Cyril J. Yansouni

With over 35 years of experience in the technology industry, Yansouni received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Louvain, Belgium and his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He was employed by Hewlett-Packard Company from 1967 to 1986, where he served in a variety of technical and management positions, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the Personal Computer Group.

From October 1986 to December 1988, he served as President of Convergent Technologies, LLC. He was with Unisys Corporation from December 1988 to February 1991, where Yansouni served in various senior management capacities, most recently as an Executive Vice President.

He served as Chief Executive Officer of Read-Rite Corporation, a supplier of magnetic recording heads for data storage drives, and served as Chairman of the Board from March 1991 to June 2003. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Scion Photonics, Inc. Yansouni served as a Director of Tyco Thermal Controls (formerly Raychem Corporation) from 1994, and served as a Director of Informix Corporation.

He served as Corporate Director of Solectron Corp. from January 7, 2004. Yansouni served as Independent Director of Tektronix Inc. from August 2003 to November 21, 2007 and served as its Lead Director. He served as a Director of PeopleSoft Inc. from 1992 and of Read-Rite Corporation from March 1991 to June 2000.