Corporate Governance - Board of Directors



Board of Directors | Committee Composition
Cesar Cesaratto
Chairman of the Board, AppliedMicro
Cesar Cesaratto
Chairman of the Board, AppliedMicro

Cesar Cesaratto became a Director of the Company in April 2002. Mr. Cesaratto currently works with a number of investment groups where he contributes his experience and contacts to the development of select start-up ventures in the communication technology sector. From 1970 to May 2001, Mr. Cesaratto held a number of executive positions with Nortel Networks Corporation spanning component and product development, operations, and sales and marketing. His most recent position at Nortel was as Presi... 
H.K. Desai
Director, AppliedMicro
H.K. Desai
Director, AppliedMicro

H.K. Desai became a Director of the Company in 2011. He also serves as Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman of QLogic Corporation. Mr. Desai has more than 30 years of industry experience. From 1996 to 2010, he served as Chief Executive Officer of QLogic, and from 1995 to 2007, he served as President. Other positions of his include Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer, Vice President of Engineering, and Director of Engineering at QLogic, Vice President, Engineering ... 
Dr. Paul R. Gray
Director, AppliedMicro
Dr. Paul R. Gray
Director, AppliedMicro

Dr. Gray brings more than 40 years of experience in research integrated circuit technology and has focused on bipolar and MOS circuit design, telecommunications circuits, and analog-digital interfaces in VLSI systems. He is the Andy Grove Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Gray brings several career accomplishments with him to the board, and is a member of the board of the National Ac... 
Fred Shlapak
Director, AppliedMicro
Fred Shlapak
Director, AppliedMicro

Fred Shlapak was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Semiconductor Products Sector at Motorola Corporation when he retired in February 2004. Mr. Shlapak's 33-year career at Motorola also included leading the company's Canadian semiconductor operations. Later, Mr. Shlapak moved to Europe where he held roles of increasing responsibility that culminated with him leading Motorola's European semiconductor group while living in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mr. Shlapak holds bachelor’s ... 
Dr. Robert F. Sproull
Director, AppliedMicro
Dr. Robert F. Sproull
Director, AppliedMicro

Robert Sproull became a Director of the Company in October 2011. Over his 40 year career in the computer science industry, Dr. Sproull has innovated, published and lectured extensively in the fields of advanced circuit, systems and network design. He recently retired as Vice President and Director of Oracle Labs, an applied research group that originated at Sun Microsystems. At Sun, where he served since 1990, Dr. Sproull was Vice President and Director of Sun Microsystems Laboratories, ... 

Arthur B. Stabenow
Director, AppliedMicro
Arthur B. Stabenow
Director, AppliedMicro

Arthur B. Stabenow has served as a Director of the Company since July 1988. Mr. Stabenow was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Micro Linear Corporation, a manufacturer of integrated circuits, from April 1986 until his retirement in January 1999. Mr. Stabenow has over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. From January 1979 to March 1986, he was employed as Vice President and General Manager at National Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Stabenow is currently a directo... 
Dr. Paramesh Gopi
President and Chief Executive Officer, AppliedMicro
Dr. Paramesh Gopi
President and Chief Executive Officer, AppliedMicro

Dr. Paramesh Gopi joined AppliedMicro in July 2008 as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Before that, he was Vice President and General Manager for Marvell's Embedded and Emerging Business Unit. Dr. Gopi served as Chief Technologist and held several management positions during his six-year tenure at Marvell. Before joining Marvell, he served as Executive Director, Strategic Marketing and Applications at Mindspeed Technologies/Conexant Systems.

Dr. Gopi holds a doctor... 
Contact the Board

You can contact Applied Micro Circuits Corporation's Board of Directors to provide comments, to report concerns, or to ask a question at the following address.
Corporate Secretary
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
215 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
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