John Major. Mr. Major has served as a member of our board of directors since
December 2013. Mr. Major founded MTSG, a strategic consulting and investment
company of which he serves as president, in 2003. From April 2004 to October
2006, he also served as chief executive officer of Apacheta Corp., a privately
held mobile, wireless software company whose products are used to manage retail
inventory, service and deliveries. From August 2000 until January 2003, Mr.
Major was chairman and CEO of Novatel Wireless Inc., a wireless data access
solutions company. Previously, Mr. Major served as corporate executive vice
president of Qualcomm and president of its wireless infrastructure division
and CEO of Wireless Knowledge. For approximately 18 years, he held various executive
and leadership positions at Motorola Inc., the most recent of which was senior
vice president and chief technology officer. He served on the University of
California Presidents Board on Science and Innovation. He serves as Chairman
of the Deans Advisory Committee of the University of Rochester Hajim School
of Engineering and Applied Science and as Chairman of the University of Illinois
at Chicago-Engineering School Advisory Board. Mr. Major also serves as Chairman
Emeritus of the Board of EvoNexus, a nonprofit telecom industry group and incubator
and Chairman of the La Jolla Institute, the premier research institute focused
on the immune system. Previously, he has served on the Computer Science and
Telecommunications Board of the National Academy of Science, and the board of
the Software Engineering Institute. He currently serves on the boards of directors
of Broadcom, Lennox International Inc., Littelfuse Inc., ORBCOMM Inc. and Resonant
Inc. Additionally, he is chairman of the board of Pulse Electronics. Mr. Major
received a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University
of Rochester, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois,
an M.B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Loyola University. Mr.
Major is a named inventor in 13 U.S. patents.
Mr. Major was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive
experience with the technologies we are developing and technology companies
in general, and his experience serving on the boards of directors of very substantial
public companies. He contributes substantial experience in product innovation,
compensation programs and mergers and acquisitions.
George Holmes. Mr. Holmes joined Resonant in February 2016 as President and
Chief Commercial Officer and as a member of our board of directors, and was
appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2017. Mr. Holmes brings to us more
than 30 years’ leadership experience in sales, marketing and management
spanning a broad range of technologies, including semiconductor, optical components
and systems and sub-systems for telecom and CATV. Prior to joining Resonant,
Mr. Holmes most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer for Tigo Energy,
where he was responsible for creating the company’s customer acquisition
and expansion strategy. From 2013 to 2015, he worked for Energous Corporation,
a developer of wire-free charging technology for electronic devices, first as
Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing then as Chief Commercial Officer
where he was responsible for securing development and licensing agreements,
overseeing IP strategy and process, spearheading regulatory strategy and tactics
and public and investor relations. From 2011 to 2013, he served as Vice President
of Sales at SolarBridge Technologies, overseeing all sales, business development
and sales operations. His prior experience includes serving as Senior Vice President
of Sales and Marketing for PureEnergy Solutions, a developer and manufacturer
of wireless power products as well as senior sales executive roles at Agere
Systems (formerly Lucent MicroElectronics), Ortel Corp (acquired by Lucent),
Level One Communications and Symmetricom. Mr. Holmes holds a B.A. in Business
from the University of Puget Sound and a Diploma in international business from
Nyenrode University, Netherlands. Mr. Holmes was selected to serve on our board
of directors because of his extensive experience commercializing technologies.
Janet Cooper. Ms. Cooper has served as a member of our board of directors since
January 2014. Ms. Cooper served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Qwest
Communications International Inc. (now doing business as CenturyLink) from September
2002 to June 2008, and served as Qwest’s Senior Vice President, Finance
from 2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2002, Ms. Cooper was Chief Financial Officer
and Senior Vice President of McDATA Corporation (subsequently purchased by Brocade
Communications Systems and then Broadcom Limited). From 1998 to 2000, she served
in various senior level finance positions at US West Inc., including as Vice
President, Finance and Controller and Vice President and Treasurer. Ms. Cooper
serves on the board of directors of Lennox International Inc. and The Toro Company.
She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Ms. Cooper received a B.S. in Math and Computer Science from the University
of Illinois, an M.S. in Applied Math from the University of Illinois, and an
M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Through her experience in various senior level financial positions with Qwest,
McDATA Corporation and US West, among other positions she has held, Ms. Cooper
has developed a substantial financial and accounting background and expertise,
which she contributes to our board of directors. Ms. Cooper’s financial
expertise and acumen in capital markets, audit, tax, accounting, treasury and
risk-management matters assists our board in providing oversight to management
on these matters. Ms. Cooper’s senior leadership experience also enables
her to provide strategic input to our board, in addition to her financial expertise,
discipline and oversight.
Michael J. Fox. Mr. Fox has served as a member of our board of directors since
February 2016. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Park City Capital, LLC,
a value-oriented investment management firm he founded in June 2008 and the
Co-Founder of Julie’s Real Foods LLC, a fast-growing natural food company
that he co-founded with his wife, Julie, in December 2015. From 2000 to 2008,
Mr. Fox worked at J.P. Morgan in New York, most recently as Vice President and
Senior Business Services Analyst. As J.P. Morgan’s Senior Business Services
Analyst, Mr. Fox headed the firm’s Business Services equity research group
from 2005 to 2008. From 2000 to 2005 Mr. Fox was a member of J.P. Morgan’s
Leisure equity research group, which was consistently recognized by Institutional
Investor’s All America Research Team. Mr. Fox serves on the board of directors
of Regional Health Properties, Inc. Mr. Fox received his Bachelor of Business
Administration degree from Texas Christian University. Mr. Fox’s expertise
and background in the financial and equity markets, coupled with Park City Capital’s
significant financial stake in our company, will enable him to provide our board
of directors and management with valuable perspectives on executing strategies
to maximize stockholder value.
Robert Hammond. Dr. Hammond has served as our Chief Technology Officer and as
a member of our board of directors since June 2013, and served as Chief Technology
Officer of our predecessor, Resonant LLC from June 2012 until June 2013. Prior
to founding Resonant, Dr. Hammond served for more than 20 years as Senior Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer of Superconductor Technologies, Inc.,
where he was involved in the development of high temperature superconducting
materials, cryogenic refrigeration and packaging, and RF and microwave circuits.
Prior to that, he was Leader Electronics Advanced Development at Los Alamos
National Labs. Dr. Hammond holds a BS degree in Physics, a MS degree in Applied
Physics and a PhD in Applied Physics, each from the California Institute of
Technology. Dr. Hammond was selected to serve on our board of directors because
of the perspective and experience he brings as one of our co-founders and as
a significant stockholder, his extensive experience with the technologies we
are developing and technology companies in general, and his experience serving
as a senior executive officer of a public company.
Thomas Joseph. Dr. Joseph has served as a member of our board of directors since
July 2015. Dr. Joseph brings deep expertise in the radio frequency, compound
semiconductor, cellular, fiber optics, and surface acoustic wave (SAW) industries.
Dr. Joseph worked at RFMD (now Qorvo) from 2000 until his retirement in 2013.
At RFMD, Dr. Joseph was Senior Manager, Technical Projects for the Cellular
Products Group leading cross-functional teams that developed high volume, front-end
component solutions for cellular handsets. He began his career at Hughes Aircraft
Company. He then joined TRW Space and Defense (now Northrop Grumman) where he
established, grew and oversaw the foundry products business to make available
GaAs process technology to outside commercial and defense customers. Dr. Joseph
earned his B.S. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology.
He earned his PhD and MSEE in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Southern California. Dr. Joseph wrote his dissertation on the design, fabrication,
testing and performance modeling of SAW resonators, performing much of the seminal
work on these devices. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 technical
publications, and symposium presentations on SAW devices, GaAs circuits and
processes, integrated and fiber optics and acousto-optics. Dr. Joseph is a life
member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Dr. Joseph was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive
experience with the technologies we are developing and his business relationships
in the industries we serve.
Richard Kornfeld. Mr. Kornfeld has served as a member of our board of directors
since December 2013. Mr. Kornfeld currently serves as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Kitu Systems, Inc., a leader in communication protocol software for
the Internet-of-Things market. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Strategy Officer of NextWave Wireless. From 2004 to 2006,
he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Staccato Communications.
Prior to joining Staccato, Mr. Kornfeld was Vice President and General Manager
of Texas Instruments’ Wireless Chipset Business Unit. He joined Texas
Instruments as part of the acquisition of Dot Wireless, where he served as Co-Founder,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Dot Wireless, Mr. Kornfeld
was a founder of NextWave Telecom, Inc., where he was the Senior Vice President
and General Manager of the Consumer Products division. Previously, Mr. Kornfeld
was Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Inc., leading the development
of the first commercial CDMA subscriber equipment. Prior to Qualcomm, Mr. Kornfeld
held various technical positions at M/A-Com Linkabit. Mr. Kornfeld serves on
the board of the La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology and to Kitu Systems,
Inc. He serves on the Council of Advisors of University of California, San Diego’s
Jacobs School of Engineering where he also participates in the university’s
Von Liebig Clean Tech grant activities. He also serves on AIPAC’s San
Diego council and AIPAC’s national council. Mr. Kornfeld also was Vice-Chairman
of Commnexus and the founding Chairman of EvoNexus. Mr. Kornfeld received his
BS degree in 1982 from the University of California, San Diego where he was
also named the Alumni of the Year in 2001. Mr. Kornfeld was selected to serve
on our board of directors because of his extensive experience with the technologies
we are developing and technology companies in general, including some of San
Diego’s most notable tech companies.
Mr. Kornfeld was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his
extensive experience with the technologies we are developing and technology
companies in general, including some of San Diego’s most notable tech
companies.
Jean F. Rankin. Ms. Rankin has served as a member of our board of directors
since July 2017. Ms. Rankin served as Executive Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel for LSI Corporation, a designer of semiconductors and software
that accelerated storage and networking in data centers, mobile networks and
client computing, from 2007 to May 2014, when LSI was acquired by Broadcom Limited
(formerly Avago Technologies). Ms. Rankin was a key participant in the strategic
process and negotiations resulting in the company’s successful sale to
Broadcom. Ms. Rankin currently serves on the Board of Directors of InterDigital,
Inc., a public company that designs and develops advanced technologies to enable
and enhance wireless communications. InterDigital has an extensive patent portfolio
and derives a majority of its revenue from licensing its patents. Ms. Rankin
chairs the Compensation Committee and is also a member of the Nominating and
Governance Committee. Prior to that, Ms. Rankin served as General Counsel for
Agere Systems Inc., before it merged with LSI in April 2007. Prior to Agere,
Ms. Rankin held several positions of increasing responsibility at Lucent Technologies,
Inc. over a five year span, as well as at AT&T for six years. She holds
a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from the
University of Virginia. Ms. Rankin was selected to serve on our board of directors
because of her extensive experience as an executive of technology companies.
Resonant Inc currently has 53 employees.
