Behrooz Abdi

Technology — 28 February 2011

Mr. Behrooz Abdi has been Executive Vice President and General Manager for MPS/CPS business at NetLogic Microsystems Inc. since November 2009. Mr. Abdi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of RMI Corporation (also known as Raza Microelectronics Inc.) from November 2007 to October 2009. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm’s CDMA Technologies (QCT) at Qualcomm, Inc. from March 2004 to November 2007. Prior to joining Qualcomm, … he held leadership and engineering positions of increasing responsibility at Motorola in its Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS). From July 1985 to December 2003, he served at Motorola as Vice President and General Manager for the radio products division, in charge of RF and mixed signal ICs for the wireless mobile market, where he led Motorola to its number one market position in RF ICs. Mr. Abdi is a seasoned veteran with over 22 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, has a proven track record of growing profitable businesses at Qualcomm, Inc. and Motorola SPS (now Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.). He serves as the Chairman and Director of SMSC Storage, Inc. (Formerly Symwave, Inc). He serves as a Director of RMI Corporation and has been a Director at Tabula, Inc. since April 6, 2010. Mr. Abdi holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Montana State University and Master degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.