Executive Biographies
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Abhi Talwalkar Abhi Talwalkar was appointed LSI president and chief executive officer in May 2005 and was elected to the company's board of directors at the same time. Talwalkar joined LSI from Intel Corporation, where he served as vice president and co-general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, which is comprised of Intel's business client, server, storage, and communications businesses. Previously, he served as vice president and general manager for the Intel Enterprise Platform Group. In this position he focused on developing, marketing, and supporting Intel business strategies for enterprise computing. Prior to joining Intel in 1993, Talwalkar held senior engineering and marketing management positions at Sequent Computer Systems (now part of IBM), Bipolar Integrated Technology Inc., and Lattice Semiconductor Inc. Talwalkar received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1985. Read Abhi Talwalkar's full biography.
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Phil Brace Phil Brace oversees the direction of the LSI marketing communications, corporate communications, investor relations, and strategic planning functions. Brace joined the company in August 2005 from Intel Corporation, where he served as general manager of Server Platforms Group Marketing. He joined Intel in 1993, holding marketing, sales, and applications engineering positions in silicon and systems products. Brace received a master's degree in electrical engineering from California State University, Sacramento, and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
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Phil Bullinger Phil Bullinger, along with Mr. Santoni, is responsible for the direction and management of all aspects of LSI’s Engenio Storage Group and its portfolio of SAN-attached storage systems and server-attached RAID storage software and adapters. Before assuming this expanded role in 2008, he was responsible for the strategic planning, business development, R&D, and operations activities of the business and its financial performance. He was elected a corporate officer in 2005. From 2001 through 2005, Bullinger was vice president and general manager of the LSI RAID Storage Adapters Division. He joined LSI in 1998. Bullinger graduated magna cum laude from Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering and magna cum laude from National Technological University, Fort Collins, Colorado, with a master's degree in management of technology.
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Jon Gibson Jon Gibson is responsible for the direction, planning, development, implementation, and administration of LSI benefits, compensation, EEO, employee relations, security, human resources systems, staffing, and learning/organizational development functions. He served the company in various human resources management positions prior to being named a vice president in 2001. Before joining LSI in 1984, Gibson managed human resources organizations at Amdahl Corporation, Crocker National Bank, and Raychem Corporation. Gibson earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from California State University, Hayward. |
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Bryon Look Bryon Look is responsible for the overall management and direction of the LSI worldwide finance, information technology, and corporate development functions. Prior to joining LSI in 1997, Look was manager of business development for the Hewlett Packard Corporate Development Department. During a 21-year career at HP, he held a variety of management positions in finance and research and development. Look was awarded a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976 and a master's degree in corporate finance from Golden Gate University in 1994. |
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Andrew Micallef Andy Micallef is responsible for LSI manufacturing operations. He oversees the company's quality and reliability, supply chain management, purchasing, Hong Kong logistics hub, external foundry engagement, and real estate/facilities functions. In his former position as executive vice president of Global Operations for Agere Systems, Micallef was responsible for Agere’s manufacturing and supply chain activities, including foundry operations, assembly and test operations, procurement, planning, and the India Design Center. He also served as vice president of Front-End Operations and vice president of Supply Chain Management and Quality. Before joining Agere in 2000, Micallef held positions at Fujitsu-ICL Systems, IBM and General Dynamics. Micallef earned master's degrees in general management and mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. |
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Jean F. Rankin Rankin serves LSI and its board of directors as corporate secretary in addition to managing the company's legal, intellectual property licensing and stock administration organizations. Rankin joined LSI in 2007 as part of the merger with Agere Systems where she was executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to Agere, Rankin was responsible for corporate governance and corporate center legal support at Lucent Technologies, including mergers and acquisitions, securities laws, labor and employment, public relations, ERISA, investor relations and treasury. She also supervised legal support for the microelectronics business. Rankin has worked for AT&T, AT&T Capital Corporation, and the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore. She was a clerk for Justice G. Mennen Williams on the Michigan State Supreme Court. Rankin received her law degree, with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was elected a member of the Order of the Coif. She earned a bachelor’s degree with high distinction from the University of Virginia. |
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Jeff Richardson Jeff Richardson is responsible for LSI silicon solutions across all segments of data networking/communications, server, and storage system markets. Richardson joined the company in June 2005 from Intel Corporation, where he served as vice president of the Digital Enterprise Group and general manager of the Server Platform Group. Before that Richardson was vice president and general manager of the Intel Enterprise Solutions and Services Division. Before joining Intel in 1992, Richardson held engineering positions at Altera Corporation, Chips and Technologies (the first fabless semiconductor company), and Amdahl Corporation. Richardson earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1987.
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Flavio Santoni Flavio Santoni, along with Mr. Bullinger, is responsible for the direction and management of all aspects of LSI’s Engenio Storage Group and its portfolio of SAN-attached storage systems and server-attached RAID storage software and adapters. Before assuming this role in 2008, he was responsible for the overall management of worldwide storage sales and marketing at LSI, with responsibility for the management of sales, customer support, and marketing of LSI storage products, including partner programs and application engineering. Santoni was senior vice president of worldwide sales, marketing, and customer support for storage systems from 2003 through 2006. He was elected a corporate officer in 2005. Before joining LSI in February 2001, Santoni was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Sutmyn Storage Corporation and held various senior management positions with Memorex Telex in the US, UK, and Italy. Santoni earned a degree in electronics from IX Istituto Tecnico, Milan, Italy. He also has completed the Stanford University AeA/Stanford Executive Institute program for the management of high technology companies.
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Dr. Claudine Simson Dr. Claudine Simson is responsible for charting the future technology and architectural advancements that will enable LSI to enhance its competitive advantage and extend its thought leadership and market position in focused growth areas. She also leads strategic technology collaborations with key customers, business partners and leading universities. Dr. Simson most recently served as chief technology officer at Motorola, Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector and its spin-off, Freescale Semiconductor. She was responsible for leading worldwide research and development of semiconductor technologies that enabled product differentiation in networking, communications, automotive, and wireless applications. Prior to joining Motorola, Dr. Simson held senior executive positions at Nortel Networks over a 23-year career, including general manager of Nortel's semiconductor business and vice president in charge of all technology research, spanning a $25B product portfolio. Dr. Simson earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from INSA, Toulouse, France, and received her doctorate in semiconductor physics from the same institution. She has been awarded three honorary doctorates and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Women in Technology International in 1999. Additionally, Dr. Simson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science) and a Distinguished Fellow of the Fields Institute. She was named Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by the President of France in 1998, honoring her contributions to the worldwide advancement of science and technology. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Verigy, Inc, a spin-off of Agilent Technologies, since November 2006, serving as well on their Audit and Compensation Committees. Most recently, she serves on the Board of Directors of ATIS, a United States based body that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide. |
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Ruediger Stroh Rudy Stroh oversees LSI silicon solutions for all segments of hard disk drive and enterprise tape markets. Before joining LSI in 2007 as part of the merger with Agere Systems, Stroh led Agere’s storage division, overseeing marketing, product development, and operations. Prior to Agere Stroh served as CEO for a number of start-up companies, including a nano-materials company focused on next-generation nano-electronics and other markets, as well as startups for storage area networks and wireless connectivity ICs. He was senior vice president and general manager for Infineon Technologies, where he was responsible for managing the Network and Computer Storage, Data Communications, and Consumer divisions. Stroh also spent several years at Siemens AG where he held project leadership positions focused on productivity and speed enhancement for key business processes. |
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