MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS - Key Persons


Bernie Blegen - CFO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • EVP
Bernie Blegen has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2016 and is responsible for finance, accounting, tax, treasury and investor relations. From August 2011 to March 2016, Mr. Blegen served as our Corporate Controller, and from March 2016 to July 2016, as our interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Blegen joined MPS with more than 25 years of experience in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, tax, finance and accounting in the semiconductor, software and publishing industries. Prior to joining MPS, Mr. Blegen held a number of executive finance and accounting positions for other publicly traded technology companies, including Xilinx, Inc. and Credence Systems. Mr. Blegen holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Carintia Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee / Chair of the Compensation Committee
  • Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Thales Alenia Space
Carintia Martinez has served on our Board since May 2021. Ms. Martinez has served as Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Thales Alenia Space, a European aerospace manufacturer specializing in satellite systems, since January 2018. From February 2008 to December 2017, Ms. Martinez held various senior positions, including Vice President of Renault-Nissan Alliance Quality and Vice President of Information Systems for Marketing and Sales, at Renault Group, a French automobile manufacturer. Prior to 2008, Ms. Martinez held a variety of managerial roles in information systems and other corporate functions under different entities within Renault Group and Nissan Motor Corporation. Ms. Martinez holds a master's degree in Architecture and City Planning from Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana in Brazil, a master's degree in Project Management from Université de Technologie de Compiègne in France, and a master's degree in Urban Planning from Université Paris XII - Val de Marne and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France.

Deming Xiao

Job Titles:
  • EVP, Global Operations
  • President of MPS Asia Operations
Deming Xiao has served as our President of MPS Asia Operations since January 2008. Since joining us in May 2001, Mr. Xiao held several executive positions, including Foundry Manager and Senior Vice President of Operations. Before joining us, from June 2000 to May 2001, Mr. Xiao was Engineering Account Manager at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Xiao spent 6 years as the Manager of Process Integration Engineering at Fairchild Imaging Sensors. Mr. Xiao holds a B.S. in Semiconductor Physics from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China and an M.S.E.E. from Wayne State University.

Dr. Jeff Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Chairman of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Executive Vice Chairman of Miasol
Dr. Jeff Zhou has served on our Board since February 2010. Dr. Zhou currently serves as the Executive Vice Chairman of Miasolé, which develops thin film solar technology, a position he has held since 2018. Dr. Zhou served as the Chief Executive Officer of MiaSolé from 2013 to 2018. Dr. Zhou also served as Executive Chairman of Alta Devices, a developer of flexible mobile power technology, from 2014 to 2015. Before joining MiaSolé, Dr. Zhou was President of Hanergy Holding America, Inc., a developer and operator of solar power plants, from 2012 to 2013. Dr. Zhou was Vice President of Product Engineering of Nanosolar, Inc., a developer of solar power technology, from 2011 to 2012. Dr. Zhou was Chief Operating Officer at NDS Surgical Imaging, a medical imaging technology company, during 2010. From 2008 to 2009, Dr. Zhou was Vice President of Global Engineering and General Manager of Asia Pacific Business at NDS Surgical Imaging. From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Zhou was Vice President of Engineering for several business divisions and General Manager of the China and India Design Centers at Flextronics Inc. From 2000 to 2005, Dr. Zhou was Vice President and General Manager of several divisions at Honeywell International Inc. Dr. Zhou holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.. Member of the Audit Committee Chair of the Compensation Committee

Eileen Wynne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Interim Chief Financial Officer of IDEX Biometrics ASA
Eileen Wynne has served on our Board since February 2023. Ms. Wynne has served as interim Chief Financial Officer of IDEX Biometrics ASA ("IDEX"), a provider of fingerprint identification technologies, since August 2022, and supported IDEX on a consulting basis since December 2020. From November1999 to June 2019, Ms. Wynne held various managerial and senior roles at Analog Devices, Inc. ("ADI"), a global semiconductor company, including Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer from May 2013 to June 2019, and interim Chief Financial Officer from March 2017 to September 2017. Prior to ADI, Ms. Wynne held various positions in private and public accounting. Ms. Wynne holds a B.A. in Financial Economics from St. Anselm College and an M.S. in Accounting from Bentley University.

Eugen Elmiger

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Chief Executive Officer of Maxon
  • Member of the Audit Committee / Member of the Compensation Committee
Eugen Elmiger has served on our Board since October 2012. Mr. Elmiger currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Maxon group, a leading advanced motion company, a position that he has held since January 2011. From 1991 to 2011, Mr. Elmiger held senior executive positions in the sales, marketing and engineering divisions of Maxon motor. Mr. Elmiger currently serves on the Board of Directors of Kardex AG, a global leader in automated storage solutions and material handling systems. Mr. Elmiger holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Lucerne (Horw) University of Applied Science and Art. Member of the Compensation Committee Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Herbert Chang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Herbert Chang has served on our Board since September 1999. From March 2014 until December 2019, Mr. Chang was the general manager of Mutto Optronics Corporation, an OEM/ODM knife manufacturer listed on the Taiwan OTC. Mr. Chang is also a Managing Member of Growstar Associates, Ltd., which was the General Partner and the Fund Manager of VCFA Growth Partners , L.P. from 2007 to 2013 and is the Chief Executive Officer of C Squared Management Corporation. Mr. Chang's companies focus on investing in companies in the semiconductor, telecommunications, networking, software, and/or Internet industries. Mr. Chang was the President of InveStar Capital, Inc. from April 1996 until 2015 and serves on the board of directors of a number of private companies. Mr. Chang received a B.S. in geology from National Taiwan University and an M.B.A. from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. Member of the Audit Committee Member of the Compensation Committee

James C. Moyer

James C. Moyer has served on our Board since October 1998 and served as our Chief Design Engineer from September 1997 until his retirement from the company in January 2016. Before joining MPS, from June 1990 to September 1997, Mr. Moyer held senior technical positions at Micrel, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Moyer held senior design engineering positions at Hytek Microsystems Inc., National Semiconductor Corporation, and Texas Instruments Inc. Mr. Moyer holds a B.A.E.E. from Rice University.

Maurice Sciammas

Job Titles:
  • EVP, Worldwide Sales & Marketing
  • Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Maurice Sciammas currently serves as our Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. Mr. Sciammas joined the Company in July 1999 and served as Vice President of Products and Vice President of Sales (excluding greater China) until he was appointed to his current position. Before joining the Company, he was Director of IC Products at Supertex from 1990 to 1999. He has also held positions at Micrel, Inc. He holds a B.S.E.E. degree from San Jose State University.

Michael R. Hsing - CEO, Chairman, President

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Engineer
  • President
It started with a vision. Michael Hsing, pioneering engineer and CEO, founded Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) in 1997 with the belief that an entire power system could be integrated onto a single chip, which would greatly enhance system performance and eliminate most of the iterative design efforts. Prior to founding MPS, Michael was a Senior Silicon Technology Developer at several analog IC companies, where he developed and patented key technologies, which set new standards in the Power Electronics industry. In order to execute his vision, he created groundbreaking enabling technologies using a fully integrated power process in a CMOS foundry. In May of 1998, a single-chip solution for powering CCFL backlighting in Notebooks was launched. The product substantially reduced the total solution cost and design complexity, as well as significantly improved power conversion. As a result, this product stormed the laptop market by taking 40% market share in 2003 and 80% in 2005. Immediately the company diversified into DC/DC products, which again reset the industry standard. In November 2004, Michael took the company IPO. Since then, the company has grown to 6 product lines with more than 1000 products and thousands of customers. In 2013, Michael fulfilled his vision: MPS introduced an industry first - a cost effective Monolithic Power Module that truly integrates an entire power system onto a single package, entering the industry into a new era of power management.

Saria Tseng - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary, VP

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Secretary
  • General Counsel
  • Vice President
  • EVP, Strategic Corporate Development, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Saria Tseng has served as our Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2004 and additionally as our Vice President, Strategic Corporate Development since 2009. Ms. Tseng joined the Company from MaXXan Systems, Inc., where she was also Vice President and General Counsel from 2001 to 2004. Previously, Ms. Tseng was an attorney at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, LLP and Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Ms. Tseng is a member of the state bar in both California and New York and is a member of the bar association of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Ms. Tseng holds Masters of Law degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and the Chinese Culture University in Taipei.

Victor K. Lee

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Compensation Committee / Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Victor K. Lee has served on our Board since September 2006. Mr. Lee served as Chief Financial Officer of Ambarella, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company from August 2007 to March 2011. From December 2002 through June 2007, Mr. Lee served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Leadis Technology Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. From December 1999 to January 2001, Mr. Lee served as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of SINA Corporation, an Internet media company. From September 1998 to August 1999, Mr. Lee was the Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer of VLSI Technology, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, and from 1997 to 1998, Vice President, Corporate Controller of VLSI Technology, Inc. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Lee was a finance director at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Mr. Lee holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. Chair of the Audit Committee