Business veteran will help guide nonprofit’s strategic direction to drive innovation, strengthen U.S. leadership in semiconductor technology

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 10, 2024 — Natcast, the purpose-built, non-profit entity designated by the Department of Commerce to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) established by the CHIPS and Science Act of the U.S. government, today announced the addition of business veteran Jack Lazar to its Board of Trustees.

Lazar joins the Natcast Board of Trustees with more than 30 years of Silicon Valley experience, focusing on finance and operations. He has served in executive leadership roles at GoPro, Qualcomm, Atheros, NetRatings, Apptitude, and Electronics for Imaging, including CFO for three of the IPOs. In his operating and Board of Director roles, Lazar has been part of more than $30 billion in M&A, divestiture, equity, spin and debt transactions, and completed six additional IPOs as a Board member.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jack to the Board of Trustees,” said Robin Abrams, interim chair of the Natcast Board of Trustees. “His extensive experience guiding innovative companies through rapid growth and transformation, combined with his strategic acumen in finance and operations, will be instrumental as we undertake this once-in-a-generation opportunity for the U.S. to lead the world in the technologies of the future.”

Lazar currently serves on the boards of Astera Labs, Box, GlobalFoundries, Resideo, and thredUP, and consults with a variety of private companies, including Tonal, where he is Chairman of the Board. He is a board member of the Northern California chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and is an advisory board member for the Accounting department at Santa Clara University. Lazar was named an NACD Top 100 Director in 2022 and CFO of the Year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2008.

Lazar joins Abrams, Craig R. Barrett, L. Reginald Brothers, Anantha Chandrakasan, Nicholas Donofrio, Donna Dubinsky, Erica R.H. Fuchs, Deirdre Hanford, and Michael Splinter on the Board of Trustees. Learn more about Natcast’s leadership at natcast.org/leadership.