Efinix adds former Seagate and Altera legal executive to board

Efinix, Inc., a Cupertino, Calif.-based FPGA chip company, has appointed Kate Schuelke to its board of directors, according to a press release statement.

Schuelke brings more than three decades of experience in the semiconductor and technology industries. She most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX), where she led legal, compliance, global trust and security, and government affairs, managing a team of more than 300 professionals. She also co-led Seagate's Enterprise Security Risk Management program.

Before Seagate, Schuelke spent two decades at Altera Corporation, rising to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. During her tenure at Altera, she negotiated the company's $16.7 billion sale to Intel. Earlier in her career, she was a litigator at Morrison & Foerster.

Schuelke currently serves on the board of SiTime Corporation (Nasdaq: SITM), where she chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and sits on the Compensation Committee. She is also a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director and an Executive Advisor in the Corporate practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

"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."

Schuelke holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.S. in Economics from the University at Buffalo.

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