Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio

Overview

GILBERT F. AMELIO, age 65, who began his career at Bell Labs, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jazz Technologies, Inc. (formerly Acquicor Technology Inc.) and has served in this capacity since August 2005. Jazz Technologies is the parent company of Jazz Semiconductor, Inc., an independent semiconductor wafer foundry headquartered in Newport Beach, California. He has also been Senior Partner of Sienna Ventures (a privately-held venture capital firm in Sausalito, California) since April 2001. Dr. Amelio was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Beneventure Capital, LLC (a full-service venture capital firm in San Francisco, California) from 1999 to 2005 and was Principal of Aircraft Ventures, LLC (a consulting firm in Newport Beach, California) from April 1997 to December 2004. In 2003, AmTech, LLC (a high technology investments and consulting services firm), where Dr. Amelio served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to April 2004, declared bankruptcy. Dr. Amelio was elected a Director of AT&T in February 2001 and had previously served as an Advisory Director of AT&T from April 1997 to February 2001. He served as a Director of Pacific Telesis Group from 1995 until the company was acquired by AT&T in 1997. He is the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Executive Committee. Dr. Amelio is a Director of Jazz Technologies, Inc.