TriQuint Semiconductor

Mr. Young has been a director of TriQuint since July 2001. Prior to joining the board, he was a director of Sawtek Inc. from 1996 until 2001 when... Sawtek merged with TriQuint. Mr. Young was a senior partner in the Atlanta office of BDO Seidman, LLP, an international accounting and consulting firm, from January 1996 to June 2000. Mr. Young retired in July 2000. From April 1995 to December 1995, Mr. Young was the chief financial officer for Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc., a manufacturer of modems and communication equipment. From 1965 to 1995, Mr. Young held various positions with BDO Seidman, LLP, and from 1988 to 1995 he was vice chairman and a member of BDO Seidman’s Executive Committee. Mr. Young has a B.S. degree in accounting from Ferris State University. He is a certified public accountant. Under Item 401 of Regulation S-K, Mr. Young is the designated audit committee financial expert. Mr. Young is considered “independent” as the term is used in Item 7 of Schedule 14A under the 1934 Act.
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Mr. Gibson has been a director of TriQuint Semiconductor since September 1992. Since March 1992, Mr. Gibson has been a director of a number of high... technology companies and not-for-profit organizations. He co-founded Sequent Computer Systems Inc., a computer systems company, in 1983 , and served as its president from January 1988 to February 1992. From 1976 to 1983, Mr. Gibson was employed at Intel Corporation as general manager, Memory Components Operations. He also serves as chairman of the board of directors of RadiSys Corporation, and is a director of Pixelworks, Inc., Electroglas, Inc., Northwest Natural Company and Verigy. Mr. Gibson also serves on the Board of Trustees of Olin School of Engineering and is the Vice Chairman of the Oregon Health and Sciences University Governing and Foundation Board of Trustees and as a director of the Oregon Community Foundation. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois.
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Mr. Kauser has been a director of TriQuint since December 1999. Presently, Mr. Kauser is the President of Clearwire International and member of the... board of directors of Clearwire Inc., a privately held company dedicated to the implementation of wireless broadband services in various countries. From 1990 through 1998, Mr. Kauser served as executive vice president and chief technology officer of AT&T Wireless Services, Seattle, Washington . From 1984 through 1990, Mr. Kauser was employed by Rogers Cantel, Inc., a Canadian wireless service provider, as vice president of engineering and later, senior vice president of network operations. He was a member of Cantel’s board of directors from 1990 to 1998. Mr. Kauser received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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