Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Glibbery leads all functional areas of Peraso Inc. and has served as chief executive officer since December 2021. He co-founded Peraso Technologies in 2009 and served as its chief executive officer. Prior to co-founding Peraso Technologies, Mr. Glibbery held executive positions at Kleer Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company focused on wireless audio technology and Intellon, a pioneer and leader in the development of semiconductor devices used for powerline communications. He has held other executive roles at Cogency Semiconductor, LSI Logic Canada, Inc. and LSI Logic Corporation. Mr. Glibbery holds a B.E.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Western Ontario.
Vice President, General Manager of Memory Products
Mr. Lewis serves as the Vice President of Memory Products for Peraso Inc. and previously served as chief executive officer of MoSys from August 2018 until December 2021. Before joining MoSys, Mr. Lewis served as the managing member and an owner of GMS Manufacturing Solution LLC, a firm focused on providing engineering services to manufacturing companies. He previously held various executive and leadership roles at View Box Group, Xicor, Integrated Device Technology, Accelerant Networks, Intel Corporation, Zilog and Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Lewis holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Sullivan is responsible for all financial aspects of Peraso Inc. and previously served as chief financial officer of MoSys since 2008. Prior to joining MoSys, he was chief financial officer for Apptera, a provider of technology for voice advertising, search and commerce. Mr. Sullivan also served as chief financial officer for 8×8, a publicly-traded SAAS provider of VoIP and unified communication solutions. Mr. Sullivan held prior leadership roles at Netergy Microelectronics, a subsidiary of 8×8, and PWC. Mr. Sullivan holds a B.S. in Accounting from New York University, Stern School of Business, and is a certified public accountant.
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Lynch is responsible for all operational aspects of Peraso Inc. and has served as chief operating officer since December 2021. He co-founded Peraso Technologies in 2009 and served as executive vice president of engineering and operations. Prior to founding Peraso Technologies, Mr. Lynch worked as a system architect at Kleer Semiconductor, a fabless company focused on wireless audio technology. Before Kleer, he was director of software engineering at Intellon Corporation, a pioneer and leader in the development of semiconductor devices used for powerline communications. Previously, Mr. Lynch held various technical roles at Cogency Semiconductor and Power Trunk. Mr. Lynch holds a B.A.Sc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Tomkins is responsible for all technical aspects of Peraso and has served as chief technology officer since December 2021. He co-founded Peraso Technologies in 2009 and served as its chief technology officer. Mr. Tomkins holds a Masters of Applied Science from the University of Toronto and a B.S. in Engineering Physics from Carleton University. He also attended the University of Toronto as a doctoral candidate in Applied Science.
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Glibbery has served as a member of the board of directors and as chief executive officer since December 2021. Ron co-founded Peraso Technologies in 2009 and served as its chief executive officer. Prior to co-founding Peraso Technologies, Mr. Glibbery held executive positions at Kleer Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company focused on wireless audio technology and Intellon, a pioneer and leader in the development of semiconductor devices used for powerline communications. He has held other executive roles at Cogency Semiconductor, LSI Logic Canada, Inc. and LSI Logic Corporation. Mr. Glibbery holds a B.E.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Western Ontario.
Vice President, General Manager of Memory Products
Mr. Lewis has served as a member of the board of directors since September 2017 and currently serves as president. He previously served as chief executive officer of MoSys from August 2018 until December 2021, Mr. Lewis served as the managing member and an owner of GMS Manufacturing Solution LLC, a firm focused on providing engineering services to manufacturing companies. He previously held various executive and leadership roles at View Box Group, Xicor, Integrated Device Technology, Accelerant Networks, Intel Corporation, Zilog and Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Lewis holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Member
Dr. McWalter has served as a member of the board of directors since December 2021. He also currently serves as a member of the board of directors for Evertz Technologies, a publicly traded manufacturer of video and audio infrastructure solutions for television, telecom and new-media industries. Dr. McWalter served as the president and chief executive officer of CMC Microsystems from 2007 until 2018. Prior to this role, Dr. McWalter was chief executive officer of Toumaz Technology. Before joining Toumaz, Dr. McWalter spent 15 years at Gennum Corporation, including five years as president and chief executive officer from 2000 to 2005. Previously, he held management and technical positions at Bell Northern Research Ltd., the research and development arm of Northern Telecom and Bell Canada, and Plessey Semiconductors. Dr. McWalter was awarded a B.Sc. in physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England.
Member
Mr. Melder has served as a member of the board of directors since December 2021 and is a veteran technology executive in the semiconductor, communications and consumer electronics industries. He previously served as vice president of business development at Gigle Networks, which was acquired in 2011 by Broadcom, where he continued to serve in executive marketing roles. Prior to Broadcom, Mr. Melder served as senior vice president of sales, marketing and business development for Intellon, which was acquired by Atheros/Qualcom. Previously, he was founder and vice president of marketing and business development for Microtune, a designer of RF integrated circuits and subsystem modules, which was acquired by Zoran Semiconductor, and vice president of sales & marketing for Tripath, an audio controller company acquired by Etelos. Additionally, Mr. Melder was a senior executive for companies that were acquired by Broadcom, Cirrus Logic and RFMD. Mr. Melder earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering/Business from Carnegie-Mellon University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Operations Research from Southern Methodist University.
Member
Mr. Newell has served as a member of the board of directors since October 2018 and is currently a consultant and advisor to emerging technology and healthcare companies. He has held financial management positions for companies in Silicon Valley for over 25 years. From 2003 to 2018, Mr. Newell was chief financial officer of Dextera Surgical, a developer of advanced surgical stapling and medical devices. He served on the board of directors of ARI Network Services, a leading publicly traded supplier of SaaS and data as a service solutions. Previously, Mr. Newell served as chief financial officer of Omnicell, an automated medication and hospital supply management company, and prior to 2000, he held executive positions with the Beta Group and Cardiometrics. Prior to his business career, he was a pilot in the United States Air Force. Mr. Newell holds a B.A. in mathematics from the College of William & Mary and an MBA from Harvard Business School.