PCI-SIG Board of Directors ProfilesMichael Diamond
Rick Eads
Michael KrauseMichael Krause is a member of the PCI-SIG Board of Directors, and participates in multiple PCI-SIG technical workgroups. Michael Krause joined Hewlett-Packard in 1985 where he is currently a HP Fellow Engineer focused on local and fabric I/O and IPC technology development and strategy. He also acts as the HP technical lead for PCI Express as well as a co-author of the PCI Express specifications. Steve LindsaySteve Lindsay is a Technical Director in Broadcom Corporation's Enterprise Networking Group. He is also a Broadcom Distinguished Engineer. At Broadcom, Steve is primarily focused on hardware and software architecture for multiple Ethernet Controller product lines. Steve has 15 years of experience in developing PCI devices and their associated device drivers. Steve is a member of multiple PCI-SIG technical workgroups. Ramin Neshati
Ramin holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and the M.B.A., and works at Intel Corporation as a manager of technology development. Tony Pierce
Aside from his PCI-SIG duties, Pierce joined Microsoft Corporation in August of 1999 as a technical evangelist for the Microsoft Hardware Experience Group. He currently is the main technical and business lead for the Microsoft involvement with PCI and ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface). Prior to Microsoft, Pierce spent six years with Compaq Computer Corporation as a mobile systems architect and technical liaison to Microsoft. Pierce received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1987 and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Houston, Texas in 1996. Wesley Shao
Wesley Shao is an IO architect with Sun Microsystems and contributes to Sun's IO chipset architecture and its Solaris Operating System. He has been with Sun for over 10 years and currently leads the group that delivers PCI Express software to Solaris. He participates in multiple PCI-SIG technical workgroups. Al Yanes
Yanes also holds a position as chairman of the PCI Bridge workgroup and serves as the PCI and PCI-X technology expert for the IBM Rochester office and Server Group. Yanes is involved in ASIC design for IBM's Engineering and Technology Service Group. Yanes holds a BS in computer engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |
Michael Diamond is Director of Strategic Marketing at NVIDIA. From 1988 to 2000, Mr. Diamond held various positions in product management with P&L responsibility for Teradyne and executive strategy for Advantest, Semiconductor Automated Test Equipment companies. Mr. Diamond was Vice President of Operations for Intensys, a Graphics Processor company, before joining NVIDIA in 2001. Mr. Diamond's business strategies and inventions are changing the PC landscape, authoring 44 patents, in areas such as PCI Express, SLI, Hybrid SLI, Quadro Plex, MXM, GPU Architecture, Semiconductor Design-Manufacturing-Power Optimizations, and Content Protection. Mr. Diamond holds a B.S.E. degree from California State University Northridge, an M.S.M.E. and M.B.A. from the University of Southern California, and Executive Management programs at Caltech and Harvard.
Rick Eads is a senior product manager with expertise in technical/industrial marketing of test and measurement tools and electronic design automation software to leaders in the computer, semi-conductor, wired and wireless communications, storage and aerospace industries worldwide. Rick works on precision product definition and synthesis of breakthrough solutions that address new and emerging needs for both software and hardware products. He provides technical leadership in driving standards within industry organizations for PCI Express, ExpressCard, FB-DIMM (FBD), DDR, HyperTransport, ExpressCard, SATA, and InfiniBand. He has worked in marketing test and measurement products covering oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, microprocessor emulation solutions, ASIC emulation tools, EDA tools. Rick earned a M.B.A. from the University of Colorado with an emphasis on finance and marketing, and he graduated with a BSEE from Brigham Young University with an emphasis on digital design and computer architecture. He holds three patents and has published numerous papers and technical articles.
Ramin Neshati is a member of the PCI-SIG Board of Directors and the Treasurer of the PCI-SIG. He chairs the PCI-SIG Serial Communications Workgroup, which is responsible for coordinating industry enabling efforts for the adoption of PCI Express architecture by PCI-SIG members worldwide. Ramin is also managing the definition and delivery of the PCI Express 2.0 (5G) specifications through the PCI Express Electrical and Electromechanical workgroups. Additionally, Ramin acts as the liaison with peer industry organizations such as the PCMCIA, ASI-SIG, PICMG, etc.
Tony Pierce has served on the PCI-SIG Board of Directors since early 2000. In addition to his position on the board, Pierce also serves as the chairman for the PCI Firmware workgroup and has been an active member of the PCI Express workgroup.
Al Yanes serves as Chairman and President of the PCI-SIG and is a senior technical staff member for IBM in the Engineering & Technology Services Group. With 18 years of experience working with ASIC design in the I/O industry, Yanes holds 17 US patents for PCI and other I/O technologies.