George L Farinsky

Mr. Farinsky, 67, has held senior management positions with a number of major corporations, including software provider Ashton-Tate Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer from 1987 to 1991. Since that time, he has been a consultant, private investor and corporate director. Additionally, Mr. Farinsky was senior vice president of corporate development at Kaiser Resources, Ltd. and senior vice president, chief financial officer and a member of the board of Kaiser Industries Corp. Previously, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Mattel, Inc. From 1962 to 1973 he served at Teledyne, Inc. in a number of senior financial positions, including vice president of finance. Mr. Farinsky fills the board seat vacated last year by the death of Myron S. Eichen. He joins Dr. Nicholas, Dr. Henry Samueli, Broadcom's Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder, and outside directors Alan E. Ross and Werner F. Wolfen on the board. He will also serve together with Messrs. Ross and Wolfen as a member of the company's Audit Committee. Mr. Farinsky holds a bachelor's degree from the University of San Francisco and is a certified public accountant. In addition to Broadcom, he currently serves as a director of Intevac, Inc., a manufacturer of complex thin-film deposition and rapid thermal processing equipment and a developer of electro-optical devices and systems.