Biography

James Lederer joined our Board in March 2018. He brings more than 35 years of broad-ranging executive leadership experience, with over two decades focused on the semiconductor, mobile and wireless technology industries. After an early career at General Motors and Motorola, he joined Qualcomm and was part of the senior team that grew the business to become the undisputed leader in the communications semiconductor arena. In his most recent role he was Executive Vice President, leading teams in finance, operations, supply chain, strategy, M&A, legal and product/program management functions for a $17 billion semiconductor technologies division. Jim serves as a director of publicly-traded Entegris. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the School of Management.