Propelling Growth Through Financial Leadership, Structure and Accountability As a Financial Leader and Corporate Strategist, I partner with company leadership as a trusted advisor, playing a pivotal role in influencing business strategy, planning and growth. Leverage global perspective, corporate finance, operations and analytical expertise to formulate and implement financial decision tools and process improvements that drive growth and expansion for start-up, fast growth, small and large corporations across varying industry lines and cultures. Foster collaboration and motivate/lead with integrity. Drive change, balancing priorities across an organization. Financial Strategy Worked with Exar Corporation’s interim CEO to prepare complete financial strategy that improved company performance. Identified, formulated and presented three strategic directions to BOD. Subsequently, alongside new CEO, executed drastic restructuring that resulted in millions of dollars improvement in operating profit (7% vs. 2% loss) and increased earnings per share. Inorganic Growth Fully involved in completion of six acquisitions — including a merger of equals that more than doubled sales and tripled complexity at Exar Corporation. Completed subsequent integrations by adapting accounting procedures to an evolving business model without any breach in SOX internal controls. Start-up Member of management team that in four years built Wafer Tech to 1,200 employees and constructed a ~$1.5B wafer fabrication plant. Built accounting functions, implemented ERP system and established KPIs to support growth. Accelerating Growth Spurred revenue growth at VSLI Technology 39%+ through increased capital allocation to R&D investment in new products and development of IP cores and strategic pricing model. Public Company Reporting As Corporate Controller, led implementation of Exar’s initial compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, successfully instituting internal control structure.

CFO | Senior Vice President of Finance @ From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) Independent Consultant @ Provided support for the company's filing of its SEC 10-Q and 10-K reports. From 2014 to 2014 (less than a year) CFO | Senior Vice President of Finance @ Chief Financial Officer | Senior Vice President of Finance, 2009 – 2012 Transition Consultant, 2012 – 2013 Provided financial oversight, analysis and guidance in support of significant strategic change for this silicon, software and subsystem solutions company. Installed strong financial team that provided decision support through product-line measurements, ROI analysis, project ranking and resource assessment and allocation, in the face of continually evolving accounting standards. From 2009 to 2013 (4 years) Senior Director | Director, FP&A | Controller @ Senior Director | Corporate Controller, 2004 – 2009 Director, FP&A | Operations Controller, 2001 – 2004 Charged with financial planning, cost accounting, instituting budgeting and analysis systems and creating highly reliable inventory E&O analysis system. In the face of revenue stagnation, chosen for Corporate Controller role to support expansion strategies and guide SEC reporting, FP&A, Treasury, tax and SOX compliance. From 2001 to 2009 (8 years) Director of FP&A | Operations Controller @ Key director-level team member for start-up semiconductor foundry joint venture comprised of TSMC, Altera, Analog Devices and ISSI. Provided strategic guidance and hands-on involvement in culture shaping, organizational design, creating business processes and financial reporting infrastructure. Led SAP implementation for finance, operations and purchasing. Interfaced and maintained strong relationships with majority owner and TSMC’s finance, IT and planning teams in the creation of strong financial organization. Reported to CFO, executives, board of directors and owners. From 1997 to 2001 (4 years) Director | Group Controller | Senior Financial Analyst @ Director | Group Controller, Silicon Products, 1993 – 1997 Division Controller, Primary and Emerging Products, 1990 – 1993 Senior Financial Analyst, 1988 – 1989 Facilitated transition in operating model, targeting computing, communications and high-end consumer markets for growing semiconductor company. Used finance decision tools to re-architect the organization and allocate capital to the development of proprietary silicon products and sub-system solutions. Tenure culminated in oversight of Silicon Products group, experiencing multimillion-dollar growth — approximately 90% of company revenues. From 1988 to 1997 (9 years)

MBA, Finance @ Santa Clara University From 1982 to 1984 BS, Business Administration, Cum Laude @ California Lutheran University From 1978 to 1982 Kevin Bauer is skilled in: Semiconductor Industry, Mergers, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Start-ups, Finance, Revenue Recognition, SEC filings, Financial Modeling, Executive Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Semiconductors, Forecasting, Internal Controls, Mergers & Acquisitions, Manufacturing