Board Committees

Daniel Tempesta served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nuance Communications, Inc., a technology pioneer with market leadership in conversational AI and ambient intelligence, from 2015 to December 2023, including through its acquisition by Microsoft Corporation in March 2022. Prior to this, he was SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at Nuance from 2008 to 2015, and at Nuance his responsibilities included oversight of the finance and accounting operations, as well as tax, treasury, investor relations, order management, and procurement. Prior to Nuance, Mr. Tempesta served as the Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Teradyne, Inc. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, where he held a number of roles in the assurance practice serving technology clients.

Mr. Schiano is known for his expertise helping companies refocus their business units and for driving positive change. He is also an accomplished dealmaker. Mr. Schiano founded Evergreen Capital Partners LLC to provide strategic, operational, and financial guidance to private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Prior to that, he served in a number of director and executive roles in the automotive industry, including at Textron Automotive and TRW, Inc. Mr. Schiano attended Long Island University, majoring in Finance, the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School Management Development Program, and the Northwestern University - Kellogg School Mergers and Acquisitions Program.

Matthew Simoncini was the former President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director on the Board from 2011 to 2018 of Lear Corporation, a Fortune 150 automotive components supplier. In this role, Mr. Simoncini was responsible for the strategic direction and operational leadership of the company. Prior to this, Mr. Simoncini served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lear since 2007, and held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1996. With his background, Mr. Simoncini brings significant strategic and financial expertise in the automotive and automotive-related sector, as well as extensive relationships with automakers, suppliers, equity investors, and capital markets. He began his career at Touche Ross and is a certified public accountant.

Ms. Martin is Chair of the Board of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a Partner practicing corporate and securities law in the firm’s Palo Alto headquarters, which plays an active role in Silicon Valley's technology ecosystem by working with top innovators and entrepreneurs of technology and life sciences companies, as well as the funding sources that support them. She previously served as a member of the Policy Committee and leader of the business law department. Ms. Martin has extensive experience in representing public companies and her practice covers all aspects of company representation, including corporate governance, SEC compliance, 1934 Act issues, public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions.

Ms. Martin previously served as a Director of Nuance Communications, a public technology company and pioneer in natural language processing, for 18 years. Prior to that, she was a Partner at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP.

Ms. Martin is a frequent spokesperson on corporate and securities law, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions, and is often ranked among the top corporate attorneys in regional and national publications, such as the Daily Journal’s “Top Lawyers of the Decade” in California.

Ms. Martin received her J.D. from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law and her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen is the Founder, CEO, and Chair of the Board of Openwater, a San Francisco-based medical laser imaging device technology company. She also serves as Director on the Board of Lear Corporation, a Fortune 150 automotive components supplier.

Dr. Jepsen is a technology pioneer, with over 250 patents and 50 game-changing products to her name. From virtual and augmented reality systems to laptops and smartphones, from holography to health wearables, Jepsen has touched a wide range of technologies. As a prolific inventor and entrepreneur, Dr. Jepsen has been named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine (“Time 100”), in addition to CNN’s top 10 thinkers in science and technology.

Previously, Dr. Jepsen served as the Executive Director of Engineering at Facebook, Inc. and Head of Display Technologies at Oculus, and she has also held similar roles at Google, Inc. and X (formerly Google[x]). Prior to this, Dr. Jepsen was a professor at MIT and co-founded the nonprofit organization "One Laptop per Child," for which she served as CTO and lead architect on design, cost-down, and scale components for the $100 laptops that were successfully shipped to millions of children in the developing world. Dr. Jepsen received her Ph.D. in Optical Physics, as well as her Sc.B. in Electrical Engineering and Studio art, from Brown University.

Matthew Simoncini was the former President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director on the Board from 2011 to 2018 of Lear Corporation, a Fortune 150 automotive components supplier. In this role, Mr. Simoncini was responsible for the strategic direction and operational leadership of the company. Prior to this, Mr. Simoncini served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lear since 2007, and held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1996. With his background, Mr. Simoncini brings significant strategic and financial expertise in the automotive and automotive-related sector, as well as extensive relationships with automakers, suppliers, equity investors, and capital markets. He began his career at Touche Ross and is a certified public accountant.

Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen is the Founder, CEO, and Chair of the Board of Openwater, a San Francisco-based medical laser imaging device technology company. She also serves as Director on the Board of Lear Corporation, a Fortune 150 automotive components supplier.

Dr. Jepsen is a technology pioneer, with over 250 patents and 50 game-changing products to her name. From virtual and augmented reality systems to laptops and smartphones, from holography to health wearables, Jepsen has touched a wide range of technologies. As a prolific inventor and entrepreneur, Dr. Jepsen has been named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine (“Time 100”), in addition to CNN’s top 10 thinkers in science and technology.

Previously, Dr. Jepsen served as the Executive Director of Engineering at Facebook, Inc. and Head of Display Technologies at Oculus, and she has also held similar roles at Google, Inc. and X (formerly Google[x]). Prior to this, Dr. Jepsen was a professor at MIT and co-founded the nonprofit organization "One Laptop per Child," for which she served as CTO and lead architect on design, cost-down, and scale components for the $100 laptops that were successfully shipped to millions of children in the developing world. Dr. Jepsen received her Ph.D. in Optical Physics, as well as her Sc.B. in Electrical Engineering and Studio art, from Brown University.

Dr. Shaun Maguire is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm that helps daring founders build legendary technology companies. Key companies that he has partnered with at Sequoia and where he currently sits on the Boards include AMP Smart Sortation, Knowde, Vise, Gather, Physna, and Monad.

Prior to joining Sequoia in 2019, Dr. Maguire was a Partner at GV, where he led their investments in Dandelion Energy, IonQ, Lambda School, and Spinlaunch, invested in Clutter, Mode.net, Opendoor, and Stripe, and sourced their investment in Segment. Prior to joining GV, he was a Co-Founder and Chairman at Expanse (formerly known as Qadium), a cybersecurity company based in San Francisco that was later acquired by Palo Alto Networks (PANW) for $1B. He was also a Co-Founder of Escape Dynamics, Inc., a space launch company.

Dr. Maguire spent two years working at the Defensive Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through which he deployed to Afghanistan and was part of a team that earned a Joint Meritorious Unit Award from the United States' Secretary of Defense.

He earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Southern California, an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University, and an M.S. in Control and Dynamical Systems and a Ph.D. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology.

Ms. Martin is Chair of the Board of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a Partner practicing corporate and securities law in the firm’s Palo Alto headquarters, which plays an active role in Silicon Valley's technology ecosystem by working with top innovators and entrepreneurs of technology and life sciences companies, as well as the funding sources that support them. She previously served as a member of the Policy Committee and leader of the business law department. Ms. Martin has extensive experience in representing public companies and her practice covers all aspects of company representation, including corporate governance, SEC compliance, 1934 Act issues, public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions.

Ms. Martin previously served as a Director of Nuance Communications, a public technology company and pioneer in natural language processing, for 18 years. Prior to that, she was a Partner at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP.

Ms. Martin is a frequent spokesperson on corporate and securities law, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions, and is often ranked among the top corporate attorneys in regional and national publications, such as the Daily Journal’s “Top Lawyers of the Decade” in California.

Ms. Martin received her J.D. from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law and her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.