Executive Profile

John S. Chen Special Advisor, Value Creation, Silver Lake

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Background

Mr. John S. Chen has been a Special Advisor, Value Creation at Silver Lake since November 5, 2012. Mr. Chen evaluates potential new investments and drives operational improvements and push forward with strategic initiatives across the firm's portfolio companies. He has deep roots in the technology sector, with more than three decades of operational experience, as well as expertise on a range of political and economic policy issues, especially in Asia. Mr. Chen is active ... in the international policy arena and US-Asia relations. Mr. Chen held a series of executive positions at Burroughs Corp. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and President at Sybase, Inc. from November 1998 to October 31, 2012. Mr. Chen served as the President at Sybase 365, LLC. He served as a Co-Chief Executive Officer at Sybase, Inc. from February 1998 to November 1998, where he joined in August 1997 as the Chief Operating Officer and served in that capacity until February 1998. His leadership was instrumental in establishing Sybase as a recognized industry leader in enterprise mobility infrastructure, augmenting the company’s roots in database software. From March 1995 to July 1997, Mr. Chen served as the President of the Open Enterprise Computing Division, Siemens Nixdorf and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Siemens Pyramid. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Chen served in a variety of positions with Siemens Nixdorf and at Pyramid Technology Corp. including as an Executive Vice President from August 1991 to September 1992 and its President and Chief Operating Officer since 1993. Prior to that, Mr. Chen held various management and executive positions with Unisys Corporation for 12 years, where he started his career as a Design Engineer and the last position being Vice President and General Manager of its UNIX Systems Group. Prior to that, he served as a Vice President and General Manager of its RISC Technology Platform Division. Mr. Chen has deep roots in the technology sector, with more than three decades of operational experience, as well as expertise on a range of political and economic policy issues, especially in Asia. He served as an Advisor of WI Harper Group. Mr. Chen has been a Director at Wells Fargo and Company since September 26, 2006. He has been an Independent Director of The Walt Disney Company since January 2004. He serves as a Director of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Chen served as a Director of CIT Group Inc., since July 1, 2002 and TurboLinux US since September 2000. He served as a Director of Sybase Inc., from 1997 to October 31, 2012. He served as a Director of Pyramid Technology Corp. since 1993. He served on the boards of Beyond.com, Niku Corporation, and Wafer Technology. He is an Advisor of President's Export Council and previously Mr. Chen served on President George W. Bush’s Export Council. Mr. Chen is actively involved in international relations and has testified before Congress on U.S.-China trade relations. He is a Trustee of Caltech and serves on the board of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations as well as the Brookings Institute. He is a national Trustee of The First Tee and a governor of the San Francisco Symphony. He was the Chairman of Committee of 100 from 2009 to 2011. He has received awards from distinguished organizations such as the U.S.-Asia Institute and the U.S.-China Policy Foundation. Mr. Chen chaired the U.S.-China Policy Advisory Roundtable for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He was recognized as one of the Top 25 Notable Chinese-Americans in Business by the Forbes magazine. Mr. Chen has received awards from the US-Asia Institute, the U.S.-China Policy Foundation, and the California-Asia Business Council. For his corporate board work, he has been honored by the U.S.-Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation. Mr. Chen holds an honorary professorship from Shanghai University. He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology and graduated from Brown University magna cum laude with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering where he was awarded the Brown Engineering Alumni Medal. Mr. Chen holds honorary doctorates from San Jose State University, City University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Corporate Headquarters 3860 North First Street San Jose, California 95134 United States Phone: 408-428-9000 Fax: -- Board Members Memberships Former Director New Era of Networks, Inc. Prior Niku Corporation Director U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chairman Committee of 100 Inc. 1993-N/A Former President, Chief Operating Officer and Director Pyramid Technology Corp. 1997-2012 Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President Sybase, Inc. 2000-N/A Former Director TurboLinux US 2002-N/A Former Director and Member of Compensation Committee CIT Group Inc. 2004-Present Independent Director and Member of Compensation Committee The Walt Disney Company 2006-Present Director and Member of Human Resources Committee Wells Fargo & Company Education BS Brown University MS California Institute of Technology Honorary Doctorate Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology Honorary Doctorate City University of Hong Kong Honorary Doctorate San Jose State University Other Affiliations WI Harper Group New Era of Networks, Inc. Niku Corporation Pyramid Technology Corp. Sybase, Inc. TurboLinux US NYSE Euronext, Inc. The Walt Disney Company Wells Fargo & Company CIT Group Inc. Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG Sybase 365, LLC Brown University California Institute of Technology U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology Committee of 100 Inc. City University of Hong Kong San Jose State University

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