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This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed May 29, 2009.

Directors and Nominees

The following table sets forth information with respect to our directors, including each of our nominees, as of May 15, 2009:

 

Name of Director or Nominee

   Age    Class of
Director
    Term
Expires
  

Background

Sehat Sutardja, Ph.D.

   47    3 *   2012    Dr. Sehat Sutardja, one of our co-founders, has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of our board of directors since 1995, and Chairman of our board of directors since 2003. In addition, Dr. Sehat Sutardja serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of our U.S. operating subsidiary, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. (“MSI”). Dr. Sehat Sutardja holds one private company directorship and directorships in three of our other subsidiaries. Dr. Sehat Sutardja holds a BS from Iowa State University, and a MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Sehat Sutardja was elected as a Fellow to the IEEE in 2007 and holds over 150 U.S. patents. Dr. Sehat Sutardja is the brother of Dr. Pantas Sutardja.

Pantas Sutardja, Ph.D.

   46    3 *   2012    Dr. Pantas Sutardja, one of our co-founders, has served as Vice President and a director since our inception 1995. Dr. Pantas Sutardja was appointed Chief Technology Officer in 2000 and Chief Research and Development Officer in August 2007. Dr. Pantas Sutardja served as our Acting Chief Operating Officer from September 2007 until June 2008. In addition, Dr. Pantas Sutardja serves as Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and a director of our U.S. operating subsidiary, MSI. Dr. Pantas Sutardja does not hold any other directorships other than in three of our other subsidiaries. Dr. Pantas Sutardja holds a BS, MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Pantas Sutardja is the brother of Dr. Sehat Sutardja.

Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang(1)(3)

   47    2     2011    Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang has served as a director since November 1996. Mr. Chang has been the President of InveStar Capital, Inc. since April 1996 and Chief Executive Officer of C Squared Management Corporation since April 2004, and is currently a Managing Member of Growstar Associates, Ltd., which is the General Partner and the Fund Manager of VCFA Growth Partners, L.P. The companies with which Mr. Chang is involved focus on investing in companies in the semiconductor, telecommunications and networking, software, and/or Internet industries. Mr. Chang serves as a director for Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. and a number of private companies. Mr. Chang received a B.S. in geology from National Taiwan University and an M.B.A. from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.

 

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Name of Director or Nominee

   Age    Class of
Director
   Term
Expires
  

Background

Juergen Gromer, Ph.D. (1)(2)(3)

   64    2    2011    Dr. Juergen Gromer has served as a director since October 2007. Dr. Gromer is the retired President of Tyco Electronics Ltd. (“Tyco”), an electronics company, a position which he held from April 1999 until December 31, 2007. Dr. Gromer formerly held senior management positions from 1983 to 1998 at AMP Incorporated (acquired by Tyco in April 1999) including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services, President of the Global Automotive Division, Vice President of Central and Eastern Europe and General Manager of AMP. Dr. Gromer has over 20 years of AMP and Tyco experience, serving in a wide variety of regional and global assignments. Dr. Gromer is a director of Tyco, WABCO Holdings Inc. and RWE Rhein Ruhr AG. Dr. Gromer is also Chairman of the Board of the Society of Economic Development of the District Bergstrasse/Hessen, a member of the Advisory Board of Commerzbank and a director of the Board and Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany. Dr. Gromer received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

John G. Kassakian, Sc.D. (1)(2)

   66    1    2010    Dr. John G. Kassakian has served as a director since July 2008. Dr. Kassakian has been a member of the faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) since 1973 and has served as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems from 1991 to 2009. Dr. Kassakian holds a S.B., S.M., E.E. and Sc.D. degree from MIT.

Arturo Krueger (1)(2)(3)

   69    2    2011    Arturo Krueger has served as a director since August 2005. Since February 2001, Mr. Krueger has been a consultant to automobile manufacturers and to semiconductor companies serving the automotive and telecommunication markets and is serving on several advisory boards. Mr. Krueger was Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Motorola Corporation’s Semiconductor Products Sector for Europe, Middle East and Africa from January 1998 until February 2001. Mr. Krueger has more than 40 years of experience mainly in the computer and semiconductor industry, and is experienced in systems architecture, semiconductor design and development, worldwide operations and marketing, as well as general management. Mr. Krueger serves as a director of QuickLogic Corporation, a semiconductor company, and Marvell Italia S.r.L., one of our subsidiaries. Mr. Krueger holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Technology in Switzerland and has studied Advanced Computer Science at the University of Minnesota.

 

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* Nominee for election.
(1) Member of the nominating and governance committee.
(2) Member of the executive compensation committee.
(3) Member of the audit committee.

Except as noted above, there are no family relationships among any of our directors and executive officers.

This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed Jun 2, 2008.

Directors and Nominees

        The following table sets forth information with respect to our directors, including each of our nominees, as of the date of this proxy statement:

Name of Director or Nominee

  Age
  Class of
Director

  Term
Expires

  Background
Sehat Sutardja, Ph.D.   46   3   2009   Dr. Sehat Sutardja, one of our co-founders, has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of our board of directors since 1995, and Chairman of our board of directors since 2003. In addition, Dr. Sehat Sutardja serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of our U.S. subsidiary, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. ("MSI"). Dr. Sehat Sutardja does not hold any other directorships other than in our subsidiaries, including Marvell Semiconductor, Ltd., Marvell Technology, Inc., SysKonnect, Inc. and Avago Technologies Imaging (U.SA.) Inc. Dr. Sehat Sutardja holds a BS from Iowa State University, and a MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Sehat Sutardja was elected as a Fellow to the IEEE in 2007 and holds over 90 U.S. Patents. Dr. Sehat Sutardja is the brother of Dr. Pantas Sutardja.

Pantas Sutardja, Ph.D.

 

45

 

3

 

2009

 

Dr. Pantas Sutardja, one of our co-founders, has served as Vice President and a director since 1995. Dr. Pantas Sutardja was appointed Chief Technology Officer in 2000, Acting Chief Operating Officer and Chief Research and Development Officer in 2007. Dr. Pantas Sutardja does not hold any other directorships other than in our subsidiaries, including Marvell Semiconductor, Ltd., Marvell Technology, Inc., SysKonnect, Inc. and Avago Technologies Imaging (U.SA.) Inc. Dr. Pantas Sutardja holds a BS, MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Pantas Sutardja is the brother of Dr. Sehat Sutardja.

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Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang(1)(3)

 

46

 

2

*

2008

 

Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang has served as a director since November 1996. Since April 1996, Mr. Chang has been President of InveStar Capital, Inc., a technology venture capital management firm based in Taiwan. Since February 1998, Mr. Chang has also been the managing member of Forefront Associates LLC, which is the general partner of Forefront Venture Partners, L.P. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Chang was Senior Vice President of WK Technology Fund, a venture capital fund. Mr. Chang serves as a director for Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. and a number of private companies. Mr. Chang holds a BS from National Taiwan University and an MBA from National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan.

Juergen Gromer, Ph.D.(1)(2)(3)

 

63

 

2

*

2008

 

Dr. Juergen Gromer has served as a director since October 2007. Dr. Gromer is the retired President of Tyco Electronics Ltd. ("Tyco"), an electronics company, a position which he held from April 1999 until December 31, 2007. Dr. Gromer formerly held senior management positions from 1983 to 1998 at AMP (acquired by Tyco in April 1999) including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services, President of the Global Automotive Division, Vice President of Central and Eastern Europe and General Manager of AMP. Dr. Gromer has over 20 years of AMP and Tyco experience, serving in a wide variety of regional and global assignments. Dr. Gromer is a director of Tyco, WABCO Holdings Inc. and RWE Rhein Ruhr AG. Dr. Gromer is also Chairman of the Board of the Society of Economic Development of the District Bergstrasse/Hessen, a member of the Advisory Board of Commerzbank and a director of the Board and Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany. Dr. Gromer received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

John G. Kassakian, Sc.D.

 

65

 

1

*

2008

 

Dr. John G. Kassakian has been a member of the faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") since 1973 and has served as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems since 1991. Dr. Kassakian holds a S.B., S.M., E.E. and Sc.D. degrees from MIT.

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Arturo Krueger(1)(2)(3)

 

68

 

2

*

2008

 

Arturo Krueger has served as a director since August 2005. Since February 2001, Mr. Krueger has been a consultant to automobile manufacturers and to semiconductor companies serving the automotive and telecommunication markets and is serving on several Advisory Boards. Mr. Krueger was Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector for Europe, Middle East and Africa from January 1998 until February 2001. Mr. Krueger has more than 40 years of experience in the computer and mainly in the semiconductor industry and is experienced in systems architecture, semiconductor design and development, operations, and marketing, as well as general management. Mr. Krueger serves as a director of QuickLogic Corporation, a semiconductor company, and Marvell Italia S.r.L., one of our subsidiaries. Mr. Krueger holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Technology in Switzerland and has studied Advanced Computer Science at the University of Minnesota.

*
Nominee for election.

(1)
Member of the governance committee.

(2)
Member of the executive compensation committee.

(3)
Member of the audit committee.

        Except as noted above, there are no family relationships among any of our directors and executive officers.

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