IXYS Corporate | Board of Directors

• Nathan Zommer. Dr. Zommer, founder of IXYS Corporation, has served as a director since the firm's inception in 1983, and has served as chairman of the board, president and CEO since March 1993. From 1984 to 1993, Dr. Zommer served as an executive vice president. Prior to founding IXYS, Dr. Zommer served in a variety of positions with Intersil, Hewlett Packard and General Electric, including as a scientist in the Hewlett Packard Laboratories and director of the Power MOS division for Intersil/ General Electric. Dr. Zommer received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physical Chemistry from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

• Donald L. Feucht. Dr. Feucht has served as an IXYS director since July 2000. From 1992 until his retirement in 1998, Dr. Feucht served as vice president for operations at Associated Western Universities. He was employed as a program management specialist for EG&G Rocky Flats, Inc. from 1990 until 1992. Prior to 1990, Dr. Feucht served in several positions with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, including deputy director. Prior to joining the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, he served as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Dean at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Feucht received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Valparaiso University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

• Samuel Kory. Mr. Kory has served as an IXYS director since November 1999. In 1988, he founded Samuel Kory Associates, a management consulting firm. Since founding the firm, Mr. Kory has served as the firm’s sole proprietor and principal. Mr. Kory previously served as president and CEO of Sensor Technologies USA, vice president for business development and sales of IXYS, division general manager and corporate director of marketing for Seiko Instruments USA, and an international manager for Spectra Physics Inc. Mr. Kory received his B.S.M.E. from Pennsylvania State University.

• S. Joon Lee. Dr. Lee has served as an IXYS director since July 2000. Since 1990, Dr. Lee has served as president of Omni Microelectronics, a sales representative company. Dr. Lee also served as president of Adaptive Logic, a semiconductor company, from 1991 until 1996. Previously, Dr. Lee served as president of Samsung Semiconductor. Dr. Lee received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

• Timothy A. Richardson. Mr. Richardson has served as an IXYS director since June 2007. Mr. Richardson is an electronics industry veteran who has been employed as the CFO of Jupiter Foundation since May 2007. At Sirenza Microdevices, Inc., a supplier of radio frequency components for electronics, he was the chief strategy advisor from October 2006 to April 2007. From May 2002 to October 2006, Mr. Richardson was the president and CEO of Micro Linear Corporation, an integrated circuit company specializing in wireless applications. Prior to that, he served as the executive vice president of business development at Bandwidth 9, a manufacturer of optical components for the telecommunications market, and as the president and co-founder of VeriFiber Technologies, an optical component and systems manufacturer.

• James M. Thorburn. Mr. Thorburn has served as an IXYS director since March 2007. Mr. Thorburn has been a consultant since August 2006. He served as CEO and chairman of ZiLOG, Inc. from January 2002 until August 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Thorburn held various executive positions including senior vice president and COO of ON Semiconductor, operating consultant with Texas Pacific Group and management positions at National Semiconductor. Mr. Thorburn holds a BSc.(Hons.) degree from the University of Glasgow and is a qualified accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the United Kingdom.