John W. Marren became a member of our board in June 2007. Mr. Marren is Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of our Compensation and Leadership Committee and our Finance Committee. Mr. Marren joined the private equity firm TPG Capital in 2000 as a Partner and leads TPG’s technology team. Prior to that, Mr. Marren was a Managing Director at the financial services firm Morgan Stanley, most recently as co-head of the Technology Investment Banking Group. From 1992 to 1996, he was a Managing Director and Senior Semiconductor Research Analyst at the investment bank Alex Brown & Sons. While at Morgan Stanley and Alex Brown & Sons, Mr. Marren was a frequent member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team which recognizes the top research analysts on Wall Street. Prior to Alex Brown, Mr. Marren spent eight years in the semiconductor industry working for VLSI Technology, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of complex custom and semi-custom integrated chips (now part of NXP Semiconductors), and Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Marren currently serves on the boards of SunGard Data Systems Inc., Aptina Imaging, and Avaya Inc. Mr. Marren previously served on the boards of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., Conexant Systems, Inc. and ON Semiconductor Corporation.
