Edward Y.W. Yang has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 2007. Mr. Yang retired in 2005 after a 25-year career with Hewlett-Packard Company in the Silicon Valley . His last assignment at HP was vice president and chief technology officer for the Personal Systems Group in the Corporate Office of Strategy and Technology. Prior to that, he was vice president and chief technical officer of Hewlett-Packard’s Computing Systems business, vice president and chief technical officer of Hewlett-Packard’s Personal System Group and a general manager in Hewlett-Packard’s Telecom System business unit. He also served as the co-leader of the integration team for the Enterprise Systems Group during the Hewlett-Packard and Compaq merger. Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard in 1980, Mr. Yang held various positions at Bell Northern Research and General Automation. Mr. Yang holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the National Cheng-Kung University ( Taiwan ) and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University . |