Executive Biographies
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Abhi Talwalkar Abhi Talwalkar was appointed LSI president and chief executive officer in May 2005 and was elected to the company's board of directors at the same time. Talwalkar joined LSI from Intel Corporation, where he served as vice president and co-general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, which is comprised of Intel's business client, server, storage, and communications businesses. Previously, he served as vice president and general manager for the Intel Enterprise Platform Group. In this position he focused on developing, marketing, and supporting Intel business strategies for enterprise computing. Prior to joining Intel in 1993, Talwalkar held senior engineering and marketing management positions at Sequent Computer Systems (now part of IBM), Bipolar Integrated Technology Inc., and Lattice Semiconductor Inc. Talwalkar received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1985. Read Abhi Talwalkar's full biography.
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Phil Bullinger Phil Bullinger is responsible for the direction and management of all aspects of LSI’s Engenio Storage Group and its portfolio of SAN-attached storage systems and server-attached RAID storage software and adapters. Before assuming this expanded role in 2008, he was responsible for the strategic planning, business development, R&D, and operations activities of the business and its financial performance. He was elected a corporate officer in 2005. From 2001 through 2005, Bullinger was vice president and general manager of the LSI RAID Storage Adapters Division. He joined LSI in 1998. Bullinger graduated magna cum laude from Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering and magna cum laude from National Technological University, Fort Collins, Colorado, with a master's degree in management of technology.
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Bryon Look Bryon Look is responsible for the overall management and direction of the LSI worldwide finance, information technology, investor relations, corporate marketing and corporate development functions. Prior to joining LSI in 1997, Look was manager of business development for the Hewlett Packard Corporate Development Department. During a 21-year career at HP, he held a variety of management positions in finance and research and development. Look was awarded a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976 and a master's degree in corporate finance from Golden Gate University in 1994.
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Jean F. Rankin Rankin serves LSI and its board of directors as corporate secretary in addition to managing the company's legal, intellectual property licensing and stock administration organizations. Rankin joined LSI in 2007 as part of the merger with Agere Systems where she was executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to Agere, Rankin was responsible for corporate governance and corporate center legal support at Lucent Technologies, including mergers and acquisitions, securities laws, labor and employment, public relations, ERISA, investor relations and treasury. She also supervised legal support for the microelectronics business. Rankin has worked for AT&T, AT&T Capital Corporation, and the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore. She was a clerk for Justice G. Mennen Williams on the Michigan State Supreme Court. Rankin received her law degree, with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was elected a member of the Order of the Coif. She earned a bachelor’s degree with high distinction from the University of Virginia. Rankin is a member of the board of directors of InterDigital, Inc.
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Jeff Richardson Jeff Richardson is responsible for LSI silicon solutions across all segments of data networking/communications, server, hard disk drive, enterprise tape and storage systems markets. Richardson joined the company in June 2005 from Intel Corporation, where he served as vice president of the Digital Enterprise Group and general manager of the Server Platform Group. Before that Richardson was vice president and general manager of the Intel Enterprise Solutions and Services Division. Before joining Intel in 1992, Richardson held engineering positions at Altera Corporation, Chips and Technologies (the first fabless semiconductor company), and Amdahl Corporation. Richardson earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1987.
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Gautam Srivastava Gautam Srivastava is responsible for human resources across LSI, including compensation and benefits, operations, recruiting, talent management, business partner consulting, and employee relations. He is also responsible for the relationship and work with the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining LSI in 2009, Srivastava held a number of executive positions at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Most recently, he was vice president, Sales and Marketing and managing director, Middle East Africa and Pakistan; he lived in Dubai, UAE and led in-region sales, marketing, and public affairs. Prior to this role, Srivastava was vice president, Sales and Marketing, and chief of staff to the chief sales and marketing officer. Before that he was vice president, Compensation and Benefits. Prior to AMD, Srivastava was a principal at Mercer Human Resource Consulting and has held finance and business development positions in several start-ups. Srivastava received a BA in business economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Hayden Thomas Hayden Thomas is responsible for the direction and management of LSI’s manufacturing supply-chain, business operations, corporate quality and corporate real estate functions. Before assuming this role, he managed LSI’s Engenio Storage Group (ESG) Worldwide Operations group. Thomas joined the company in October 2006 after 24 years with Intel Corporation where he held various engineering, operations and general management positions in the Corporate Technology & Manufacturing Group, the Intel New Business Group and several IA Products groups. Thomas received a bachelor's degree in Material Science & Engineering from the University of Washington in 1982 and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Portland in 1991. Thomas chairs the Board of Directors for St. Mary’s Academy; is a member of the Industrial Advisory Committee for the College of Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington; and is a board member of Work Systems Inc (WSI), which manages the workforce investment programs and strategies for Multnomah and Washington counties and the city of Portland. Thomas lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and has three adult children.
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