Chairman & Interim Chief Executive Officer. a private semiconductor firm. Mr. Schroeder has served as the Chairman of Oxford Semiconductor since July 2006 and Interim Chief Executive Officer since April 2007. From October 2004 until June 2005, Mr. Schroeder served as the Executive Chair of Cornice, Inc. to assist that company through a CEO transition and search process. Prior to joining the Cornice Board, Mr. Schroeder served as President and CEO of Vormetric, Inc., an enterprise data storage security firm from 2002 through 2004. During 2000, Mr. Schroeder was President and CEO of CyberIQ Systems, Inc., an Internet traffic switch company. He was previously employed by Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. as President and CEO (1994-1999) and before that by Conner Peripherals, Inc., initially as President and Chief Operating Officer (1986-1989) and later as Vice Chairman (1989-1994). Earlier, Mr. Schroeder was the founder and CEO (1978-1986) of Priam Corporation. Mr. Schroeder also served in various management or technical positions at Memorex Corporation, McKinsey & Co., and Honeywell, Inc. and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Omneon, Inc. and Xirrus, Inc., in addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Oxford. Mr. Schroeder holds the MBA degree with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School and MSEE and BEE degrees from Marquette University. He is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Board.
