Dr. George joined the board of directors in March 2009. Dr. George was executive vice president in charge of worldwide operations at ON Semiconductor from its founding in 1999 until June 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 serves on the board of Silicon Image, Inc., and served on the board of Ramtron International Corporation until its acquisition in 2012. He is also a member of the Sandia National Laboratories Science Advisory Board.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Mr. Balakrishnan joined Power Integrations in 1989, serving in a variety of roles before being 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 Power Integrations' TOPSwitch®, TinySwitch® and EcoSmart® technologies and holds more than 190 patents. Mr. Balakrishnan 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.

Mr. Iyer became a member of the board of directors in February 2004. From October 1998 to June 2003, Mr. Iyer served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Conexant Systems, Inc. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Iyer served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for VLSI Technology, Inc. Mr. Iyer is currently a director of Life Technologies Corporation, IHS Inc., Qlogic Corporation and Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Mr. Sharp has served as a member of the board since our inception in 1988 and served as non-executive chairman of the board from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Sharp has served on the board of directors of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a manufacturer of electronic components for the communications industry, since 1991, and served as president and CEO of TriQuint from 1991 through 2002. Prior to joining TriQuint, Mr. Sharp was associated with various venture capital and startup semiconductor firms. He helped start Crystal Semiconductor (now Cirrus Logic, Inc.), Gazelle Microcircuits, Inc. (now TriQuint), Megatest Corporation (now Teradyne, Inc.) and Volterra Semiconductor Corporation. He also founded Silicon Architects (now Synopsys, Inc.). Prior to that, Mr. Sharp spent 23 years with Texas Instruments and Philips in the semiconductor industry.