Board of Directors

Dr. Paul H.J. Kim, Director, Chairman of the Board

Paul H.J. Kim, Ph.D., has served as our Chairman of the board of directors since November of 2007 and as a member of our board of directors since November of 2002. Since March 2000, Dr. Kim has been the managing director of Parakletos Ventures, a global investment fund focused on innovative technology companies in China, Korea, India and the U.S., which included investments in Silicon Image, Inc., a provider of advanced, interoperable connectivity solutions for high-definition (HD) content, WuMart Store, Inc., one of the leading retail chains in China and Techwell Inc, a semiconductor company that was acquired by Intersil Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. From 1995 to 1999, Dr. Kim was Executive Vice President at Korea Technology Investment Corporation (KTIC), a Korea-based venture capital firm. In 1984, Dr. Kim founded the Kim Law Firm in the Silicon Valley, a firm practicing law for U.S. and Asian based companies. Dr. Kim holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. Dr. Kim also holds an honorary doctorate degree from Bethesda Christian University.

Dr. Kyeongho "K.H." Lee, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Kyeongho Lee, Ph.D., is a co-founder of our company and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors since 2000. Since 2002, Dr. Lee served as a member of the board of directors of AnaPass, Inc., a KOSDAQ-listed fabless semiconductor company that supplies advanced panel controller solutions. From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Lee served as our Chief Technology Officer. From 1995 to 1998, Dr. Lee served as a member of the technical staff at Silicon Image Inc., a provider of advanced, interoperable connectivity solutions for high-definition displays. As a member of Silicon Image's engineering division, Dr. Lee created and patented the technology for the PanelLink flat panel display, which was adopted as the worldwide standards known as DVI and HDMI. Dr. Lee holds 17 U.S. patents on RF direct conversion and other RF design techniques, which laid the foundation for the development of our proprietary CMOS RF and single-chip technology. Dr. Lee holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, where he was granted the Distinguished Dissertation award for his Ph.D. thesis on CMOS RF technology.

Robert Barker, Director

Robert J. Barker has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2011. From October 1999 to January 2010, Mr. Barker was Vice President of Corporate Business Development at Micrel, Incorporated (Micrel), a semiconductor company focused on developing analog power integrated circuits. Mr. Barker was Vice President of Human Resources at Micrel from February 2008 to January 2010. From October 2008 to January 2009, Mr. Barker served as Interim Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Micrel. Mr. Barker also served as Micrel's Secretary from May 2000 to May 2001 and was reappointed as Secretary in February of 2009. From April 1994 to September 1999, Mr. Barker was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Micrel. Prior to that, Mr. Barker was Vice President of Finance and Secretary of Waferscale Integration, Inc., a fabless semiconductor manufacturer focused on non-volatile memory products. Mr. Barker also held various accounting and financial positions at Monolithic Memories and Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Mr. Barker holds a B.S. in Electric Engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

George de Urioste, Director

George A. de Urioste has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2011. Since February 2011, Mr. de Urioste has been a member of the board of directors of Bridgelux, Inc., a provider of semiconductor solutions for light emitting diode technology. From January 2008 to November 2010, Mr. de Urioste was a director of Saba Software, Inc., a publicly traded software company focused on people collaboration solutions. From January 2008 to October 2008, Mr. de Urioste served as Acting Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a semiconductor provider. From November 2004 to March 2006, Mr. de Urioste served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Chordiant Software, a provider of enterprise software for customer service and marketing processes. From June 2000 to July 2003, Mr. de Urioste was the Chief Executive Officer of Aeroprise, Inc., and Chairman of the Board of Directors from June 2000 through January 2006, a mobile workflow management software company that he co-founded in 2000, which was acquired by BMC Software, Inc. From March 1993 to July 1998, Mr. de Urioste was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Operations for Remedy Corporation, a provider of enterprise software. Mr. de Urioste holds a B.S. from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. de Urioste is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Kary Eldred, Director

Kary Eldred has served as a member of our board of directors since 2009. Since 2000, Mr. Eldred has served as a Principal of Parakletos Ventures, a global investment fund focused on innovative technology companies in China, Korea, India and the U.S. Since 2000, Mr. Eldred has also served as a board member of the Living Stones Foundation Charitable Trust, a public support organization with excess of $20 million in assets to fund charity works around the world. Since September 2010, Mr. Eldred has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Altadona, S.A., which commercializes and integrates advanced software solutions in the physical security space, and he has been Chief Executive Officer of Altadona, S.A. since January 2011. Mr. Eldred holds a B.A. in Foreign Service from Baylor University and an Executive MBA from Instituto Empresa in Spain.

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