Applied Materials AMAT

Mr. Dickerson has been President of Applied Materials since 2012 and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since 2013. Mr. Dickerson joined Applied following its acquisition in 2011 of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Mr. Dickerson had served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Varian since 2004. Prior to joining Varian in 2004, Mr. Dickerson served 18 years at KLA-Tencor Corporation, a supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, where he held a variety of roles, including President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Dickerson started his semiconductor career in manufacturing and engineering management at General Motors' Delco Electronics Division and AT&T Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Raja, age 63, has been President, Semiconductor Products Group since March 2023. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Semiconductor Products Group of Applied from November 2017 to March 2023, and before that served in various senior management, product development and operational roles since joining Applied in 1995, including Group Vice President and General Manager of the Patterning and Packaging Group.

Mr. Hill, age 59, has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2022. He also oversees Global Information Services for Applied. Prior to joining Applied, Mr. Hill was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Xilinx, Inc., a company that designed and developed programmable devices and associated technologies, from April 2020 until its acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in February 2022. Prior to Xilinx, Mr. Hill served in various finance positions with Intel Corporation for 25 years, most recently as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Technology, Systems and Core Engineering Group.

Mr. Deane, age 60, has been Senior Vice President, Applied Global Services since December 2024 and previously served as Group Vice President, Applied Global Services since September 2022. He joined Applied in 1995 and previously served in various senior management and field operations roles, including head of Field Operations and Business Management for the Semiconductor Products Group, Account General Manager and Region General Manager.

Dr. Nalamasu, age 67, has been Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer since June 2013, and President of Applied Ventures, LLC, Applied's venture capital arm, since November 2013. He had served as Group Vice President, Chief Technology Officer from January 2012 to June 2013, and as Corporate Vice President, Chief Technology Officer from January 2011 to January 2012. Upon joining Applied in June 2006 until January 2011, Dr. Nalamasu was an Appointed Vice President of Research and served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer and General Manager for the Advanced Technologies Group. From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Nalamasu was a NYSTAR distinguished professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he also served as Vice President of Research from 2005 to 2006. Prior to Rensselaer, Dr. Nalamasu served in several leadership roles at Bell Laboratories.

Mr. Iannotti serves as the Chairman of the Board of Applied. Mr. Iannotti has extensive leadership experience at global firms where he gained invaluable expertise in service management, offerings for technology companies, and operational processes. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Services, for Hewlett-Packard Company, a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses, and institutions globally, from 2009 until his retirement in 2011. Prior to that role, Mr. Iannotti held various executive positions at Hewlett-Packard, including Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Enterprise Business Group, Americas. Mr. Iannotti also worked at Digital Equipment Corporation, a vendor of computer systems and software, and at Compaq Computer Corporation, a supplier of personal computing systems, following its acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation. Other Current Public Company Directorships: Rigetti Computing, Inc. Former Public Company Directorships (within last five years): Atento S.A.

Ms. Bruner has deep financial, accounting and strategic planning expertise, as well as global operations and leadership experience, that provides valuable insights and contributions to our Board. Ms. Bruner is the former Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer of SanDisk Corporation, a supplier of flash storage products, a role she held from 2004 until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016. Previously, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Palm, Inc., a provider of handheld computing and communications solutions, from 1999 until 2004. Prior to Palm, Inc., Ms. Bruner held financial management positions at 3Com Corporation, Ridge Computers and Hewlett-Packard Company. Other Current Public Company Directorships: Qorvo, Inc., Rapid7, Inc.. Former Public Company Directorships (within last five years): Seagate Technology plc, Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Mr. McGregor brings to our Board executive leadership and deep experience working in the semiconductor and technology industries over many decades. Mr. McGregor served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Broadcom Corporation, a world leader in wireless connectivity, broadband and networking infrastructure, from 2005 until the company was acquired by Avago Technologies Limited in 2016. Mr. McGregor joined Broadcom from Philips Semiconductors (now NXP Semiconductors), where he was President and Chief Executive Officer. He previously served in a range of senior management positions at Santa Cruz Operation Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation (now part of HP), Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and Microsoft, where he was the architect and development team leader for Windows 1.0. Other Current Public Company Directorships: Equifax, Inc. Former Public Company Directorships (within last five years): Luminar Technologies, Inc.

Mr. March brings deep semiconductor industry experience, strong financial expertise, and executive leadership to our Board. Mr. March joined Texas Instruments Incorporated, a global semiconductor company, in 1984 and built a career of varying positions of increasing responsibility over his 33-year tenure at the company. He was appointed Controller in 2002 and was named Chief Financial Officer in 2003.

Dr. Chen has extensive experience establishing, working for and investing in companies in the technology sector and related industries, as well as being an advisor to technology entrepreneurs and investors. Since August 2023, Dr. Chen has been Executive Chairman of ParityBit Technologies, Inc. (ParityBit), a data technology company he co-founded. From 2018 to August 2023, Dr. Chen was a Managing Partner of SB Investment Advisers (SBIA), an investment adviser focused on investments in the technology sector. Prior to joining SBIA, Dr. Chen was the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ParityBit. He served as CEO of ParityBit since it was founded in 2015, except from 2016 until 2017, when ParityBit was a portfolio company of Team Curis Group, a group of integrated biotechnology and data technology companies and laboratories, during which time Dr. Chen served as CEO of Team Curis Group. From 2008 to 2015, Dr. Chen served as a managing director of Silver Lake, and prior to Silver Lake, he was a senior vice president and member of the executive committee of ASML Holding N.V. Dr. Chen joined ASML following its 2007 acquisition of Brion Technologies, Inc., a company he co-founded in 2002 and served as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Brion Technologies, Dr. Chen was a senior vice president at J.P. Morgan.

Mr. Karsner has extensive global executive leadership experience as well as deep expertise in technology innovation, private equity, public policy and regulation, corporate strategy and sustainability. He is currently a Senior Strategist at X (the Moonshot Factory), the innovation lab of Alphabet Inc., and Executive Chairman of Manifest Energy Inc., an energy technology development and investment firm he founded in 2009. Mr. Karsner is also Founder of Elemental, which innovates market-based solutions and technology for conservation and environment. Other Current Public Company Directorships: Exxon Mobil Corporation. Former Public Company Directorships (within last five years): Broadscale Acquisition Corp. Other Directorships and Memberships: Board Member of Conservation International; Advisory Board Member of: Energy Futures Initiative; Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University; MIT Energy Initiative; MIT Media Lab; Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago. Other Current Public Company Directorships: Exxon Mobil Corporation. Former Public Company Directorships (within last five years): Broadscale Acquisition Corp.

Mr. Anderson brings over 25 years of experience in the technology and semiconductor industries and a strong track record in innovation-driven businesses. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Coherent Corp., a global leader in photonics for the datacenter, communications and industrial markets, since June 2024. Previously, Mr. Anderson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (Lattice), a developer of programmable logic semiconductor products and system solutions, from September 2018 to 2024. Prior to joining Lattice, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Computing and Graphics Business Group at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Earlier in his career, Mr. Anderson held various leadership roles across general management, engineering, sales, marketing, and corporate strategy at companies including Intel, Broadcom (formerly Avago Technologies), and LSI Corporation. Other Current Public Company Directorships: Coherent Corp., Former Public Company Directorships (within last five years): Entegris,Inc., Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Sierra Wireless, Inc. (acquired by Semtech Corporation in January 2023); Other Directorships and Memberships: Board member of: Americas Executive Board for the MIT Sloan School of Management and U.S.- Japan Business Council.

On February 27, 2024, Applied Materials, Inc. appointed Adam Sanders as the Company's Appointed Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective March 4, 2024. Mr. Sanders is currently a Semiconductor Segment Group CFO of the Company, a position he has held since June 2023. Prior to that role, Mr. Sanders served as the Company's Global Accounting Controller from 2016 to June 2023. Mr. Sanders previously served in various Finance roles of increasing responsibility since joining Applied in 1999, including as Finance Controller for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Ms. Little, age 61, joined Applied as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary in June 2020. Prior to joining Applied, Ms. Little served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at KLA Corporation from August 2017 to June 2020. Prior to that she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of KLA Corporation from October 2015 until August 2017, and prior to that she held various other positions at KLA Corporation since 2002. Prior to joining KLA Corporation, she was a Senior Corporate Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and a Litigation Associate at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe.