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February 2003 until November 2006, when it was acquired by us. Prior to that, Mr. Nir held sales and
marketing positions at Destinator Ltd. and also co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of
MindEcho, Inc. Mr. Nir has a B.A. in Law and Accounting and an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University.
Dr. Siva Sivaram has been our Senior Vice President, Memory Technology since June 2013, and
previously served as our Vice President Technology from January 2005 to March 2007 and as Chief
Operating Officer for Matrix Semiconductor, Inc. from November 1999 until January 2005, when it was
acquired by us. Most recently, Dr. Sivaram was Chief Executive Officer of Twin Creeks Technologies, Inc.,
a company focused on manufacturing equipment for the production of solar modules, sensors, LEDs and
other solid-state devices, from January 2008 to December 2012. Dr. Sivaram also held various engineering
and management positions at Intel Corporation between July 1986 and October 1999. Dr. Sivaram serves
on the board of directors of ZigStor Inc., Sand 9, Inc. and EnerGram Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Sivaram received a
Ph.D. and an M.S. in Materials Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.E. in Mechanical
Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.
Eric S. Whitaker has been our Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel since January 2013.
Prior to that, Mr. Whitaker served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Tesla Motors, Inc. from
October 2010 to November 2012. From October 2007 to October 2010, Mr. Whitaker served as Executive
Vice President and General Counsel of Avalanche Technology, Inc., a corporation that designs and
manufactures spin-torque MRAM universal memory chips. From December 1999 to July 2006, he served
in various positions at Lexar Media, Inc., a corporation that designs and manufactures flash memory cards,
most recently as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. From October 1995 to December 1999, Mr. Whitaker was an attorney with Latham &
Watkins LLP. Mr. Whitaker holds a B.A. in politics from Princeton University and a J.D. from Stanford
University Law School.
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