Emmanuel Hernandez

Emmanuel Hernandez is a highly regarded Silicon Valley technology executive with over 40 years of operating and board member experience. His professional resume includes key roles with some of Silicon Valley's largest and most successful technology companies including National Semiconductor (acquired by Texas Instruments in 2012, US$76.7B market cap), Cypress Semiconductor ($US4.4B market cap) and ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ON, (US$5.8B market cap).

Mr Hernandez began his career with National Semiconductor where he served in various finance capacities between 1976-1993. Subsequently, he joined Cypress Semiconductor where he served as executive vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer between 1993-2004. Following Cypress, Mr Hernandez joined SunPower Corporation as chief financial officer from 2005-2008. Mr Hernandez's executive successes have led him to be a highly sought after operating consultant and board member including having been an operating Partner at Khosla Ventures, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm. He sits on boards including 15 years with ON Semiconductor and 8 years with SunEdison (formerly known as MEMC Electronic Materials).

Previous board service includes Aruba Networks, an enterprise networking company acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2015; EnStorage, a private company that develops flow battery/storage technology for the renewable energy industry; Soraa, a private company that is developing LED and laser technology and Integration Associates Incorporated which was acquired by Silicon Labs in 2008.