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Dr. Avi Katz
Dr. Avi Katz, GigCapital’s Founder, Chairman and CEO, has spent more than 30 years holding international managerial and executive positions in the high-technology sector. He is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with decades of experience working for companies of every size, from start-ups to global enterprises. Throughout his career, Dr. Katz has facilitated leadership team building, large-scale fundraising, initial and secondary public offering, the development of alliances and tech partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and almost every other facet of business and financial operations.
In addition to his work at GigCapital, Dr. Katz is also the Founding Managing Member of GigAcquistions, LLC; GigFounders, LLC; and GigNext, LLC. Previously, Dr. Katz bootstrapped in 2007 GigOptix / GigPeak. Inc., took the company public in 2008 (NYSE: GIG), and led its growth as Chairman, CEO, and President through organic and strategic growth through rollup of 10 M&A deals during that time. He sold the company in April 2017 for $250 million all-cash to Integrated Device Technology (NASDAQ: IDT).
Dr. Katz is a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy and holds both a B.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Semiconductors Materials Engineering from the Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology. He has authored more than 70 U.S. and international patents, has published more than 300 technical papers, and is the editor of a number of technical books.
Dr. Raluca Dinu
Dr. Raluca Dinu is a visionary and global business executive, offering 20 years of achievements in the high-tech industry (semiconductors, electronics, media, cloud data management, and information technology), with an established track record of driving increased revenue and profitability, building and leading cross-functional teams, delivering strong results in turnaround situations, and leading strategic growth and consolidation in fast-paced business environments.
Dr. Raluca Dinu held a General Manager / Vice President position at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDTI), which was acquired by Renesas Electronics Corp (TSE 6723:JP) for $6.7B. Raluca drove the transfer and integration of the team from GigPeak, Inc. (NYSE GIG) into IDT, post-acquisition of GigPeak by IDT in April 2017. Prior to this, she was Chief Operations Officer of GigPeak, leading 10 M&As prior to the acquisition by IDT.
Dr. Raluca Dinu is Chairing the Compliance Committee as part of the Board of Directors of UpHealth, Inc., a digital healthcare company (NYSE: UPH), and she is also a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Additionally, she is part of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a company that operationalizes artificial intelligence and machine learning at scale through its end-to-end data analytics platform.
Raluca holds a B.Sc. in Physics from 1997, a Ph.D. in Solid State Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Bucharest in 2000, and an Executive-MBA from Stanford University in 2007. She has an Audit Committee Certificate and Compensation Committee Certificate from Harvard Business School, Executive Education Program, in 2021.
Dotty Hayes
Dotty Hayes is an experienced business and finance executive with in-depth knowledge of process design and oversight, including strategic planning. Throughout her career, she has held roles at global technology companies and gleaned a practical understanding of regulatory environments from her time as a Chief Accounting Officer and board member at several financial institutions.
Ms. Hayes distinguished herself early in her career when she led the Apollo Computer finance team from pre-revenue to IPO, and later, acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. She then transitioned through a series of high-profile roles at HP, Agilent and Intuit, including Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Audit Executive. In her time with those companies, she program-managed the spin-off and Day One operations of Agilent from Hewlett-Packard; Agilent’s IPO and related business transformation projects, including a full-suite Oracle implementation; and Intuit’s clean first year SOX 404 attestation.
Ms. Hayes currently serves as Audit Committee Chair and board member at Intevac, and as non-executive Board Chair of First Tech Federal Credit Union. She also supports the community through board roles with the Computer History Museum, the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits, and Encore.org.
Ms. Hayes holds an MS in Business Administration with Accounting Concentration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MS in Finance from Bentley University. She maintains the NACD Board Leadership Fellow credential and has attended Stanford Directors’ College. She is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum and participates in Women Corporate Directors, the National Association of Corporate Directors, Financial Executives International, and the Athena Alliance.
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.
Peter Wang
With a lengthy career spanning various technology sectors, Peter Wang is right at home as GigCapital’s Chief Technology Officer of Software. Mr. Wang is also the US Managing Partner of Tekhill Catalyst, LLC, a cross-border business strategy and technology transfer advisory service. Additionally, he serves on the Technology Advisory Council for Benhamou Global Ventures and was a member of the Kaleyra (NYSE: KLR) Strategic Advisory Board.
Mr. Wang has held a variety of executive positions at technology-based companies around the world. Previously, Mr. Wang was the founding President of infrastructure-as-a-service company CoolCloudz, as well as the Sr. Vice President and General Manager of the China-based Cloud Storage Products Business Unit of UIT. He co-founded Retrevo, Inc., a venture-funded Web 2.0 vertical search company employing machine learning technology, and served as the Vice President of Engineering and Operations (and Board Director) between late 2005 and 2009. Mr. Wang also led the founding of Intransa, Inc., the first scale-out IP storage system utilizing iSCSI and Ethernet, in late 2000.
A recipient of the TRW Chairman’s Award for Innovation, Mr. Wang has been instrumental in a number of IEEE 802, IETF, and ANSI standards. He has been awarded over 20 U.S. patents and has published a number of papers reflecting his expertise. He holds the Stanford Directors College certificate, an MS in Management Sciences from Stanford University, an MS in EECS from U.C. Berkeley, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.