Peregrine Semiconductor

Board of Directors

Allan Aaron
Allan Aaron became a Director of the Company in January 2003. He is co-founder and general partner at Technology Venture Partners (TVP), an Australia headquartered venture capital firm. Mr. Aaron serves on the boards of several TVP investee companies, including Cap-XX, Inter-Touch, Zoom, and Platypus Technologies. Prior to founding TVP in 1997, Allan was an executive of the Australian Technology Group — an early stage technology investment firm and was previously an Associate of McKinsey and Company, and a Director of Ernst & Young’s Technology Consulting Practice. Mr. Aaron commenced his career as an aerospace engineer and spent several years with IBM in systems engineering and marketing roles.

Michael Banks
Michael Banks is Managing Director of Centre Palisades Ventures and he joined Peregrine's Board in October 2004. Mr. Banks brings seventeen years experience as a successful entrepreneur, strategic consultant and venture capitalist working in the technology industry. Prior to joining Centre Palisades, Mr. Banks held various management positions with Steamboat Ventures, Intel Capital, Stanford Consulting Group, Law and Economics Consulting Group and Cornerstone Research.

James S. Cable, Ph.D.
James S. Cable, Ph.D., serves as Peregrine’s Chief Executive Officer, and has held positions as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Technology and Engineering since joining Peregrine in 1996. Dr. Cable has over 25 years of experience in semiconductor research, development and production, including Technology and Manufacturing Operations management for Hughes Microelectronics Center and Hughes Technology Center; and Technology Integration management at TRW. Dr. Cable received his B.S. from the University of California at Riverside and his Ph.D. from UCLA.

Tim Downing
Tim Downing, a Managing Director of the Australasian Media & Communications Fund, has served as a Director of Peregrine since July 2003. Since 1981 he has worked within the Finance Industry, principally in the area of Investment Banking and Private Equity. Before his appointment as Managing Director of AMCF, Mr. Downing was a principal and Director of Sphere Capital, Manager of the Fulcrum Group of private equity funds. He is a director and shareholder of a number of private and public companies including Austar United Communications Limited, Telecasters Australia Limited (Chairman), the Becker Group, and a number of AMCF's investees.

Craig Ensley
Craig H. Ensley joined Peregrine in 2006 as Peregrine’s President and Chief Operating Officer with 30 years of broad experience in the semiconductor and systems technology industries, spanning venture capital start-ups to multi-hundred-million dollar public corporations including Cirrus Logic and Crystal Semiconductor. Mr. Ensley brings to Peregrine a strong vision for disruptive semiconductor technology, a deep strategic and product planning background and extensive knowledge in executing high-growth businesses. He has an M.B.A. from Stanford University and B.S. degrees in both Applied Physics and Economics from UCSD.

Gary Monetti
Gary Monetti joined Peregrine's Board of Directors in May 2005. Mr. Monetti brings a wealth of experience to Peregrine's Board from his 22-year career at Sawtek, one of the world's leading manufacturers of RF SAW filters. Mr. Monetti held a variety of management positions with Sawtek, including Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Vice President of Engineering, Chief Operating Officer, and President & CEO. After the acquisition of Sawtek by TriQuint.Semiconductor in 2001, Mr. Monetti continued to serve until 2004 in the Office of the President of the Sawtek Division. Mr. Monetti works as an industry consultant and advisor to various private venture businesses.

Ronald Reedy, Ph.D.
Ron Reedy is one of Peregrine's co-founders and serves as chief technical officer and vice president of sales operations. Previously, he has served in a variety of positions in the company including chairman, president, and CEO of the company at its inception. Prior to founding Peregrine, Dr. Reedy was branch head of the microelectronics division at Navy Research and Development (NRaD). Earlier in his career, Dr. Reedy engaged in research and development of fiber communications and photonic systems. He is a co-inventor of UTSi technology and has over 20 years experience in semiconductor research and development.

Alan (Lanny) Ross
Lanny Ross has been a highly visible leader in the semiconductor industry and has more than 30 years of experience guiding semiconductor companies through various stages of growth. Mr. Ross was president and chief executive officer of Broadcom Corporation, where he continues to serve as a member of its board of directors. Before joining Broadcom, Mr. Ross served as the president of Rockwell International's Telecommunications Group. Earlier positions held by Ross include vice-president and general manager of National Semiconductor's ASIC business; vice-president and general manager of Fairchild Semiconductor's ASIC division; and from 1978 to 1982, vice president and general manager of the Fairchild Semiconductor Test Systems division.

Gary Shaffer
Gary Shaffer has served as a Director of the Company since October 2000. He is a general partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, where he focuses on investments in early-stage communications technology companies. He is currently involved with or serves on the Board of Directors of several private and public companies including Agility Communications, Coalescent, LightConnect, LuMend, Neotherma Corporation, NanoOpto Corporation, New Focus, Princeton Lightwave, Sonic Innovations, Thermage, and Zolo Technologies. Prior to joining Morgenthaler Ventures in 1987, Mr. Shaffer was a marketing executive with Spectra-Physics, a leading laser manufacturer.

Elton B. Sherwin
Elton Sherwin is Senior Managing Director of Ridgewood Capital and founder of Ridgewood’s Palo Alto office in 1999. He has served as a director of Peregrine since October 2004. Prior to joining Ridgewood Capital, Mr. Sherwin established the West Coast office of Motorola Ventures. Previously, he spent twenty years at IBM and Motorola where his products won numerous awards, including the Best New Technology award at COMDEX. In 1994 Discover Magazine selected him as Software Innovator of the Year. Mr. Sherwin holds eight U.S. patents and is the author of The Silicon Valley Way. He currently serves on the Board of Sycon and is a Board observer at Teseda.

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