Rick Wallace
Director
Rick Wallace has served on Marvell’s Board of Directors since April 2024. In addition to his role on Marvell’s Board, Mr. Wallace serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at KLA Corporation where he has served as the Chief Executive Officer since January 2006 and as the President since November 2008. He also serves as a member of KLA’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Wallace began at KLA Instruments in 1988 as an applications engineer and has held various general management positions throughout his 35 years with KLA Corporation, including positions as President and Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of the Customer Group, and Executive Vice President of the Wafer Inspection Group. Earlier in his career, he held positions with Ultratech Stepper Inc., Cypress Semiconductor Corporation and Procter & Gamble. Mr. Wallace has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International), including as SEMI’s Chairman of the Board, Splunk, Inc., NetApp, Inc., Proofpoint, Inc., and Beckman-Coulter.
He earned an M.S. in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.