Louis DiNardo

Louis DiNardo has experience growing public-listed and privately-owned technology businesses, and has worked in venture capital firms where he has successfully backed a number of emerging technology companies. He is a board member of NYSE‐listed Quantum Corp, a data management company; and Conexant, a privately held fabless semiconductor company based in California, USA.

His past roles included being president and chief executive of Exar Corporation, partner at Crosslink Capital from 2008 to 2012, and managing director of Vantage Point Venture Partners from 2007 to 2008. Mr DiNardo also served as president and chief executive, as well as co-chair of Xicor Corporation from January of 2001 until NASDAQ-listed Intersil Corp acquired the company in July of 2004. He subsequently held senior executive positions at Intersil and became its president and chief operating officer.