Board of Directors

Management Team

Board of Directors

Chairman
Dado Banatao  |  Managing Partner, Founder, Tallwood Ventures

With his past experiences as an entrepreneur, Dado provides Quintic with a unique perspective. As an engineer, he is credited with developing several key semiconductor technologies and is regarded as a Silicon Valley visionary. As our lead investor, he has a keen sense of trends and opportunities involving technology solutions for computing and communications. Prior to forming Tallwood, Dado was a venture partner at the Mayfield Fund. He co-founded three technology startups: S3 (SBLU), Chips & Technologies (INTC) and Mostron. He also held positions at National Semiconductor, Seeq Technologies, Intersil and Commodore International. In 1997, he was honored with the prestigious Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award sponsored by Ernst & Young, Inc. magazine and Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services. In addition to Quintic, Dado also serves as Chairman of SiRF Technology (SIRF), InPhi Corporation, Peleton and Sequoia Communications and is on the boards of directors of Alphion Corporation, Redfern Integrated Optics, Teja Technologies Inc. and T-RAM Semiconductor. He also served as Chairman and led investments in Marvell Technology Group (MRVL); Acclaim Communications, acquired by Level One (INTC); Newport Communications, acquired by Broadcom (BRCM); Cyras Systems, acquired by Ciena (CIEN); and Stream Machine, acquired by Cirrus Logic (CRUS).Dado holds a B.S.E.E., cum laude, from the Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Board Members
George Pavlov  |  General Partner, Tallwood Ventures

George brings broad experience in venture capital, private equity, operations and technology to Tallwood. His ability to take a high-level business perspective helps him guide portfolio companies through complex decisions. George spends a portion of his time thinking about how Tallwood can expand beyond its early stage venture practice, which helps the firm plan for the future.

Prior to joining Tallwood, George was CEO of eTime Capital, a troubled enterprise software and services company that he restructured to achieve optimal liquidation. Earlier, he was General Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Mayfield, a venture capital fund. Before that, he was the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Blum Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm and registered investment advisor. George also held several financial and sales management positions at NeXT Computer, where he prepared industry and company strategic overviews, developed an expanded distribution strategy and managed customer satisfaction programs.

In addition to Quintic, George serves on the boards of directors of Amulaire Thermal Technology, Astute Networks, Audience Inc., Calypto Design Systems, Crossing Automation Inc. and M2000. George holds a B.S. in Accounting from Boston College.

C.K. Cheng | General Partner, Harbinger USA

C.K. Cheng is General Partner of Harbinger Venture, US Operations. Since
1983, Mr. Cheng has served the MiTAC-SYNNEX Group in different capacities.
Prior to co-founding Harbinger, Mr. Cheng was the senior Vice President of
Product Marketing and Manufacturing Operation at SYNNEX. His previous
investments include S3, VA Linux (NASDAQ: LNUX), Altigen (NASDAQ: ATGN),
and Synnex Corp. (NYSE: SNX).

Mr. Cheng received his MBA from Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, and B.S.
degree in Physics from Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan.

Dr. Chenming Hu | Founder
TSMC Distinguished Chair Professor of Microelectronics
University of California at Berkeley
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Dr. Chenming Hu is the TSMC Distinguished Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. He joined the Berkeley faculty in 1976. From 2001 to 2004, he was the Chief Technology Officer of TSMC, world's largest dedicated integrated circuits manufacturing company. He was the founding chairman of Celestry Design Technologies, an IC design software company that was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2003.

He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a member of Academia Sinica, a fellow of IEEE, a fellow of the Institute of Physics, and an honorary professor of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, and of Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. IEEE awarded him the 2002 Solid State Circuits Award for developing BSIM--- international standard SPICE model of MOSFETs, and the 1997 Jack A. Morton Award for his contributions to transistor reliability. He is also noted for developing the FinFET transistor structure that is promising for scaling the transistors to less than 10nm. He has received UC Berkeley's highest honor for teaching—the Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award. He is the author or co-author of three books and 800 research papers in the field of semiconductor technology.

Dr. Hu received his B.S. degree from the National Taiwan University and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, all in electrical engineering.

Victor Ren | President & CEO,Quintic

Victor brings nearly 30 years of experience in high-technology startups and large semiconductor companies alike to Quintic.  His proven track record in driving startups will help Quintic achieve its goal to become the finest mixed-signal fabless semiconductor company serving the portable and mobile electronics industries.

Prior to joining Quintc, Victor was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Auvitek, a fabless semiconductor company focused on the DTV market where he successfully led the company to both a shipping product and successful round of financing.  Earlier, he was the Vice President of Marketing at ESS Technology, where he led all facets of the company’s marketing, to and including strategic and tactical marketing, marketing communications, and project management.  Before that, he was the Vice President of product marketing at Cirrus Logic, and prior to Cirrus, he was the Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Stream Machines.  In addition to Quintic, Victor has been President and CEO of Onward Electronics as well as numerous marketing and product management roles at companies such as Ramtek and IKOS systems throughout his illustrious career.

Victor received his Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an Honor’s Degree/Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics at Marquette University.

Mark Cao | Vice President of Operations,Quintic

Mark Cao graduated from the EECS department of University of California at Berkeley with a Ph.D. degree in 2002. He worked at Philips Semiconductor in 2003 on Wireless LAN RF IC design. From Nov. 2003 to July 2005, he joined the founding engineering team of Uniband Electronics Corp., Taiwan (acquired by MediaTek) in Milpitas, CA. At UBEC, he worked on IEEE 802.11g, IEEE802.11 a/b/g combo, and ZigBee chips as a leading RF designer and engineering manager. In Oct. 2005, he co-founded Quintic Corporation and served as the first President and interim CEO until Dec. 2006. He is holding a certificate on Management of Technology from the Haas Business School of U.C. Berkeley.