Ray Bingham

Mr Bingham is Managing Director with General Atlantic LLC, a global growth equity firm. Having joined the firm in 2006, Mr. Bingham is co-head of General Atlantic's Palo Alto office. He also serves as co-head of the firm's investment activities in the Communications and Electronics sector. Ray Bingham's distinguished career of more that 30 years has spanned businesses in high tech, chemical engineering, and hospitality real estate development with accomplishments in mergers and acquisitions, global trade and venture capital. From 1993 to 2005, he served in executive management roles at Cadence Design Systems, the world's leading electronics design automation (EDA) software company. He was named executive chairman in May 2004, after serving as president and chief executive officer since May 1999. Before joining Cadence, he held senior management roles with the Marriott Corporation, Red Lion Hotels and Inns, Agrico Overseas Investment Company and N-ReN International. He is a director of three public companies: Oracle Corporation, Flextronics International Ltd. and STMicroelectronics NV. Mr. Bingham has also served as a member of The Business Round Table, Chairman of the Board of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.