SAN JOSE, Calif., July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavium, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that
enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud,
wired and wireless networking, today announced that Brad W. Buss and Dr. Edward H. Frank have been elected to Cavium's
Board of Directors. Their appointments are effective July 22, 2016.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Brad and Ed to our Board of
Directors. They each have decades of semiconductor industry
experience. In addition, their individual experiences will
prove extremely valuable to Cavium as we grow and expand our
infrastructure product footprint in multiple markets," said
Syed Ali, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Cavium.
Mr. Buss is a veteran of the high technology and semiconductor
space with almost 30 years of experience with public and private
companies including initial public offerings, mergers and
acquisitions and substantial shareholder value creation activities.
Mr. Buss retired as the Chief Financial Officer of SolarCity
Corporation in February 2016 and is
currently focused on board service and advising. In addition, Mr.
Buss served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation from 2005 to 2014. Mr.
Buss also held prior financial leadership roles with Altera
Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Veba Electronics LLC and Wyle
Electronics, Inc. Mr. Buss has served on the board of directors for
Tesla Motors Inc. since 2009, Advance Auto Parts, Inc. since 2016
and CaféPress, Inc. from 2007 until July
2016.
Dr. Frank co-founded Cloud Parity Inc., a voice-of-the-customer
startup in the SF Bay Area, in late 2013 and serves as its Chief
Executive Officer. From 2009 through 2013, Dr. Frank was Vice
President of Macintosh Hardware Systems Engineering at Apple, Inc.
where he led the development of four generations of Macintosh
laptop and desktop computers. Before joining Apple, Dr. Frank was
Corporate Vice President of Research and Development at Broadcom
Corporation. Prior to becoming Corporate Vice President of
Research and Development, Dr. Frank co-founded and led the
engineering group for Broadcom's Wireless LAN business, which is
now one of Broadcom's largest business units. Dr. Frank was the
founding Chief Executive Officer of Epigram, Inc., a developer of
integrated circuits and software for home networking, which
Broadcom acquired in 1999. Dr. Frank holds over 50 issued
patents. He serves on the board of directors of Analog
Devices, Inc., eASIC Corporation, and Quanatenna, and is an advisor
to several Bay Area venture capital firms and startups. Dr.
Frank is also Vice Chairman of Carnegie Mellon
University's Board of Trustees.
About Cavium
Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor
products that enable intelligent processing in enterprise, data
center, cloud, wired and wireless service provider applications.
Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible
processors ranging in performance from 100 Mbps to 100 Gbps that
enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data
center, broadband/consumer and access & service provider
equipment. Cavium's processors are supported by ecosystem partners
that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and
other services. Cavium's principal offices are in San Jose, California with design team
locations in California,
Massachusetts, India, and China. For more information, please visit:
http://www.cavium.com
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