Biography

Kevin J. Kennedy has served as a director since 2013 and is currently Chair of our Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Kennedy currently serves as Chief Product Officer and chair of the board of directors of ZEVx, a private company that develops mobile charging for electric vehicles. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as Chief Executive Officer of Quanergy Systems, a publicly traded provider of smart sensing solutions, and chair of the board of directors of Maxeon Solar Technologies, a global provider of solar products. He also served as Senior Managing Director at Blue Ridge Partners, a management consulting firm. Mr. Kennedy served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Avaya Inc., a global provider of real-time business collaboration and communications solutions, prior to which he served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation, a provider of optical communications products. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kennedy served at Openwave Systems, Cisco Systems, and AT&T Bell Laboratories and was a Presidential Appointee to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.

Mr. Kennedy also serves on the board of directors for KLA Corporation and UL Solutions. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Lehigh University and Master of Science, Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. degrees from Rutgers University. Mr. Kennedy has also completed the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute.