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About the Company

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is committed to excellence in design, manufacturing, and responsiveness to our customers through the continued development of new technologies, products and innovative solutions. We bring to the market devices designed to benefit our customers by meeting their product specific needs. Our mission is to bring value to our customers, shareholders and employees. We pride ourselves in our expertise in all areas of power semiconductor technology and business operations. We install proprietary wafer processing and packaging technologies at partner foundries to facilitate the design and manufacture of advanced power products. With our knowledge and experience we improve the manufacturing capabilities of the sub micron foundries and enable high performance products to reach the marketplace.

About the Person

Hamza Yilmaz, Ph.D., has served as our Chief Technology Officer since December 2011. Dr. Yilmaz joined our company in January 2008 as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining our company, Dr. Yilmaz was the Senior Vice President of Semiconductor Technology and Product Development and Operations at Volterra Semiconductor, Inc. from 2007 to 2008. Dr. Yilmaz was the Senior Vice President of Product and Technology Development at Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation from 2004 to 2007. He served as the Vice President of Technology Development at GEM Services, a semiconductor assembly and testing company, from 2002 to 2004, and he also held various executive positions at Siliconix from 1988 to 2001, including Executive Vice President of Power Product Line. Dr. Yilmaz received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Yildiz Teknik University in Istanbul, Turkey, M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.