Board of Directors

Dr. George joined the board of directors in 2009 and was appointed chairman of the board in 2018. Dr. George was executive vice president in charge of worldwide operations at ON Semiconductor from its founding in 1999 until 2007. From 2007 through his retirement in 2008 he directed the startup of ON Semiconductor's foundry services business. Previously, Dr. George served in a variety of operations and engineering roles at Motorola Inc., most recently as corporate vice president and director of manufacturing for the company's semiconductor components group. Dr. George served on the board of Silicon Image, Inc., from 2005 until 2015 and served on the board of Ramtron International Corporation from 2005 to 2012.

Dr. Arienzo joined the board of directors in 2017. Since 2013 she has served as vice president of operations at Fujifilm Dimatix, Inc., a leading supplier of piezoelectric industrial print heads. Previously, she was CEO and a director of ArrayPower, a developer of software-defined inverter technology for solar-energy systems. Her prior experience includes a series of executive and technical roles at NXP Semiconductors (and its predecessor, Philips Semiconductor), IBM Corp. and AT&T Bell Laboratories, among others. Dr. Arienzo is also a director of Ichor Holdings, Ltd.

Mr. Balakrishnan joined Power Integrations in 1989, serving in a variety of roles before becoming president and COO in April 2001. He was named CEO and appointed to the company's board of directors in January 2002. Mr. Balakrishnan has more than 40 years of engineering, marketing and management experience in the semiconductor industry, including product-line management responsibility at National Semiconductor Corporation. He is the chief inventor of several key Power Integrations products and technologies and holds more than 200 U.S. patents. He has received the Discover Award for Technological Innovation as well as a TechAmerica Innovator Award, both in recognition of the environmental benefits of EcoSmart technology.

Nicholas E. Brathwaite has served as a member of the board of directors since 2000. Mr. Brathwaite is a founding partner of Riverwood Capital LLC, an investment firm. From 2008 to 2009 he served as CEO of Aptina Imaging Corporation. He served in as vice president of technology of Flextronics International Ltd., an electronics company, from 1995 to 2000, and as Flextronics' chief technology officer from 2000 until 2007. In 1995 Flextronics acquired nChip, Inc., a multi-chip module company, where Mr. Brathwaite held the position of vice president and general manager of operations from 1992 to 1996. Before joining nChip, Inc., Mr. Brathwaite spent six years with Intel Corporation in various engineering management positions in technology development and manufacturing. He currently serves on the board of Northwestern Mutual, and has previously served on the boards Inphi Corporation, Tessera Technologies, Inc. and Lighting Sciences Group Corporation.

Anita Ganti joined the board of directors in April 2020. From 2015 to 2019 Mrs. Ganti served as senior vice president of the product engineering services organization of Wipro Limited, a leading global information-technology, consulting and business-process services company. From 2013 to 2015 Mrs. Ganti was vice president of global technology at Flex Ltd. (formerly Flextronics), and from 2008 to 2013 she was employed by Texas Instruments, where she served as general manager of the company’s precision signal path division.

Ms. Gioia joined the board of directors in 2023. From 1982 through her retirement in 2014, she was employed by Ford Motor Company, where she served in a succession of executive roles in product development, manufacturing, and strategy and planning. Among her roles at Ford, she served as director of global electrification, leading all aspects of the company’s electrified vehicle technologies and product portfolio. She is currently principal of Gioia Consulting Services, LLC, and serves on the boards of Lucid Group and Brady Corporation. She has previously served on the boards of Meggitt PLC and Exelon Corporation.

Mr. Iyer became a member of the board of directors in 2004. Mr. Iyer served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Conexant Systems, Inc. from 1998 to 2003, and as senior vice president and chief financial officer for VLSI Technology from 1997 to 1998. Previously, he served in finance roles at Advanced Micro Devices and Cypress Semiconductor. He is currently a director of Clarivate Plc., and has served previously on a number of boards including those of Skyworks Solutions, Inc., QLogic Corporation, IHS Markit and Life Technologies Corporation.

Necip Sayiner joined the board of directors in 2018. Dr. Sayiner served as executive vice president of Renesas Electronics Corporation and president of Renesas Electronics America from 2017 to 2019. He was the president, CEO and a director of Intersil Corporation from 2013 until its acquisition by Renesas in 2017. From 2005 to 2012 he was president and CEO of Silicon Labs. He served as chair of the Semiconductor Industry Association in 2016 and vice chair in 2015. He currently serves on the board of Rambus, a high-speed chip interface semiconductor company.

Ravi Vig joined the board of directors in 2023. From 1984 to 2022, he served in a succession of technical and managerial roles at Allegro Microsystems, a supplier of sensor and power ICs for the automotive and industrial markets, and its parent company, Sanken North America. His career at Allegro culminated in six years as the company’s president and CEO, during which time he led the company’s initial public offering and served on its board of directors. He currently serves on the board of directors of Anokiwave, Inc., a supplier of integrated circuits for radio-frequency applications.