Richard J. Faubert, AmberWave Systems
Chairman of the Board
As president and CEO of AmberWave Systems, Richard (Richie) J. Faubert is responsible for overseeing all day-to-day corporate and strategic business operations, as AmberWave Systems transitions from R&D to full commercialization of its strained silicon and advanced material technology. Faubert is also the company’s chairman of the board.

Prior to joining AmberWave Systems, Faubert was president and CEO for Speedfam-Ipec, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) systems used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices and other high-throughput precision surface processing systems. At Speedfam-Ipec, he successfully led the company through an acquisition by Novellus Systems, who hired Faubert as executive vice president as part of the merger.

Before his tenure with Speedfam-Ipec and Novellus, Faubert was employed by Tektronix, a test, measurement and monitoring technology company, first as general manager of its Instruments Business Unit and then as vice president and general manager of the Television and Communications Business Unit, Measurement Business Division. Prior to joining Tektronix, Faubert served as vice president of product development of GenRad Inc.

Faubert is currently a member of SEMI's North American Advisory Board and is a director of two public companies: RadiSys Corporation (Nasdaq: RSYS), a leading global provider of embedded systems for computing, data processing and network-intensive applications to the commercial systems, enterprise systems, and service provider systems markets; and Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI; Nasdaq: ESIO), one of the world's leading suppliers of innovative production laser systems for micro-engineering applications.

Faubert earned his bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.

Mitchell G. Tyson
Board Member
Tyson joined the board of directors of AmberWave in December 2002. Tyson held positions of increasing management responsibility at PRI Automation and served as its CEO from 1998-2002. While at PRI, he led its transformation from a small robot manufacturer to the world's leading supplier of semi-fab materials handling systems, with revenues of more than $300 million. He guided its IPO, two secondary offerings, six acquisitions and established PRI operations in more than 14 countries.

Prior to joining PRI, he worked at GCA Corporation and served as science advisor to U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. He is currently a member of SEMI's North American Advisory Board and the chair of its Public Policy Committee. For the last two-and-a-half years, Tyson has served as the CEO of Advanced Electron Beams, a supplier of electron beam technology that saves energy, reduces pollution and improves productivity. He has a bachelor’s of science in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a master’s of science in nuclear engineering and political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

David Mooring
Board Member
David Mooring serves as an independent director of venture backed semiconductor companies. Mooring’s 25 years of operating experience includes serving as president and board member of Rambus; vice president of marketing and sales at Vitesse Semiconductor; as well as nearly a decade of various sales and marketing management positions at Intel Corporation.

Mooring holds a bachelor’s of science degree in economics from Santa Clara University, an MBA from Pepperdine University and a master’s of science degree in computer engineering from the University of Southern California.

William Frezza, Adams Capital Management
Board Member
Frezza joined Adams Capital Management in 1997 as a general partner. He is currently responsible for identifying, leading and managing investments in his area of domain expertise. Frezza, prior to Adams Capital, was Founder and president of Wireless Computing Associates, providing technology strategy and consulting services to major vendors in the telecommunications industry.

He has also served as the director of marketing and business development for Ericsson, Inc.'s wireless data division and has extensive engineering and product management experience from General Instrument Corp. and Bell Laboratories.

Frezza has also been involved in several start-up ventures, holds seven patents, and was a columnist for Internet Week. His domain expertise includes the following: broadband communications, local access networks, semiconductors & applied materials, and wireless communications. Frezza holds a master’s of science in electrical engineering, a bachelor’s of science in both biology and electrical engineering; all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Clinton W. Bybee, ARCH Venture Partners
Board Member
Clinton Bybee is a managing director of ARCH Venture Partners. He established ARCH.s Albuquerque, NM office in 1996 and its Austin, TX office in 1999. Bybee has helped organize a number of companies including MicroOptical Devices (EMKR), Cambrios Technologies, InnovaLight, Aveso, Xtera Communications and Intelligent Reasoning Systems (PHTN).

He is also responsible for investments in ARCH portfolio companies Nanosys and ePolicy Solutions, among others. Bybee is currently a director of Nanosys, Cambrios, AmberWave Systems, Aveso and ePolicy Solutions. Previously, he managed a venture investment fund for the state of Illinois and was a production engineer with Amoco Corporation. He holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and a bachelor’s of science in engineering from Texas A&M University.

William J. Merritt, Interdigital Communications
Board Member
William J. Merritt serves as InterDigital Communications Corporation's president and chief executive officer, and is a member of its board of directors. In addition, he is a director of InterDigital Technology Corporation (ITC), InterDigital's intellectual property subsidiary, a position he has held since 2001. In that role, he manages InterDigital's intellectual property assets, overseeing the growth in its patent licensing business.

Previously, Merritt was senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of InterDigital. With his bachelor's degree in engineering, he has played a key role in building a program of licensing InterDigital's intellectual property. Prior to joining InterDigital in 1996, he served as assistant general counsel with the Long Island Lighting Company in Hicksville, NY.

Previously, Merritt concentrated his engineering efforts with Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and Stone & Webster. He graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1980 where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering. He earned his juris doctorate from Temple University in 1987. Currently, Merritt holds admissions in the States of Pennsylvania and New York, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, The U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit), and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Merritt serves on the board of directors for AmberWave Systems Corporation, a privately-held developer of intellectual property relating to strained silicon and other advanced material technologies for the semiconductor industry.

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