Steven Laub has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Atmel Corporation since August 2006 and as a Director of Atmel since February 2006. From 2005 to August 2006, Mr. Laub was a Technology Partner at Golden Gate Capital Corporation, a private equity buyout firm, and the Executive Chairman of Teridian Semiconductor Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company. From November 2004 to January 2005, Mr. Laub was President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Image, Inc., a provider of semiconductor solutions. Prior to that time, Mr. Laub spent 13 years in executive positions – including President, Chief Operating Officer and Member of the board – at Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, a supplier of programmable logic devices and related software. Prior to joining Lattice Semiconductor, Mr. Laub was a Vice President and Partner at Bain & Company, a global strategic consulting firm. Mr. Laub holds a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. As our President, Chief Executive Officer and a Member of our board, Mr. Laub draws upon over two decades of experience in an array of executive management roles within the semiconductor industry. In addition to his semiconductor industry experience, Mr. Laub brings to the board the critical expertise gained over an accomplished career focusing on executive management, corporate and business unit strategy, operational expertise, mergers and acquisitions, and a background in law.
