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Mr. House was appointed Executive Chairman of the Board of Credence Systems Corporation in December 2005. A forty-year veteran of the computing, communication and semiconductor industries, Mr. House served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Allegro Networks from 2001 to 2003, a privately-held data communications equipment supplier of high-performance broadband internetworking products. Beginning in 1996, Mr. House served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bay Networks, managing the company following the merger of SynOptics Communications and Wellfleet Communications. He then negotiated and led Bay Networks through its merger with Nortel Networks and served as President of Nortel after the completion of the merger in 1998. Mr. House spent 22 years in management roles at Intel, including 19 years as General Manager of the company's microcomputer components business. He also managed the team that developed the highly successful "Intel Inside" marketing program, one of the most recognized brands in the world and the most successful ingredient brand ever developed. Earlier in his career, Mr. House designed and managed the development of minicomputers and digital systems at Microdata, Honeywell and Raytheon. Mr. House also serves as Chairman of the Board of Brocade Communications Systems, the leading provider of storage area network (SAN) infrastructure, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Azaire Networks, a privately-held broadband mobility supplier headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Involved in numerous community and charitable organizations, Mr. House is on the Boards of the Computer History Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation, and the Mountain Winery Kid's Foundation. Mr. House has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. | 