Jim has a long history of executive and financial leadership within prominent public and private technology organizations. In his previous position at Lam Research, Wheat was responsible for managing compliance with accounting policies, SEC reporting, and the administration of the company’s internal audit function for this highly profitable, international semiconductor equipment manufacturing company with more than $2 billion in revenues. Jim also held senior financial management positions within a number of public technology companies, including the role of acting principal financial officer at Asyst Technology, senior director of finance at Sybase Inc., and vice president and corporate controller at Sunterra Corporation. In addition, Jim held senior finance positions at TeleVideo, Raychem Corporation, Core-Mark International, Spectra-Physics and Honeywell. Jim earned his MBA at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his BBA at the University of Michigan. |