Robert V. Dickinson has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of California Micro Devices Corp. since April 2001. From August 1999 to April 2001, Mr. Dickinson was Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Storage Division of Cirrus Logic, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, where, starting in 1992, he served in several other senior executive roles including President of cirrus logic subsidiary in Japan from 1992 to 1996. Prior to cirrus logic, he held senior management positions at Western Digital Corporation, a semiconductor and disk drive manufacturer, from 1988 to 1992, following its acquisition of Verticom Inc., where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1987 to 1988.

Mr. Kannappan serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Plantronics and has been a member of the Board since 1999.

Jack Harding brings 20 years of executive management experience in the electronics industry to eSilicon. Prior to eSilicon, Harding served as President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems. During his tenure, Cadence was the world's largest supplier of electronic design software. Previously, Mr. Harding was President and CEO of Cooper & Chyan Technology, which was acquired by Cadence in 1997. Harding also served as EVP of Zycad Corporation. He began his career at IBM.

From 1998 – 2006 Richard Lowenthal provided business formation consulting services for high technology startup firms as sole proprietor of Berteleda Consulting. Through his consulting firm he has been involved in starting several companies including Lightera, Pipal Systems and Procket Networks.

From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Lowenthal was Vice President and General Manager of Cisco's WAN Access Products Division. From 1990 through 1995, Mr. Lowenthal was Vice President of Research and Development for StrataCom, a telecommunications product development and manufacturing company. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Lowenthal was co-founder and Vice President of Engineering for Stardent Computers, a high performance computer company in Sunnyvale, California. Prior to Stardent, Mr. Lowenthal was Vice President of Engineering for Convergent Technologies of San Jose.

Mr. Lowenthal is also a former Mayor of Cupertino, California and has chaired the boards of several organizations including the Rotary Club of Cupertino, Cupertino Community Services, Fremont Union High Schools Foundation, and the Santa Clara County Libraries Joint Powers Authority. He is chair-elect of the YMCA’s of Santa Clara Valley.

Mr. Lowenthal has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley. He is 55 years old and lives with his wife Ellen in Cupertino, California. He is a father of 2 and an avid golfer and bicyclist. He is a member of the Cupertino Rotary, the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Steve Specker is president and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), which was established in 1973 as an independent, nonprofit center for public-interest energy and environmental research. Its members produce more than 90 percent of the electricity generated in the United States.

Dr. Specker has an exceptionally strong technical and business background and an in-depth knowledge of the electricity industry. His 34-year career has spanned nearly every dimension of the business. Prior to joining EPRI in September 2004, he served as president of Specker Consulting, LLC, where he provided operational and strategic planning services to technology companies serving the global electric power industry.

In January 2003, Dr. Specker retired from General Electric (GE) after 30 years of leadership in various executive roles, including president of GE's Nuclear Energy division, president of GE Digital Energy, and vice president of global marketing for GE Energy.

Dr. Specker began his career in 1970 as a nuclear engineer for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He holds a B.S. in engineering science and an M.S. and Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, all from Iowa State University.