H. Raymond Bingham has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2005 and as Chairman of the Board since January 2008. Mr. Bingham served in a number of capacities with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a supplier of electronic design automation software and services. He served Cadence as its Executive Chairman from May 2004 to July 2005, Director from November 1997 to April 2004, President and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to May 2004, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 1993 to April 1999. Mr. Bingham also currently serves as a director of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., KLA Tencor Corporation, and Oracle Corporation.
James A. Davidson has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since March 2003. He is a co-founder and managing director of Silver Lake, a private equity investment firm. Mr. Davidson also serves on the Board of directors for Avago Technologies, a private company that specializes in analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems. From June 1990 to November 1998, he was an investment banker with Hambrecht & Quist, most recently serving as Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Davidson was a corporate and securities lawyer with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro.
Robert L. Edwards has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2008. Mr. Edwards, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Safeway Inc. was appointed to his current position in March 2004, and was previously executive vice president and chief financial officer of Maxtor Corporation. Prior to joining Maxtor, Mr. Edwards was an officer at Imation Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of magnetic and optical data storage media, where he held the position of senior vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer.
Mike McNamara has served as Flextronicsís Chief Executive Officer since January 2006, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors since October 2005. Mr. McNamara previously served as Chief Operating Officer from January 2002 to December 2005.
Daniel H. Schulman has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2009. He is the Chief Executive Officer and Director for Virgin Mobile USA, a wireless service provider. Mr. Schulman also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Priceline.com from June 1999 to May 2001. Prior to joining Priceline, Mr. Schulman served more than 18 years at AT&T. Mr. Schulman is a member of the Board of Directors of Symantec and the Chair of its Compensation Committee. Mr. Schulman also serves on the Board of Trustees of Rutgers University and Autism Speaks.
Willy Shih, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2008. Dr. Shih is currently a senior lecturer for the Harvard Business School, a role he has held since January 2007. Dr. Shih’s broad industry career experience includes significant accomplishments for globally-recognized organizations such as Kodak, IBM, Silicon Graphics and Thomson. While at Kodak, Dr. Shih led the organization to leadership market positions in the United States in consumer digital cameras, photo printing consumables and online photofinishing services. He also managed key intellectual property projects at Thomson and at Kodak.
Lip-Bu Tan has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2003. In 1987, he founded and has since served as Chairman of Walden International, a venture capital fund. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. In addition to Flextronics, Mr. Tan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cadence Design, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and SINA Corporation.
William D. Watkins has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2009. He most recently served as Seagate Technology’s Chief Executive Officer from 2004 through January 2009. Previously, Mr. Watkins was Seagate’s President and Chief Operating Officer, a position he had held since 2000. During that time, he was responsible for the company’s hard disc drive operations, including recording heads, media and other components, and related R&D and product development organizations. Mr. Watkins joined Seagate in 1996 with the company’s merger with Conner Peripherals. In addition to Flextronics, he currently serves on the board of directors of Vertical Circuits Inc. and Maxim Integrated Products.
Contact the Board by email: Board@flextronics.com