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Mohan Maheswaran

President and Chief Executive Officer

Mohan Maheswaran joined Semtech as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in April 2006. Prior to joining Semtech, Mohan held the position of Executive Vice President, General Manager at Intersil Corporation. He joined Intersil Corporation by way of its acquisition of Elantec Semiconductor Inc. in 2002. In addition to having worked for Intersil and Elantec, he has been employed by Allayer Communications, IBM Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard and Nortel Communications.

Mohan holds a BSEE from Surrey University and a MBA from Henley Executive Management College, both of which are located in the United Kingdom.

Emeka Chukwu

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Emeka Chukwu joined the company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in November 2006. Emeka has been employed in various financial positions at Intersil, Inc, a manufacturer of analog semiconductors, since 2002. His most recent position was Vice President, Finance, in which capacity he served since February 2006. From July 1999 through April 2002, he was the Corporate Controller of Elantec Semiconductor, Inc, a manufacturer of analog integrated circuits that was acquired by Intersil in 2002. He has also held accounting positions at other high technology companies during the past eighteen years.

Ken Barry

Vice President, Human Resources

Ken Barry joined the company in December 2006 as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to Semtech, he was the Senior Vice President of HR at Move.com. Ken has more than 30 years of experience working in a broad range of industries, including positions with SuperConductor Technologies, Nortel, Harman International and Exel Logistics.

Ken has a Masters degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine University.

Clay Beltran

Vice President of Worldwide Operations

Clay Beltran joined the Company in July 2006 as Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Prior to Semtech, Clay was employed by Intersil Corporation where he held several positions, most recently as Director of Backend Operations and Director of Worldwide Operation Planning. He joined Intersil Corporation by way of its acquisition of Elantec Semiconductor Inc. in 2002, where he was the Director of Operations. He has also been employed by Integrated Device Technology. Prior to working in semiconductors, Clay served as an Army Officer with the US Army.

Clay holds a BS in Mathematics from UCLA and a MBA from Pepperdine University.

Kevin P. Caffey

Vice President, Quality and Reliability

Kevin Caffey joined the Company in June 2004 as Vice President of Quality and Reliability. Kevin was employed by LSI Logic Corporation from 1998 to 2004, last serving as Director of Worldwide Reliability. He has also been employed by Symbios Logic, Hyundai Electronics America, AT&T and NCR Corporation.

Alain Dantec

Senior Vice President, Advanced Communications and Sensing Products

Alain Dantec heads the Company's Advanced Communications and Sensing Products Division, a result of the 2005 acquisition of XEMICS S.A. in Neuchậtel, Switzerland, a developer of ultra-low power analog, radio frequency (RF) and digital integrated circuits (IC), where he was Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to June 2005. Prior to joining Xemics, Alain was CEO of Atmel Nantes a subsidiary of Atmel in France from 1996 to 2001. He has more than 30 years experience in the semiconductor industry in a broad range of technical and management positions within such leading companies as ATMEL, the Temic Group, Harris, and Alcatel.

Randall H. Holliday

Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary

Randall Holliday joined the Company in October 2008 as Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to Semtech, he served as General Counsel and Secretary at Power-One, Inc. from 2001 through 2008, where he had responsibility for worldwide legal affairs. From 1994 through 2000, he held the position of Secretary and General Counsel with Xircom, Inc. His 20 years experience in the legal field also includes service as a Staff Judge Advocate with the U.S. Air Force.

Randall holds both a B.A. and a J.D. degree from Florida State University.

James Kim

Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing

James Kim, was appointed as the Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing on January 26, 2007. James has been employed by the Company since 1986. He served as Vice President of Global Handset Sales since March 2004 and was previously Director of Sales and Marketing for Korea and Japan.

Jeffrey Pohlman

Senior Vice President, Protection Products

Jeff Pohlman was named Vice President of Protection Products in 1998. Jeff has worked for the Company in various engineering roles since 1988. He was previously employed by Supertex Inc., Fairchild Camera and Instrument, Inc., and National Semiconductor in various technical and managerial roles.

Simon Prutton

Vice President and General Manager, Power Management Products

Simon Prutton joined the Company in May 2008 as Vice President and General Manager of Power Management Products. Prior to Semtech, Simon was the CEO of Akros Silicon, a power management company. Prior to Akros, he was employed as Vice President & General Manager of the Analog & Mixed Signal Business Unit at Intersil. His experience also includes employment by National Semiconductor and Micrel Semiconductor.

Simon has a BSc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Birmingham, England.

Jose Vargas

Vice President and General Manager, Power Discrete Products

Jose Vargas was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Power Discretes in August of 2008. He joined the Company in January 1996 as Distribution Sales Manager and went on to serve as Director of Worldwide Sales Operation and Distribution since 2000. Jose has 18 years experience working within distribution in various sales and marketing positions with prominent distributors of high technology electronic components.

Mike Wilson

Senior Vice President, Business Development and Chief Technology Officer

Mike Wilson was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in May 2008. Prior to this appointment, he held the position of Vice President, General Manager of the Power Management Products Group. He joined Semtech as the result of the 1995 acquisition of ECI Semiconductor where he was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mike has more than 25 years experience in the semiconductor industry in a broad range of technical and management positions.