Chairman of the Compensation Committee

A leading expert in the fields of integrated electronics, patents and intellectual property licensing, Paul is the Chairman and CEO of the Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd., in New York. He has published numerous papers in technical journals around the world and has authored two textbooks on metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect devices, which have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Russian.

The founder of Standard Microsystems Corporation, Paul served in various positions with SMSC for 29 years, including Vice President of Research and Development, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, before he retired from the company in 2000. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the City University of New York, as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical Science of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and as a member of the Visiting Committee of MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Over the years, Paul has been honored internationally for his many contributions to semiconductor integrated circuit technology. He received Electronics Magazine’s Annual Award for Achievement, as well as several medals and awards for outstanding technical accomplishments from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (the IEEE). Paul is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and received the IEEE’s Third Millennium Medal. His biography appears in current editions of Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in Science and Technology and Who’s Who in Finance and Business.

Paul has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.