Ms. Lavie has been a Partner of M&T Semiconductor, a consulting firm serving professionals and organizations throughout the semiconductor ecosystem, since January 2020. Previously, Ms. Lavie was with Tower Semiconductor, a manufacturer of integrated circuits using specialty process technologies, from 1988 to 2019. Ms. Lavie was appointed Tower Semiconductor s Senior Vice President and General Manager of Transfer, Optimization and development Process Services (TOPS) in 2013, after serving as Vice President of Process Engineering R&D and General Manager of TOPS since 2007. During her tenure, she grew TOPS from inception to annual revenues of approximately $200 million. Ms. Lavie was a member of the Board of Directors of Tower Partners Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (TPSCo), a semiconductor manufacturing firm, from 2014 to 2019. Ms. Lavie has over 30 years of experience within the semiconductor industry, including leading diverse business initiatives, R&D complex projects and processes development. She has expertise in thin films metallization and process integration and holds several patents within this area. Ms. Lavie received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Ms. Lavie s qualifications to serve on our Board include her extensive experience in the semiconductor industry, including leading diverse business initiatives and complex R&D projects, her significant R&D process development expertise, including technology development and transfers management in diverse fields (CMOS, sensors, MEMS, discrete, etc.) within the semiconductor industry and her experience as a director.