker began career at Manley Fuller Asset Management in New York as a small cap analyst. Mr. Becker serves on the boards of directors of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE: RT), the operator of a chain of casual dining restaurants, Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT), a specialty clothing retailer and Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ: SDIX), a biotechnology company. Mr. Becker served on the board of directors of Plato Learning, Inc., a provider of education services and training. Mr. Becker holds a B.A. from Middlebury College and a J.D. from the University of Florida.
Mark Christensen	Mr. Mark A. Christensen is an Independent Director of Pixelworks, Inc., since May 2005. From 1982 to 2005, Mr. Christensen was employed at Intel Corporation in a variety of engineering, management, director and vice president positions, with his last position being Corporate Vice President and Director of Communications Sectors for Intel Capital. In that position, Mr. Christensen was responsible for managing Intel Capital’s investments in Mobile Devices and Communications Infrastructure. In 2005, Mr. Christensen founded Global Capital Management, LLC, a consulting company for technology startup companies. Within the past five years, Mr. Christensen served on the Board of Directors of International Displayworks (NASDAQ: IDWK) and Fabrinet (NYSE: FN). Mr. Christensen holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Oregon.
Barry Cox	Mr. Barry L. Cox is an Independent Director of Pixelworks Inc., since March 16, 2012. Mr. Cox serves as an advisor to semiconductor industry, including as a Director of Audience, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company and as a Director of Summit Microelectronics, Inc., a privately held provider of precision analog semiconductors. Mr. Cox was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI), a publicly traded, semiconductor capital equipment company from May 2003 until February 2006 and of Quantum Effect Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: QEDI), a publicly traded fabless semiconductor company, from July 1998 until it was acquired by PMC Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS) in August 2000. From September 2000 until December 2005, Mr. Cox maintained a relationship with Lightspeed Venture Partners where he worked with portfolio companies in all aspects of corporate development. Previously, Mr. Cox has held executive management positions with Weitek Corporation and ATEQ Corporations, which he co-founded. He served at Intel Corporation, most recently as the President of Intel Europe. He has served as a member of the board of directors of 16 corporations and has been in three public offerings, two secondary offerings and eight mergers. Mr. Cox holds a B.S. in engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
Stephen Domenik	Mr. Stephen L. Domenik is an Independent Director of Pixelworks, Inc., since August 2010. Since 1995, he has been a General Partner with Sevin Rosen Funds, a venture capital firm. Mr. Domenik served on the Board of Directors of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a publicly traded fabless semiconductor company from January 2001 until it was acquired by Broadcom Corporation in February 2012 and sits on the boards of private companies. During his tenure at Sevin Rosen Funds, Mr. Domenik led numerous investments in private companies and his service on the board of NetLogic provides him with considerable relevant experience in the strategic development of high technology companies such as Pixelworks. He holds a B.S. in Physics and M.S.E.E. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Charles Gibson	Mr. Charles Scott Gibson is an Independent Director of Pixelworks, Inc., since May 2002. He serves on public company boards as his full time professional job. From January 1983 through February 1992, Mr. Gibson co-founded and served as President of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a computer systems company. Prior to co-founding Sequent, Mr. Gibson served as General Manager, Memory Components Operation, at Intel Corporation. Since March 1992, Mr. Gibson has been an angel investor and a Director for high technology companies. Mr. Gibson is Chairman of the Board of Radisys Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS), and serves on the Boards of Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE: NWN) and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT). Mr. Gibson served on the board of directors of Verigy, Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY) until it was acquired by Advantast Corp. (NYSE: ADR) in July 2011. Mr. Gibson’s prior experience co-founding and Sequent Computer Systems, along with other senior management positions he has held, provides him with insight into a range of issues that face Pixelworks. Mr. Gibson holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois.
Daniel Heneghan	Mr. Daniel J. Heneghan is an Independent Director of Pixelworks, Inc., since April 2006. Mr. Heneghan serves as an advisor to the semiconductor industry. From 1980 to 1999, Mr. Heneghan worked in management positions in finance, information technology, purchasing and operations for Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets, including the position of Vice President and Controller of Harris Semiconductor Corporation, which he held from 1996 until leaving the company. Since February 2006, Mr. Heneghan has served on the board of directors of NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: NTLS), a provider of wireless communication services. Since November 2008, Mr. Heneghan has served on the Board of Directors of Micrel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRL), a manufacturer of integrated circuit solutions. Since July 2010, Mr. Heneghan has served on the Board of Directors for Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE: FSL), a provider of embedded processing solutions. Mr. Heneghan’s role as an advisor to the semiconductor industry brings the Company access to relationships with key industry participants and a current working knowledge of practices and developments in the industry. Additionally, Mr. Heneghan has experience managing companies that are complementary to, and face similar issues to those faced by Pixelworks. Mr. Heneghan’s service on the audit committee of three other publicly traded companies provides him with experience with financial and accounting developments. He is a graduate of Quincy University with a B.S. in accounting. Mr. Heneghan earned an M.B.A. from Western Illinois University.
Bradley Shisler	Mr. Bradley J. Shisler is an Independent Director of Pixelworks, Inc., since February 9, 2012. Mr. Shisler serves on the board of directors of Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ: NAVR), a distributor and provider of complete logistics solutions for traditional and internet-based retail channels, and on the board of directors of RealManage Holdings, Inc., a community association management company. Mr. Shisler is an employee of CPMG, Inc., a Dallas-based investment management company. Previously, Mr. Shisler served as a partner in Blue River Partners, L.L.C. from September 2007 until December 2008. Prior to that time, Mr. Shisler was a principal of Willis Stein & Partners, a Chicago-based private equity fund. While at Willis Stein, Mr. Shisler served on the boards of directors of Baker & Taylor Corporation, a national distributor of books, DVDs and music; CompuPay, Inc., a provider of outsourced payroll processing, tax filing and other related services; National Veterinary Associates, Inc., an owner and operator of 96 companion animal veterinary hospitals throughout the U.S.; and Ziff Davis Media Inc., an integrated media company focused on the technology and video game markets. Mr. Shisler holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. in Political Science from Rice University and an M.B.A., with distinction, from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Richard Sanquini	--
Bruce Walicek	624,600
Steven Moore	393,808
Tzoyao Chan	369,534
Hongmin Zhang	354,534
Charles Parr	--
Graham Loveridge	--
Reuben Aspacio	--
John Lau	655,470
Neil Woodall	--
Steven Becker	--
Mark Christensen	--
Barry Cox	--
Stephen Domenik	--
Charles Gibson	--
Daniel Heneghan	--
Bradley Shisler	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Richard Sanquini	0	0
Bruce Walicek	0	0
Steven Moore	0	0
Tzoyao Chan	30,000	127,300
Hongmin Zhang	481,000	0
Charles Parr	0	0
Graham Loveridge	0	0
Reuben Aspacio	0	0
John Lau	10,185	8,148
Neil Woodall	0	0
Steven Becker	0	0
Mark Christensen	0	0
Barry Cox	0	0
Stephen Domenik	0	0
Charles Gibson	0	0
Daniel Heneghan	0	0
Bradley Shisler	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
BECKER STEVEN R	8,000	$0.00
GIBSON CHARLES SCOTT	8,000	$0.00
SHISLER BRADLEY J	8,000	$0.00
COX BARRY L	33,000	$0.00
DOMENIK STEPHEN L	33,000	$0.00
SANQUINI RICHARD L	33,000	$0.00
HENEGHAN DANIEL J	8,000	$0.00
CHRISTENSEN MARK A	8,000	$0.00
BECKER STEVEN R	3,479	$0.00
DOMENIK STEPHEN L	3,587	$0.00
GIBSON CHARLES SCOTT	4,674	$0.00
SHISLER BRADLEY J	3,261	$0.00
HENEGHAN DANIEL J	4,674	$0.00
SANQUINI RICHARD L	7,827	$0.00
CHRISTENSEN MARK A	3,805	$0.00
COX BARRY L	3,805	$0.00
DOMENIK STEPHEN L	13,513	$0.00
WOODALL NEIL D	4,000	$2.21
MOORE STEVEN L	3,000	$1.91
WOODALL NEIL D	2,795	$1.91
PARR CHARLES E	2,460	$2.24
ASPACIO REUBEN A	2,745	$1.91
CHAN TZOYAO	3,000	$1.91
MOORE STEVEN L	18,500	$2.35
MOORE STEVEN L	3,500	$2.35

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