People: Super Micro Computer Inc (SMCI.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Charles Liang	55	1993	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Howard Hideshima	53	2006	Chief Financial Officer
Chiu-Chu Liu Liang	51	1993	Vice President - Operations, Treasurer, Director
Cheng-Hsien Chou	54	2008	Vice President - Worldwide Sales
Yih-Shyan Liaw	57	1993	Vice President -International Sales, Corporate Secretary, Director
Laura Black	51	2012	Independent Director
Gregory Hinckley	66	2009	Independent Director
Hwei-Ming Tsai	57	2006	Independent Director
Sherman Tuan	59	2007	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Charles Liang	Mr. Charles Liang is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., since September 1993. Mr. Liang has been developing server system architectures and technologies for the past two decades. From July 1991 to August 1993, Mr. Liang was President and Chief Design Engineer of Micro Center Computer Inc., a high-end motherboard design and manufacturing company. From January 1988 to April 1991, Mr. Liang was Senior Design Engineer and Project Leader for Chips & Technologies, Inc., a chipset technology company, and Suntek Information International Group, a system and software development company. Mr. Liang has been granted many server technology patents. Mr. Liang holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University of Science & Technology in Taiwan.
Howard Hideshima	Mr. Howard Hideshima is Chief Financial Officer of Super Micro Computer, Inc., since May 2006. From November 2005 to May 2006, Mr. Hideshima was Vice President of Finance at Force10 Networks, Inc., a network equipment company, and from July 2004 to November 2005, he served as Director of Finance for that company. From April 2001 to June 2004, Mr. Hideshima was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration at Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc., a semiconductor intellectual property company. From January 2000 to March 2001, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Internet Corporation, an Internet services company. From January 1999 to December 1999, he was Vice President of Finance and from July 1997 to December 1999 Chief Accounting Officer at ESS Technology, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. Mr. Hideshima holds an M.B.A. from San Francisco State University and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Chiu-Chu Liu Liang	Ms. Chiu-Chu Liu Liang is Vice President - Operations, Treasurer, Director of Super Micro Computer Inc., since September 1993. From 1985 to 1993, Ms. Liang held finance and operational positions for several companies, including Micro Center Computer Inc. Ms. Liang holds a B.S. in Accounting from Providence University in Taiwan.
Cheng-Hsien Chou	Mr. Cheng-Hsien Chou is Vice President - Worldwide Sales of Super Micro Computer, Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Chou served as Vice President of Sales, Regional and Strategic Account from July 2006 to August 2008 and served as Senior Director of Sales from August 2000 to July 2006. From April 1996 to August 2000, Mr. Chou was General Manager at US Sertek, a subsidiary of Acer, Inc., a PC and server company. From July 1992 to April 1996, he was Director of Sales and from October 1987 to July 1992, he was PC Product Manager at Acer Taiwan. Mr. Chou received an M.B.A. from Chung Yuan Christian University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from National Chung Hsing University.
Yih-Shyan Liaw	Mr. Yih-Shyan Liaw is Vice President -International Sales, Corporate Secretary, Director of Super Micro Computer Inc., since September 1993. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Liaw was Vice President of Engineering at Great Tek, a computer company. Mr. Liaw holds an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tatung Institute of Technology in Taiwan, and a B.S. degree from Taiwan Provincial College of Marine and Oceanic Technology.
Laura Black	Ms. Laura Black is an Independent Director of Super Micro Computer, Inc. since April 2012. Ms. Black has 20 years experience in high technology, business strategy and finance. Since March 1999, she has served as a Managing Director of Needham & Company, LLC, a full service investment banking firm. At Needham, she has raised public and private equity capital for numerous technology companies and served as strategic financial advisor on multiple M&A transactions. From July 1995 to February 1999, she served as a Managing Director and Corporate Finance at Black & Company, a regional investment bank subsequently acquired by Wells Fargo Van Kasper. From July 1993 to June 1995, Ms. Black served as a Director for TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group where she evaluated acquisition candidates, managed direct investments and raised venture capital to back spin-off companies. From August 1983 to August 1992, she worked at TRW as an electrical engineer designing spread spectrum communication systems. Ms. Black holds a BSEE from University of California at Davis, an MSEE from Santa Clara University and an MS Management from Stanford.
Gregory Hinckley	Mr. Gregory K. Hinckley is an Independent Director of Super Micro Computer, Inc., since January 2009. Mr. Hinckley is the President and Chief Financial Officer of Mentor Graphics Corporation, a publicly traded provider of electronic design automation solutions. He began at Mentor Graphics in January 1997 as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In November 2000, he became President and Chief Financial Officer. In July 2007, his position became President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Mentor Graphics, he served as Chief Financial Officer for two other publicly traded companies—VLSI Technology, Inc. and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Hinckley is a director of SI-Bone, Inc. (a privately-held orthopedic device company), a director and member of audit and compensation committees of Intermec, Inc. (a publicly traded provider of automated identification and data collection (AIDC) solutions), and is an advisory director of Portland State University Engineering School. Mr. Hinckley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Claremont McKenna College, a Master of Science degree in applied physics from University of California, an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, and was a Fullbright Scholar in applied mathematics at Nottingham University in England. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Hwei-Ming Tsai	Mr. Hwei-Ming Tsai is an Independent Director of Super Micro Computer, Inc., since August 2006. Mr. Tsai has been an independent business consultant since January 2010. Mr. Tsai served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SinoPac Bancorp, a financial holding company based in Los Angeles, California from February 2001 and August 2005, respectively, to December 2009. He served as Senior Executive Vice President of Far East National Bank, a commercial bank that is held by SinoPac Bancorp from December 2002 to December 2009. Mr. Tsai received a Master in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in Accounting from National Taiwan University in Taiwan.
Sherman Tuan	Mr. Sherman Tuan is an Independent Director of Super Micro Computer, Inc., since February 2007. Mr. Tuan is founder of PurpleComm, Inc. (doing business as 9x9Network), a provider of new media for internet TV services, where he has served as Chief Executive Officer since January 2005 and Chairman of the Board since June 2003. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Purple Communications Limited, an investment holding company since April 2002. From September 1999 to May 2002, he was director of Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc., a fiber optical networking infrastructure provider. Mr. Tuan was co-founder of AboveNet Communications, Inc., an internet connectivity solutions provider, where he served as President from March 1996 to January 1998, Chief Executive Officer from March 1996 to May 2002 and director from March 1996 to September 1999. Mr. Tuan received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Feng-Chia University in Taiwan.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Charles Liang	311,838
Howard Hideshima	271,354
Chiu-Chu Liu Liang	397,408
Cheng-Hsien Chou	519,159
Yih-Shyan Liaw	405,124
Laura Black	--
Gregory Hinckley	--
Hwei-Ming Tsai	--
Sherman Tuan	--

As Of 29 Jun 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Charles Liang	2,650,000	14,800,500
Howard Hideshima	28,999	286,912
Chiu-Chu Liu Liang	532,400	2,677,600
Cheng-Hsien Chou	29,000	384,856
Yih-Shyan Liaw	375,000	1,381,583
Laura Black	0	0
Gregory Hinckley	0	0
Hwei-Ming Tsai	0	0
Sherman Tuan	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	20,000	$12.43
LIANG CHARLES	20,000	$12.43
CHOU CHENG HSIEN PHIDIAS	2,000	$12.48
CHOU CHENG HSIEN PHIDIAS	2,000	$3.25
LIANG CHARLES	20,000	$3.50
LIANG CHARLES	20,000	$12.55
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	20,000	$12.70
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	20,000	$3.50
CHOU CHENG HSIEN PHIDIAS	4,000	$12.67
CHOU CHENG HSIEN PHIDIAS	4,000	$3.25
LIANG CHARLES	20,000	$12.52
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	20,000	$12.52
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	20,000	$3.50
LIANG CHARLES	20,000	$3.50
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	20,000	$12.55
LIANG CHARLES	20,000	$12.55
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	20,000	$3.50
LIANG CHARLES	20,000	$3.50
LIANG CHARLES	557,784	$0.00
LIANG CHARLES	200,000	$1.25
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	200,000	$1.25
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	557,784	$0.00
LIAW YIH SHYAN WALLY	1,144,133	$0.00
LIU LIANG CHIU CHU SARA	83,857	$12.19
LIANG CHARLES	83,857	$12.19

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