Dr. Tewksbury has served as Chair of our Board since April 2024 and previously served as Executive Chairperson of our Board from February 2023 to April 2024. Dr. Tewksbury served as Velodyne’s Executive Officer from November 2021 until February 2023. Prior to that, he was CEO of Eta Compute, a provider of ultra-low power AI vision systems, from August 2019 to November 2021. Dr. Tewksbury has been a director of Maxlinear, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXL), a mixed-signal semiconductor company, since May 2015, where he chairs the Cybersecurity Committee and serves on the Audit and Nominating and Governance committees. From February 2017 to March 2019, Dr. Tewksbury was Chairman and CEO of Energy Focus, Inc., a provider of high-performance LED lighting solutions. Dr. Tewksbury was a director of Entropic Communications from September 2010 and CEO from November 2014 until MaxLinear’s acquisition of Entropic in April 2015. From 2013 to November 2014, he was an independent consultant to technology companies. From 2008 to 2013, Dr. Tewksbury served as CEO of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. and, from 2006 to 2008, was CEO of AMI Semiconductor, both of which were public semiconductor companies. Prior to that, he held management and engineering leadership roles at Maxim Integrated Products, IBM Microelectronics and Analog Devices. Dr. Tewksbury was a member of the board of directors of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) from March 2011 to August 2013. Dr. Tewksbury holds a B.S. in Architecture and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We believe that Dr. Tewksbury is qualified to serve as a member of our Board and as the Chair of our Board of Directors due to his industry knowledge and expensive experience as an executive and director for public technology companies.
Angus Pacala co-founded Ouster in June 2015 and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since then. Previously, Mr. Pacala was Director of Engineering at Quanergy, Inc. from November 2012 to February 2015. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Pacala was Battery Engineer at Amprius, Inc. from June 2011 to October 2012. Mr. Pacala holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. We believe that Mr. Pacala is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his extensive technical background and his history as Ouster’s co-founder.
Susan Heystee has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2018. Ms. Heystee has served as Vice Chair of our Board since April 2024 and she previously served as our lead independent director from March 2023 until April 2024. From August 2021 to February 2023, Ms. Heystee served as the Chair of our Board. She also served as our Interim Chief Revenue Officer from January 2021 to July 2021. Previously, Ms. Heystee was Senior Vice President of Global Automotive Business at Verizon Connect from January 2017 to June 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Heystee served as Executive Vice President of Global Sales and OEM Business at Telogis, which was acquired by Verizon in July 2016, from February 2010 to December 2016. Ms. Heystee has also served as a member of the board of directors of revVana Inc., a private software-as-a-service company providing revenue realization management solutions, since April 2020 and a member of the board of directors of ChargePoint, Inc. (NYSE: CHPT), a publicly- traded electric vehicle charging station company, since May 2021. Ms. Heystee holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and business from the University of Waterloo and an Advanced Management Program Certificate from Harvard Business School. We believe that Ms. Heystee is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to her extensive experience in the technology sector and knowledge of market driven strategies.
Ernest E. Maddock has served as a member of our Board since February 2023. Mr. Maddock served as Chief Financial Officer of Micron Technology, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturing company, from 2015 until his retirement in 2018. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Riverbed Technology, Inc., an information technology company, from 2013 to 2015. From 1997 to 2013, Mr. Maddock served in various roles at the semiconductor capital equipment company Lam Research Corporation, culminating in the position of Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Maddock has served on the boards of directors of Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: UCTT), a provider of semiconductor capital equipment components and services, since June 2018, Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT), a technology distribution company, since August 2021 and Teradyne (Nasdaq: TER), a semiconductor capital equipment and robotics company, since November 2022. Mr. Maddock previously served on the Board of Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq: ISIL), a semiconductor company, from 2015 until its acquisition in 2017. Mr. Maddock received a BS in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA with a specialization in Finance from Georgia State University. We believe that Mr. Maddock is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his experience as a director and financial officer for multiple public technology companies and his decades of finance and operations experience in high tech businesses.
Virginia Boulet has served as a member of our Board since February 2023. She served as a Managing Director of Legacy Capital, LLC, an investment company, from April 2014 until 2019. From 2014 through 2018, she was an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University Law School. From 2002 to March 2014, Ms. Boulet served as Special Counsel at the law firm of Adams and Reese, LLP. She also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of IMDiversity, Inc. from March 2002 to March 2004. Prior to 2002, Ms. Boulet was a partner at the law firms of Phelps Dunbar, LLP and Jones Walker. Ms. Boulet serves as a director of W&T Offshore, Inc (NYSE: WTI), an oil and gas production company, as the Chairperson of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and on its Audit and Compensation committees. Additionally, Ms. Boulet served on the board of Velodyne from November 2011 to February 2023 and was appointed Chairperson of the Velodyne board in July 2022. Additionally, Ms. Boulet previously served on the board of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN), a telecommunications company, from 2002 to 2021. Ms. Boulet received a B.A. from Yale University, and a J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University. We believe Ms. Boulet is qualified to serve on our Board due to her extensive experience representing public and private technology companies and advising their boards and committees, as well as her knowledge of business, legal and governance issues faced by public companies.
Christina C. Correia has served as a member of our Board since November 2024. Ms. Correia has also served as Group Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Business Finance at Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq: LRCX), a supplier of wafer-fabrication equipment and related services to the semiconductor industry, since May 2024. Prior to her current position, Ms. Correia has held multiple leadership roles at Lam in Finance, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations since joining in 2002, including serving as Corporate Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Business Finance from October 2023 to May 2024, Corporate Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Investor Relations and Corporate Finance from March 2023 to October 2023; Corporate Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Finance from April 2020 to March 2023; and Corporate Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications from September 2018 to April 2020. Prior to joining Lam, Ms. Correia worked at BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN), an international software company, where she served as the company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller in addition to several other senior-level finance positions from September 1999 to November 2002. She previously worked in the assurance practice at KPMG, LLP, supporting the firm’s technology clients, from September 1992 to September 1999. Ms. Correia holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of California. We believe that Ms. Correia is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to her financial expertise and extensive executive leadership experience.
Stephen A. Skaggs has served as a member of our Board since November 2024. Mr. Skaggs has been a private investor since April 2016. He currently serves on the board of directors of Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR). Previously he held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atmel Corporation, a leading supplier of microcontrollers, from May 2013 until its acquisition by Microchip Technology Incorporated (Nasdaq: MCHP) in April 2016. Mr. Skaggs has more than 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including serving as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Lattice Semiconductor (Nasdaq: LSCC), a supplier of programmable logic devices and related software. He was also previously a member of the board of directors of Lattice. Prior to Lattice, Mr. Skaggs was employed by Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm, where he specialized in high technology product strategy, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings. Mr. Skaggs holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. We believe that Mr. Skaggs’ years of executive and management experience in the high-technology industry, including serving as chief executive officer, chief financial officer and director of other public companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.
Phillip M. Eyler has served as a member of the Board since December 2025. Mr. Eyler has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Sleep Number Corporation (Nasdaq: SNBR), a smart bed and sleep wellness company, since 2022, including as its Chairman since 2025 and a member of the Compensation Committee from 2022 to May 2025. Mr. Eyler has also served as a director of Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (NYSE:ST), a company that designs and manufactures sensors for the transportation and industrial markets, since 2024, including as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Growth and Innovation Committee since 2024. Previously, Mr. Eyler served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gentherm Incorporated (Nasdaq: THRM), a global leader in cutting edge thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies catering to the automotive and medical industries, from 2017 until his retirement in 2025. He previously served as President of the Connected Car Division of Harman International Industries, Inc. from 2015 to 2017 and as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Automative Audio from 2011 to 2015. Mr. Eyler holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. We believe that Mr. Eyler is qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to his experience as a director of other public companies and his global leadership experience in electronics, software, and sensing technology in several relevant industries.