March 24, 2021

Karen Rogge

Karen Rogge brings more than three decades of experience with technology industry leaders to GigCapital. Ms. Rogge is a corporate board director, advisor, and former chief financial officer with operations management experience. She has collaborated with business leaders to navigate pivotal transitions and create value for investors in high-growth businesses, company transformations, and multi-billion-dollar M&A transactions.

Ms. Rogge is President of the RYN Group LLC, a management consulting business, which she founded in 2010. She served as the Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation , a global semi-conductor company from 2015 to 2016. Previously, Ms. Rogge served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Extreme Networks , a recognized computer network company from 2007 to 2009. Earlier in her career, she held executive financial and operations management positions at Hewlett Packard Company  and Seagate Technology.

She is a Board Director for Onto Innovations, a semiconductor equipment company, and Rambus Inc, a semiconductor IP services and device company, since 2021. Previously, Ms. Rogge was a Board Director at Kemet Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a passive electronic components company, acquired by Yageo, from 2018 to 2020. In addition,  she served on the board of AeroCentury (NYSE: ACY), a financial services company, and private companies.

Ms. Rogge holds an M.B.A degree from Santa Clara University, and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fresno. She maintains an NACD Board Leadership Fellow credential and has attended the Stanford Directors College.