Saiyed Atiq Raza

Board Member

Raza, with over 30 years of experience in the electronics industry, is a highly respected veteran with broad industry expertise in both engineering and management. Prior to founding Raza Microelectronics, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), as well as serving on its board of directors. At AMD, Raza was responsible for laying the foundation of AMD’s processor roadmap and brought the AMD-K6® and Athlon’s family of processor products to the market. Raza became part of AMD’s management team after the merger with NexGen, Inc. in January 1996. At NexGen, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining NexGen, Raza held various engineering and management positions within VLSI Technology Incorporated, most notably Vice President of Technology Centers.

Raza also serves on the board of directors of Matrix Semiconductors, Zeevo, AMI Semiconductor and TRG.

Raza earned his bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of London and a master’s degree from Stanford University.

Ronnie Vasishta

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ronnie Vasishta has over 25 years of extensive experience in marketing, manufacturing, design and operational management in the semiconductor field. Prior to joining eASIC, Ronnie was Vice President of Technology Marketing at LSI Logic, where he served in various engineering, technical and strategic marketing management positions. Ronnie drove the strategic direction of the ASIC product line, and his areas of responsibilities included all aspects of the ASIC and custom logic products, EDA, design methodology, IP (serving on the board of the VSIA), silicon process technology, manufacturing and strategic partnerships. Prior to LSI Logic, Ronnie held process and test engineering positions at Motorola Incorporated and STC Semiconductor.

Ronnie has BSc (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Trent University, Nottingham, UK.

Wayne Cantwell

General Partner, Crescendo Ventures

Wayne joined Crescendo Ventures in early 2003 after spending nearly 20 years in the semiconductor and SIP industries. Immediately prior to Crescendo, Wayne served as President and CEO of inSilicon Corporation where he led the company through an IPO and several successful acquisitions. Before assuming the role of CEO at inSilicon, Wayne was responsible for overseeing Phoenix Technologies’ worldwide field operations where he grew the organization to over 400 people and $125 million in globally distributed business.

Wayne has extensive international experience, having run operations in Japan, Taiwan, and Europe but has spent most of the last seven years based in the Bay Area. Prior to his role with Phoenix Technologies, Wayne held various sales and engineering positions with Intel Corporation and NEC Corporation. At Crescendo, Wayne is focused on working with companies in the semiconductor, SIP and technical software arenas as well as providing operational experience and support to Crescendo’s portfolio companies.

Gianluca Rattazzi

Board Member

Mr. Rattazzi is Envivio’s Executive Chairman. He was formerly the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of BlueArc, a network storage leader. Previously, he co-founded as its CEO, Meridian Data, a pioneer and leader in network attached storage; P-COM, a telecom and communications equipment company; and Parallan Computers, an enterprise-class server company. Meridian Data, P-COM and Parallan Computers all achieved listings on NASDAQ/NMS. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rattazzi was president of Virtual Microsystems and held executive positions with Validec and Olivetti. He earned an MSEE and an MSCS from the University of California, Berkeley and a Doctorate in Physics from the University of Rome.

Matt Murphy

Board Observer – Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Matt Murphy is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, he joined in 1999. His focus areas of investment include networking, semiconductors, and security. Matt is either a Director or works closely with the management teams of IPUnity, Kodiak Networks, RGB Networks, Stoke, Xsigo, eASIC, Iolon, Scintera, Quorum Systems, Endforce, Oakley Networks, and Devicescape. Previously he worked with and was a board observer at Google (from initial investment to IPO), Kymata (acquired by Alcatel), and Sigma Systems (acquired by Liberate).

Prior to KPCB, Matt led product management at NetBoost (a network processor company) from second round of financing through and briefly after acquisition by Intel in 1999. Before NetBoost, Matt worked at Sun Microsystems where he led business development for the Network Systems Group and was a Product Line Manager for networking platforms.

Matt also worked in consulting for a number of years, including at Booz, Allen, & Hamilton where he focused on corporate strategy and at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) where he led computer systems integration projects.

Matt holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Boaz Dinte

Board Observer – Managing Partner, Evergreen

Boaz Dinte joined Evergreen in 1996. He is a Managing Partner and focuses on Evergreen’s investments in the communications and semiconductor sectors. Prior to joining Evergreen, Boaz was Corporate Business Development Manager for M-Systems Ltd., a NASDAQ (NASDAQ:FLSH) -listed global leader in flash-disk memory and a successfully exited Evergreen portfolio company. Prior to that, Boaz was a senior consultant at POC, one of Israel’s leading management consulting firms. In POC he worked with hi-tech companies in all stages of development.

He holds a B.Sc. in electrical engineering, specializing in computer design and communications, from the Technion, and has an MBA, Magna Cum Laude from Tel Aviv University. Boaz initiated and was responsible for Evergreen’s investments in Exalink which was acquired by Comverse (NASDAQ: CMVT), Metalink (NASDAQ: MTLK), P-cube that was sold to Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), and Envara that was acquired by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Boaz currently is acting as a board member in BigBand Networks, Etagon, Pontis, Montilio, Exanet, and Xcitel.