Efinix®, Inc., the FPGA pioneer accelerating edge AI innovation, today announced that Kate Schuelke has joined its Board of Directors. Schuelke is an accomplished technology executive and public company director with more than three decades of experience spanning the semiconductor and broader technology industries. Throughout her career, she has held senior leadership roles guiding global organizations through complex legal, regulatory, governance, and business challenges, bringing a deep understanding of the strategic and operational issues facing technology companies. Schuelke currently serves on the board of directors of SiTime Corporation (Nasdaq: SITM), a semiconductor company serving AI data center, communications, automotive, industrial automation, and aerospace and defense markets, where she chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee. She is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director and an Executive Advisor in the Corporate practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, advising general counsel, senior executives, and boards on legal, governance, and strategic matters. She also serves on the Nominating and Governance and Network Development Committees of American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley, a non-profit organization.
“Kate has spent her career at the center of our industry, with deep roots in FPGAs from her years at Altera,” said Sammy Cheung, Efinix co-founder and CEO. “Her expertise in corporate governance, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and international compliance is exactly what Efinix needs as we enter our next stage of development. Kate’s judgment and perspective will be invaluable to our board and we are delighted to welcome her.”
Schuelke previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX), the global leader in data storage. Serving on the executive leadership team, she led legal, compliance, global trust and security, and government affairs, managing a global organization of more than 300 professionals. She also co-led Seagate’s Enterprise Security Risk Management program, covering data privacy, cybersecurity, product security, and supply chain security, as well as its Enterprise Crisis Management Program.
Before Seagate, Schuelke spent two decades at Altera Corporation, where she rose to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Reporting to the CEO, she was responsible for the legal, internal audit, and compliance functions of a semiconductor company with more than 3,000 employees in 19 countries, and she chaired Altera’s Information Security Committee. She established and managed the company’s internal audit department, including Sarbanes-Oxley testing and financial, regulatory, ethics, and operational audits. She also negotiated the $16.7 billion sale of Altera Corporation to Intel. Earlier in her career, Schuelke was a litigator at Morrison & Foerster.
“I am honored to join the Efinix board at such an important point in the company’s development,” said Schuelke. “Over my career in the FPGA and technology industries, I have worked with leadership teams and boards on governance, intellectual property, and corporate transactions. I look forward to putting that experience to work alongside Sammy, the management team, and my fellow directors in support of Efinix’s next stage of development.”
Schuelke holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was a member of the NYU Law Review, and a B.S. in Economics from the University at Buffalo, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
About Efinix
Efinix® accelerates edge AI innovation through its disruptive FPGA architecture and solutions. The company delivers energy-efficient, high-performance FPGA for AI-driven markets including industrial automation, machine vision, automotive systems, physical AI, and edge computing. Efinix provides a complete development ecosystem including the Efinity® Integrated Development Environment for FPGA design from RTL to bitstream, and Sapphire SOC solutions for embedded processor and AI acceleration from C/C++ and AI model garden to execution. For more information, visit www.efinixinc.com.
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