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Mike F. Chang, Ph.D., is the founder of our company and has served as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of our company. Dr. Chang has extensive experience in both technology development and business operations in the power semiconductor industry. Prior to establishing our company, Dr. Chang served as the Executive Vice President at Siliconix incorporated, a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc., a semiconductor company, or Siliconix, from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Chang also held various other positions at Siliconix from December 1987 to 1998. Earlier in his career, Dr. Chang held various positions at General Electric Company from 1974 to 1987. Dr. Chang received his B.S. in electrical engineering from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri.

Yueh-Se Ho, Ph.D., is a co-founder of our company and has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2006 and our director since March 2006. Dr. Ho has held various operations management positions in our company since our inception, including the Vice President of Worldwide Operations from 2003 to 2006 and the Vice President of Back End Operations from 2000 to 2003. Prior to co-founding our company, Dr. Ho served as the Director of Packaging Development and Foundry Transfer at Siliconix from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Ho received his B.S. in chemistry from Tamkang University and Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mary L. Dotz was appointed Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of Alpha and Omega Semiconductor in March 2012. Prior to joining our company, Ms. Dotz served as the Chief Financial Officer at various public and private companies, including Adaptec, Inc. from 2008 to 2011 and Beceem Communications, Inc. from 2005 to 2008. She also held various executive positions in finance at NVIDIA from 2000 to 2005 including Vice President Finance, Corporate Controller and Interim CFO. Ms. Dotz earned her B. S. in business from San Diego State University and her M. B. A. from the University of Southern California.

Hamza Yilmaz, Ph.D., has served as our Chief Technology Officer since December 2011. Dr. Yilmaz joined our company in January 2008 as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining our company, Dr. Yilmaz was the Senior Vice President of Semiconductor Technology and Product Development and Operations at Volterra Semiconductor, Inc. from 2007 to 2008. Dr. Yilmaz was the Senior Vice President of Product and Technology Development at Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation from 2004 to 2007. He served as the Vice President of Technology Development at GEM Services, a semiconductor assembly and testing company, from 2002 to 2004, and he also held various executive positions at Siliconix from 1988 to 2001, including Executive Vice President of Power Product Line. Dr. Yilmaz received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Yildiz Teknik University in Istanbul, Turkey, M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Yifan Liang has served as our Chief Accounting Officer since October 2006. Mr. Liang joined our company in August 2004 as our Corporate Controller. Prior to joining us, Mr. Liang worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, from 1995 to 2004 in various positions, including Audit Manager in PwC's San Jose office. Mr. Liang received his B.S. in management information system from the People's University of China and M.A. in finance and accounting from the University of Alabama. Mr. Liang is a certified public accountant of Ohio and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Anup Bhalla, Ph.D., has served as our Vice President of Power Discrete Products since January 2006. Dr. Bhalla is a co-founder of our company, and served as Director of Device Design. Prior to co-founding our company, Dr. Bhalla was a Senior Staff Design Engineer for low voltage products at Siliconix and a Staff Design Engineer at Harris Semiconductor developing high voltage power semiconductor products. Dr. Bhalla received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Allen Chang has served as our Vice President of Power IC Products since May 2004. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Chang served as the Design Director of Intersil Corporation, a semiconductor company, from 2000 to 2004. He also served in various positions at Siliconix from 1983 to 2000, including as the Senior Manager of its Mass Storage/Power Conversion group. Mr. Chang received his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

John Chen, Ph.D., has served as our Vice President of Process Integration since June 2009. Dr. Chen joined our company as Senior Director of Process Integration in September 2007. Dr. Chen was a Director of Technology Development in Strategic Device and Process Architect at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, a semiconductor foundry, from 2002 to 2007. Dr. Chen was the Senior Manager of Technology and Product Development at SanDisk Corporation, a semiconductor memory company, from 1997 to 2002, and a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company, from 1994 to 1997. Dr. Chen received his B.S. in modern physics from the University of Science and Technology of China and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.

Tony Grizelj has served as our Vice President of Sales since March 2011, after having served as our Vice President of Marketing since April 2006. Prior to joining our company in November 2004, Mr. Grizelj served as the Senior Product Marketing Manager at Micrel Semiconductor, Inc., a semiconductor company, from 2000 to 2004. He also held various marketing positions at Siliconix from 1993 to 2000, including regional marketing based in Japan and marketing development for the MOSFET product line. Mr. Grizelj received his B.S. in electrical engineering from San Jose State University.

Steve Sun has served as our Vice President of Human Resources since January 2006. Prior to joining our company as Director of Human Resources in June 2005, Mr. Sun held various Human Resources positions at Vishay Siliconix between April 1993 and May 2005, including Senior Manager of Human Resources. Mr. Sun received his BA Degree in German from Shanghai International Studies University, MA degree in German Language & Literature from University of Toledo, and MBA degree from University of Phoenix.