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Allan Aaron
Allan Aaron became a Director of the Company in January
2003. He is co-founder and general partner at Technology Venture Partners
(TVP), an Australia
headquartered venture capital firm. Mr.
Aaron serves on the boards of several TVP investee companies, including Cap-XX,
Inter-Touch, Zoom, and Platypus Technologies. Prior to founding TVP in 1997,
Allan was an executive of the Australian Technology Group — an early stage
technology investment firm and was previously an Associate of McKinsey and Company,
and a Director of Ernst & Young’s Technology Consulting Practice. Mr.
Aaron commenced his career as an aerospace engineer and spent several years
with IBM in systems engineering and marketing roles.
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John H. Allen
John Allen is Chief Financial Officer of Cohu, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor
test handling equipment and other electronic products and systems based in San Diego,
California. He joined Peregrine’s Board of Directors in June 2006 and serves as the
Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board. Prior to joining Cohu, Mr. Allen worked
for 20 years with Ernst & Young LLP where he served as a Partner within the firm’s
technology practice in E&Y’s San Diego, Los Angeles and San Jose offices. John holds
a B.A. in Business Administration and an MBA from Michigan State University.
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Paul D’Addario
Mr. D’Addario, a former member of the Media/Telecom Group of CSFB, has over fifteen years of experience in the communications, media and entertainment financing and advisory business, and has important relationships with industry leaders in those fields. Mr. D’Addario was a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. (DLJ), prior to CSFB’s acquisition of DLJ. At DLJ, he was a member of the investment committee of the DLJ New Economy Fund and managed a number of high-profile financings and M&A deals for major media, technology and entertainment companies including: Crown Media Holdings, Inc., IMAX Corp., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., and Turner Broadcasting.
Mr. D’Addario has developed relationships with private media, technology, and entertainment companies and maintains strong relationships with other major venture firms, investment banks, and accounting and law firms. Mr. D’Addario is a board observer for Zinio Systems. Prior to DLJ, Mr. D’Addario was in the M&A Group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Mr. D’Addario received a B.A. from Boston College, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from Villanova Law School.
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Jeffrey Belk
Jeffrey Belk joined Peregrine’s Board of Directors in January 2008 after a 14 year career at Qualcomm Incorporated in several key roles, including senior vice president of strategy and market development, focused on examining changes in the wireless ecosystem and formulating approaches to help accelerate mobile broadband adoption and growth. In previous Qualcomm positions, Belk was senior vice president, global marketing, leading all facets of the company’s corporate communications worldwide; SVP & GM of Eudora email products; and VP, marketing of Qualcomm Consumer Products, where he initiated the company’s global branding and communications efforts. Prior to Qualcomm, Belk spent ten years in the early growth of the PC industry, primarily with Proxima Corporation where he held several significant distribution, product management, and international roles, and was with the Company through its IPO in the early 90s. Belk is currently a principal in ICT168 Capital, LLC, a newly formed entity focused on developing and guiding global growth opportunities in the Information and Communication Technology market. He is known globally as a commentator and writer on wireless, mobile broadband, and technology evolution.
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James S. Cable, Ph.D.
James S. Cable, Ph.D., serves as Peregrine’s Chief Executive Officer, and has held
positions as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Technology and Engineering
since joining Peregrine in 1996. Dr. Cable has over 25 years of experience in
semiconductor research, development and production, including Technology and
Manufacturing Operations management for Hughes Microelectronics Center and Hughes
Technology Center; and Technology Integration management at TRW. Dr. Cable received
his B.S. from the University of California at Riverside and his Ph.D. from UCLA.
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Tim Downing
Tim Downing, a Managing
Director of the Australasian Media & Communications Fund, has served as a
Director of Peregrine since July 2003. Since 1981 he has worked within
the Finance Industry, principally in the area of Investment Banking and Private
Equity. Before his appointment as Managing Director of AMCF, Mr. Downing
was a principal and Director of Sphere Capital, Manager of the Fulcrum Group of
private equity funds. He is a director and shareholder of a number of
private and public companies including Austar United Communications Limited,
Telecasters Australia Limited (Chairman), the Becker Group, and a number of
AMCF's investees.
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Craig Ensley
Craig H. Ensley joined Peregrine in 2006 as Peregrine’s President and Chief Operating Officer
with 30 years of broad experience in the semiconductor and systems technology industries,
spanning venture capital start-ups to multi-hundred-million dollar public corporations
including Cirrus Logic and Crystal Semiconductor. Mr. Ensley brings to Peregrine a strong
vision for disruptive semiconductor technology, a deep strategic and product planning
background and extensive knowledge in executing high-growth businesses. He has an M.B.A.
from Stanford University and B.S. degrees in both Applied Physics and Economics from UCSD.
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Gary Monetti
Gary Monetti joined Peregrine's Board of Directors in May 2005.
Mr. Monetti brings a wealth of experience to Peregrine's Board from
his 22-year career at Sawtek, one of the world's leading manufacturers
of RF SAW filters. Mr. Monetti held a variety of management
positions with Sawtek, including Vice President of Sales & Marketing,
Vice President of Engineering, Chief Operating Officer, and President & CEO.
After the acquisition of Sawtek by TriQuint.Semiconductor in 2001, Mr. Monetti
continued to serve until 2004 in the Office of the President of the Sawtek Division.
Mr. Monetti works as an industry consultant and advisor to various private venture businesses.
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Bob Pavey
Mr. Pavey, based in Cleveland, OH and Menlo Park, CA, joined Morgenthaler in 1969
and has been a Partner since 1971. From 1990 to 1992, he served as volunteer
President and then Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, and in
2005 received the NVCA’s Outstanding Service Award. His major focus is on
semiconductors, materials, and devices. He sits on the Board of Directors of
Building B, CLK Design Automation, Five Star Technologies, Intelleflex, Lamina
Ceramics, Paratek Microwave, Peregrine Semiconductor, Renaissance Wireless, and
Xoomsys, Inc. During his tenure, Mr. Pavey has been involved in many of the firm’s
successful investments: Apple Computer, Applied Intelligent Systems (acquired by
Electro Scientific), Aptis Communications (acquired by Nortel Networks), Atria Software
(acquired by Rational Software), Endwave, Gliatech, Illustra Information Technologies
(acquired by Informix), Intrinsa (acquired by Microsoft), New Focus, Synernetics (acquired by 3Com),
and Synopsys. From 1967 until 1969, Mr. Pavey held several management positions with Foseco,
Inc. He received a B.S. in Physics from The College of William & Mary in 1964, an M.S.
in Metallurgical Engineering from Columbia University in 1965 (awarded in 1966), and an
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1967.
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Elton B. Sherwin
Elton Sherwin is Senior Managing Director of Ridgewood Capital
and founder of Ridgewood’s Palo Alto office in 1999. He has served
as a director of Peregrine since October 2004. Prior to joining
Ridgewood Capital, Mr. Sherwin established the West Coast office
of Motorola Ventures. Previously, he spent twenty years at IBM and
Motorola where his products won numerous awards, including the Best
New Technology award at COMDEX. In 1994 Discover Magazine selected
him as Software Innovator of the Year. Mr. Sherwin holds eight U.S.
patents and is the author of The Silicon Valley Way. He currently
serves on the Board of Sycon and is a Board observer at Teseda.
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Changing How You Design RF.
Forever.
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