Lightmatter Appoints Richard Beyer and Robin Washington to its Board of Directors
July 09 2024 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Beyer and Washington bring board experience to
Lightmatter from Alphabet, Salesforce, and Micron
Lightmatter, the leader in photonic supercomputing, today
announced it has appointed Richard Beyer and Robin Washington to
its board of directors. Beyer and Washington join existing board
members in supporting the company’s mission to power the next
generation of computing systems to further enable AI
innovation.
Beyer brings over three decades of executive leadership
experience across the semiconductor and telecommunications
industries, and currently sits on the board of directors for Micron
Technology, Inc. Previously, Beyer served as Chief Executive
Officer at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. and Intersil Corporation.
He has also held prior board positions at Dialog Semiconductor,
Microsemi Corporation and Analog Devices, Inc.
“While I’ve spent a large part of my career working in the
semiconductor industry, the current demand for innovative compute
and chip communication solutions is unprecedented,” said Beyer.
“I'm eager to support Lightmatter’s vision in my new position and
help the team meet the needs of the industry, accelerating what’s
possible in AI innovation.”
Washington is a board member of Alphabet, Honeywell
International and Salesforce. She currently serves as Chair of the
leadership development, inclusion and compensation committee for
Alphabet and lead independent director for Salesforce. Washington
has over three decades of finance and operations experience in the
technology and life sciences industries. Previously, Washington was
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gilead
Sciences, Inc. Prior to Gilead, she was the Chief Financial Officer
of Hyperion Solutions, which was acquired by Oracle
Corporation.
“It’s clear that the future for Lightmatter is bright – the
company is uniquely positioned to fuel AI innovation across
industries,” said Washington. “I am thrilled to join the board at
such an exciting time in the company’s trajectory, and look forward
to working with this incredibly talented team.”
“The Lightmatter team is honored to have Robin and Rich join our
board as the company enters a massive growth phase enabling
world-leading AI supercomputers,” said Lightmatter co-founder and
CEO Nick Harris. “Rich and Robin are aligned with our vision to
drive the AI industry forward with our groundbreaking photonic
technologies. Their deep operating expertise will be instrumental
in guiding our mission.”
About Lightmatter
Lightmatter is leading the revolution of computing, reducing
impact on our planet, and enabling the next giant leaps in human
progress. With the company’s photonics-enabled technologies,
Lightmatter has reinvented how chips communicate and calculate. Its
photonic interconnect and compute products simultaneously reduce
the power consumption and increase the performance of silicon
running the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.
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