Board of Directors

Mr. Barnes was the CEO of Verigy Pte. Limited from 2006 trough 2011, and Chairman of the Board from 2008 to 2011. Verigy was a leader in semiconductor capital equipment and was spun out of Agilent Technologies.  Verigy merged with Advantest in 2011.  Prior to Verigy, Mr. Barnes was Chairman and CEO of Electroglas, Inc. from 2003 through 2006. Electroglas is a leader in semiconductor probing technology.  Mr. Barnes holds a patent in microprocessor probing technology. Before Electroglas, Mr. Barnes was Chairman and CEO of Integrated Measurement Systems from 1995 to 2001. IMS was a leader in semiconductor verification and was acquired by Credence in 2001. From 1991 through 1995, Mr. Barnes was a division President at Cadence Design Systems, a leader in semiconductor design, synthesis and simulation software. Mr. Barnes has been a director of Knowles since 2014 and has Chaired the Audit, GNC, and Compensation Committees. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Knowles in 2025. 

Mr. Niew is the President & CEO (since 2013) of Knowles. He was formerly the Vice President of Dover Corporation and President and CEO (from 2011 to February 2014) of Dover Communication Technologies. Mr. Niew joined Knowles Electronics LLC in 2000, and became Chief Operating Officer in 2007, President in 2008 and President and CEO in 2010. Prior to joining Knowles Electronics, Mr. Niew was employed by Littelfuse, Inc. (from 1995 to 2000) where he held various positions in product management, sales and engineering in the Electronic Products group, and by Hewlett-Packard Company (from 1988 to 1994) where he served in various engineering and product management roles in the Optoelectronics Group. Mr. Niew is a director of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (“CVG”) (since 2024) and Syntiant Corp. (since 2024), and is chairman and a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Illinois College of Engineering. Mr. Niew previously served as a director of Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. 

 

Ms. Angelini has 30 years of experience in the medical device and healthcare industry. She most recently served as General Manager of the Renal Care Global Business Unit at Baxter International Inc., from 2016 to 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Angelini served in various roles at Johnson & Johnson from 1991 to 2016, including as President of North America and Global Franchise Development of Vision Care from 2013 to 2016, Vice-President of Global Strategic Marketing of Ethicon from 2012 to 2013, and Vice President of Medical Devices & Diagnostics of Eastern Europe from 2010 to 2011. Ms. Angelini currently serves as a member of the board of directors of DCC plc, and Identiv, Inc. and as a member of the board of trustees of Jacksonville University.

Mr. Cardew currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Lear Corporation, a global automotive technology leader in seating and electrical distribution systems and related electronics components. As Chief Financial Officer, he is responsible for Lear's global financial strategy and financial activities and also oversees Lear’s information technology function worldwide. Mr. Cardew has over 30 years of experience at Lear. Before assuming his current position in 2019, he held various operational and commercial finance leadership positions at Lear, including serving as Vice President, Finance – Seating and E-Systems from 2018 to 2019; Vice President, Finance – Seating, from 2012 to 2018; Interim Chief Financial Officer, from 2011 to 2012; and Vice President, Financial, Planning and Analysis, from 2010 to 2011.

Mr. Crowley is the retired Chairman, President and CEO of Triumph Group, Inc., a global company that designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense systems, components and structures, serving the global aviation industry. Mr. Crowley served as Triumph's President and CEO from 2016 to 2025 and as its Chairman from 2020 to 2025. He previously served as a corporate Vice President and President of Integrated Defense Systems at Raytheon Company (now Raytheon Technologies Corporation) from 2013 until 2015, and as President of Raytheon’s Network Centric Systems division from 2010 until 2013. Prior to joining Raytheon, Mr. Crowley served as Chief Operating Officer of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics after holding a series of increasingly responsible assignments across its space, electronics, and aeronautics sectors. Mr. Crowley was a director of Triumph Group, Inc. from 2016 to 2025. He joined the board of Safeguard Acquisition Corp. in December 2025. 

 

 

Ms. Li is a Strategic Advisor (since 2013) at Diversis Capital, LLC, a private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies. She was the Chief Operating Officer (from 2012 to 2015) at Huawei Enterprise USA, Inc., a company that markets IT products and solutions to data centers and enterprises. Previously, Ms. Li served as the General Manager (from 2010 to 2012) at Huawei Symantec USA, Inc., a consultant (2009) to The Gores Group, a private equity firm focusing on the technology sector, and the Executive Vice President and General Manager (from 2004 to 2009) at Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor Inc. and its joint venture with Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Eudyna Devices Inc. Prior to 2004, Ms. Li held executive and management positions with NeoPhotonics Corporation, Novalux Inc. and Corning Incorporated. Ms. Li is a director of Semtech Corporation (since 2016), ServicePower (since 2017), and PDF Solutions, Inc. (since 2021). She was elected Chair of the Semtech board in 2024, and also chairs its Governance Committee. She was previously a director (from 2020 to 2023) of CTS Corporation.

Dr. Shavers has been the Chairman and CEO (since February 2001) of Global Smarts, Inc., a business advisory services company. She served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology (from 1999 to 2001) for the United States Department of Commerce after having served as its Under Secretary Designate in 1999. She has served on the Advisory Boards for E.W. Scripps Company and the Anita Borg Institute for Technology. She also has served in several engineering and managerial roles for Intel Corporation as well as Portfolio Manager of Microprocessor Products Group in Intel Capital prior to 1999. Dr. Shavers serves as a director (since 2021) of Voyager Technologies. She was previously the Non-Executive Chairman (from 2001 to 2003) of BitArts Ltd., as well as a director of ATMI, Inc. (from 2006 to 2014), Rockwell Collins, Inc. (from 2001 to 2018), Mentor Graphics Corporation (from 2016 to 2017) and ITT (from 2018 to 2025).

Mr. Wishart serves as an advisor to various technology companies and venture capital firms.  He previously served as chief executive officer and as a director (from 2015 to 2025) of efabless corporation, an early-stage company offering an open platform and marketplace for community-based design of custom semiconductors, which Mr. Wishart co-founded in 2014. Mr. Wishart previously served as a managing director and advisory director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1999 until he retired in 2011.  From 1991 to 1999, he served as managing director, including as head of the global technology investment banking group for Lehman Brothers. From 1978 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1991 he held various positions in the investment banking division at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. In addition, Mr. Wishart is a venture partner at Tyche Partners, a venture capital firm focused on hardware-related companies, since 2015.

Mr. Wishart served on the board of directors of Spansion Inc. from 2013 until 2015 and of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation from 2015 until 2020.