Board of Directors

Brian C. Faith has been serving as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Director since June 2016 after having served as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing between 2008 and 2016. Mr. Faith has been with QuickLogic since 1996, and during the last 20+ years has held a variety of managerial and executive leadership positions in engineering, product line management, marketing, and sales. Mr. Faith has also served as a board member of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) and the Chairman of the Marketing Committee for the CE-ATA Organization. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and was an Adjunct Lecturer at Santa Clara University for Programmable Logic courses.

Mr. Faith’s vast understanding of the semiconductor industry coupled with his in-depth knowledge of the day-to-day operation and strategic direction of the Company makes him an invaluable resource and contributor to the Board.

Michael R. Farese (Ph.D.) has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2008, and as our Chairman since December 6, 2019. Dr. Farese also served as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from August 2014 until February 2021 and as QuickLogic lead independent director. From January 2015 to December 2016 when it was acquired, Dr. Farese was Chief Scientist of Antenna 79, a company creating advanced antenna technology for wireless devices. From June 2010 to December 2014, Dr. Farese served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Engineering at Entropic Communications Inc., a fabless semiconductor company that invented the MoCA multimedia over coax standard to enable all room DVR and connected home entertainment and which was acquired by Maxlinear Inc.. From September 2007 to May 2010, he was President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of BitWave Semiconductor, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company and innovator of programmable radio frequency semiconductors. From September 2005 to September 2007, Dr. Farese was Senior Vice President, Engineering, of Palm, Inc., the developer of the Treo line of smartphones and which was subsequently acquired by HP Inc. Dr. Farese also served as President and Chief Executive Officer and board member of WJ Communications, a radio frequency (RF) semiconductor company, from March 2002 to July 2005 and President and CEO and board member of Tropian Inc., a developer of high efficiency RF ASICs for 2.5 and 3G cellular phones, from October 1999 to March 2002. Prior to that time, Dr. Farese held senior management positions at Motorola Corp., Ericsson Inc., Nokia Corp., and ITT Corp. Dr. Farese also held management positions at AT&T Corp. and Bell Laboratories. and has been in the telecommunications and semiconductor industry for more than 45 years. Dr. Farese also served on the board of PMC-Sierra, Inc., an Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, from May 2006 until its acquisition in January 2016 by Microsemi Corp. Dr. Farese holds a B.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a M.S. degree in Engineering from Princeton University. Dr. Farese has extensive executive experience and knowledge of the wireless industry, cellular and wireless technologies, and the design, development and use of semiconductors for the wireless industry. His executive experience, business acumen, and strong technical and strategic planning skills bring an invaluable perspective to the Board.

Joyce Kim brings over two decades of experience scaling commercial innovation and growth in the technology sector through large scale digital transformation and brand elevation strategies. Her expertise spans all facets of Go-To-Market including digital, brand, communications, channels and product strategy for global hardware and SaaS companies. 

Currently, she serves as the Chief Marketing Officer for Zscaler (ZS), a publicly traded company with nearly $3B in revenue and is responsible for driving market expansion and revenue diversification strategies including customer acquisition, engagement, and channel growth. Prior to Zscaler, she was Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio, (TWLO) publicly traded company with over $5B in revenues and Genesys, PE-backed SaaS software company. Ms. Kim also served as Chief Digital & Marketing Officer for Arm, where she led the enterprise-wide digital transformation and digital GTM strategy for new SaaS and IoT platform. Ms. Kim also successfully launched multiple microprocessor IP products in Japan and China alongside one of the largest partner ecosystems in the world. Prior to Arm, Ms. Kim was at Wrike, a Citrix company from 2015 to 2016 as the Chief Marketing Officer. From 2008 to 2015 she led marketing for global brands such as Skype and Skype for Business at Microsoft as well as product communications and partnerships for Chromebooks and WebRTC/Google Hangouts at Google. From 2000 to 2007, she held multiple marketing and product management leadership positions for several startup and mid-sized companies including Symmetricom, and Internap. She has demonstrated her thought leadership as an active member of multiple CMO initiatives such as CMO Council, Executive Council Member of the Forbes CMO Practice, and McKinsey CMO Advisory Council. She also serves as an advisory board member for Sparklabs Frontier program at Arizona State University. Ms. Kim earned a double major from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo with Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Architecture.

The Company believes that Ms. Kim’s expertise in increasing brand value and revenue growth, by advancing a data-driven organization, will add significant value to her role on our Board. 

Andrew J. Pease has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2011 and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since February 2021. He joined QuickLogic in November 2006 and served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2011 to his retirement in June 2016, and as our President from March 2009 to his retirement in June 2016. From November 2006 to March 2009, Mr. Pease served as our Vice President of Worldwide Sales. From July 2003 to June 2006, Mr. Pease was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. From March 2000 to July 2003, Mr. Pease was Vice President of Sales at Syntricity, Inc., a company providing software and services to better manage semiconductor production yields and improve design-to-production processes. From 1984 to 1996, Mr. Pease served in a number of sales positions at Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, a global semiconductor manufacturer, where his last assignment was Group Director, Worldwide Headquarters Sales and Operations. Mr. Pease previously held Vice President of Sales positions at Integrated Systems Inc., an embedded software manufacturer (1996-1997), and Vantis Corporation, a programmable logic subsidiary of AMD (1997-1999). Mr. Pease holds a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy and an M.S. in computer science from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Mr. Pease has many years of executive experience in the semiconductor industry, primarily in sales and operations. His vast understanding of the semiconductor industry coupled with his in-depth knowledge of the day-to-day operation and strategic direction of the Company makes him an invaluable resource and contributor to the Board.

Christine Russell has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2005. In December 2019, Ms. Russell was elected as member of the Board of Directors of AXT, Inc. From July 2018 to August 2020, Ms. Russell was Chief Financial Officer at PDF Solutions, which offers yield process SaaS software to the semiconductor industry and their supply chain using proprietary AI and data mining software technology. In February 2017, she became a member of the Board of Directors of eGain Corporation, a Nasdaq traded SaaS company providing knowledge-based software for call center and customer support organizations. From May 2015 through March 2018, she served as Chief Financial Officer at UniPixel, Inc., a precision engineered film company whose products include touch-screen films. From May 2014 to March 2015, Ms. Russell served as Chief Financial Officer of Vendavo, Inc., a pricing optimization enterprise software company, which was sold in late 2014 to a private equity firm. From May 2009 to October 2013, Ms. Russell was Chief Financial Officer of Evans Analytical Group, a leading international provider of materials characterization and microelectronic failure analysis and “release to production” services. From June 2006 to April 2009, Ms. Russell was CFO at Virage Logic Corporation (Nasdaq VIRL), a provider of memory IP for the design of integrated circuits, where she served as Executive Vice President of Business Development from September 2008 and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from June 2006 to September 2008. Ms. Russell served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of OuterBay Technologies, Inc., a privately held software company enabling information lifecycle management for enterprise applications, from May 2005 until February 2006, when OuterBay was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. From October 2003 to May 2005, Ms. Russell served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ceva, Inc., a company offering DSP IP and application software. Prior to 2005, Ms. Russell served as Chief Financial Officer and in various senior financial management positions with a number of technology companies for a period of more than twenty years. Ms. Russell holds a B.A. degree and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Santa Clara.

Ms. Russell’s extensive executive experience in corporate finance, accounting and operations, and her involvement in governance issues for boards of directors in her role as Board Member of the SVDX (Silicon Valley Directors Exchange), an organization that fosters excellence in corporate governance for directors and past service as President of the NACD, Silicon Valley Chapter, make her an important asset to the Company. In addition, her career background in semiconductor intellectual property companies provides her with specific industry knowledge.

Gary H. Tauss has been serving as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2002. Mr. Tauss has also served as a board member for Hootsuite Inc., a social media dashboard company from January 2010 to 2020 and currently as a board observer. In January 2017, Mr. Tauss joined the board of NetForecast, Inc., a network infrastructure performance and customer satisfaction monitoring and analysis firm. From January 2010 to March 2014, Mr. Tauss served as the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of BizTech, a not-for-profit technology-focused business incubator. From October 2006 until February 2008, Mr. Tauss served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mobidia Technology, Inc., a provider of performance management software that enables wireless operators to provide users with high-quality mobile content. From May 2005 until the sale of its assets to Transaction Network Services, Inc. in March 2006, Mr. Tauss served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of InfiniRoute Networks Inc., a provider of software peering services for wireline and wireless carriers. From October 2002 until April 2005, Mr. Tauss served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LongBoard, Inc., a company specializing in fixed-to-mobile convergence application software for leading carriers and service providers. From August 1998 until June 2002, Mr. Tauss was President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of TollBridge Technologies, Inc., a developer of voice-over-broadband products. Prior to co-founding TollBridge, Mr. Tauss was Vice President and General Manager of Ramp Networks, Inc., a provider of Internet security and broadband access products, with responsibility for engineering, customer support and marketing. Mr. Tauss earned both a B.S. and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Illinois. Mr. Tauss has a strong executive background with technology companies providing products for the mobile market. His in-depth understanding of the important attributes of products for the mobile market make him an invaluable resource as QuickLogic develops and markets devices for the mobile market.