Board of Directors

Manuel Alba has served as the Chair of the Board of Astera Labs’ since March of 2018. Mr. Alba currently serves as director of Copperleaf Technologies, a publicly traded Canadian company, where he has served since 2010. Additionally, he serves as director of Kardium (Canada) since 2008, Lightbits (Israel) since 2016, Xsight Labs (Israel) since 2017, and as interim Chairman of Lyte.ai (California) since January 2023. Previously, Mr. Alba was a co-founder, director and President of Galileo Technology (Israel, GALTF) from 1994 to 2001, director of Marvell (MRVL) from 2001 to 2004, director of Pixer (Israel) from 2005 to 2008, director of Annapurna Labs (Israel) from 2011 to 2015, director of Habana Labs (Israel) from 2016 to 2020, and director of Banias Labs (Israel) from 2020 to 2022. During his career, Mr. Alba has worked as a design engineer, technical marketing engineer, technology business executive, and active founding investor. Mr. Alba has also served as a board member of various non-profit organizations. Mr. Alba holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City, Master of Science degrees in Computer Engineering and Engineering Management from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara.

Stefan Dyckerhoff has served as a member of Astera Labs’ board of directors since November 2019. Mr. Dyckerhoff is currently a Managing Director of Sutter Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm, where he has served since October 2012. Prior to joining Sutter Hill Ventures, Mr. Dyckerhoff served in various roles at Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), a software company, from October 2009 to December 2012, including most recently as the as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Platform Systems Division from March 2011 to December 2012. Additionally, from May 2004 to September 2009, Mr. Dyckerhoff served in various roles at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO), a software company, including most recently as Vice President & General Manager of the Edge Routing Business Unit from February 2007 to October 2009. Mr. Dyckerhoff has served as a member of the board of directors of Lacework, a computer and network security company, since January 2015, SiFive, a semiconductor company, since September 2015, Atmosic Technologies, a semiconductor company, since April 2017, and Enfabrica, a computer networking products company, since May 2020. Mr. Dyckerhoff holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Jitendra Mohan is a co-founder of Astera Labs. He has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors since November 2017, and served as President from November 2017 to November 2023. Prior to founding Astera Labs, Mr. Mohan served as Product Line (General) Manager at Texas Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq:TXN), a semiconductor company, from March 2012 to October 2017, and at National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM), a semiconductor company, from June 1996 to March 2012 in various technical roles, including most recently as a Design Director. Mr. Mohan holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Sanjay Gajendra is a co-founder of Astera Labs. He has served as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the board of directors since November 2017, and as President since November 2023. He also served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from November 2017 to July 2020. Prior to founding Astera Labs, Mr. Gajendra served as Product Line (General) Manager at Texas Instruments Inc. from July 2014 to October 2017 and a Director of Product Management from January 2012 to June 2014, a Product Manager at National Semiconductor Corporation from June 2006 to December 2011, a Principal Software Engineer from May 2000 to June 2006, and a Senior Software Engineer at Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), a consulting company, from September 1996 to February 2000. Mr. Gajendra holds a Master of Engineering degree in Engineering Management from University of Colorado Boulder.

Michael Hurlston has served as a member of Astera Labs’ board of directors since November 2022. Mr. Hurlston is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Synaptics, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNA), a semiconductor company, where he has served since August 2019. Prior to joining Synaptics, Mr. Hurlston served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Finisar Corporation, a telecommunications company, from January 2018 to August 2019. Before joining Finisar, Mr. Hurlston served in various roles at Broadcom Limited (Nasdaq:AVGO), a semiconductor company, and its predecessor corporation, from November 2001 to October 2017, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Mobile Connectivity Products/Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division from February 2016 to October 2017 and from September 2009 to January 2013 and as Executive Vice President of Sales from January 2013 to February 2016. Additionally, Mr. Hurlston previously held senior marketing and engineering positions at Oren Semiconductor, Inc., Avasem, Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc., MicroPower Systems Inc., Exar Corporation, and IC Works Inc. from 1991 to 2001. Mr. Hurlston has served as a member of the board of directors of Flextronics International, Ltd. (Nasdaq:FLEX), a manufacturing company, since September 2020, and currently serves on the Board of Executive Trustees of the UC Davis Foundation and on the Dean’s Executive Committee for the College of Engineering and the Dean’s Advisory Counsel for the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. Mr. Hurlston holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis.

Jack Lazar has served as a member of Astera Labs’ board of directors since December 2022. Since March 2016, Mr. Lazar has served as an independent business consultant. From January 2014 to March 2016, Mr. Lazar served as the Chief Financial Officer of GoPro, Inc. (Nasdaq:GPRO), a provider of wearable and mountable capture devices. From May 2011 to January 2013, Mr. Lazar served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and General Manager of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., a developer of communications semiconductor solutions. From September 2003 until it was acquired by Qualcomm Incorporated in May 2011, Mr. Lazar served in various positions at Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR), a provider of communications semiconductor solutions, including most recently as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary. Mr. Lazar has served as a member of the board of directors of ThredUp Inc. (Nasdaq:TDUP), an online marketplace for secondhand clothing, since June 2017, Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:REZI), a provider of comfort and security solutions, since September 2018, Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX), an enterprise cloud content and file sharing provider, since March 2020, GlobalFoundries, Inc. (Nasdaq:GFS), a semiconductor manufacturing company, since July 2021. Mr. Lazar has a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with an emphasis in Accounting from Santa Clara University.