“The key to success in technology is designing a company around people committed to work that they love.”
Supermicro is a global technology leader committed to delivering first-to-market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, Metaverse, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Rack-Scale Total IT Solutions provider that designs and builds an environmentally-friendly and energy-saving portfolio of servers, storage systems, switches, software, along with global support services.
First to Market – Innovation
The value we bring is to rapidly incorporate the latest technological innovations into our products. We work closely with technology partners to deliver the latest generation of cutting-edge solutions across server, storage, and networking platforms.Total Solutions
Based on our winning Server Building Block Architecture, we offer a broad range of application-optimized server solutions serving various markets, including cloud computing, data center, enterprise, big data, HPC, AI, 5G, IoT, embedded, and edge computing.We Keep IT Green®
As a leader in energy-efficient computing, our goal is to promote the adoption and deployment of technologies that can reduce costs as well as the impact on the environment. Resource Saving Architecture continues our tradition of green computing innovation and provides TCO savings for our customers.US-Based Engineering and Manufacturing
We are the leading server and storage vendor that designs, develops, and manufactures the majority of our development in the United States – at our headquarters in San Jose, Calif. Our Quality Management System is certified toISO 9001:2015 andISO 13485:2016 standards and our Environmental Management System is certified toISO 14001:2015 standard. In addition to that, the Supermicro Information Security Management System is certified toISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard.Corporate Overview
Fastest Growing Provider of Server, Storage and Networking Solutions
Founded & Headquartered in USA
Global operations in 100+ countries
$14.94B revenue in FY24
Ranked among the Fortune 500 Companies
6M sq. ft. global manufacturing
Engineering expertise with the industry’s broadest product portfolio
1.3M server & storage nodes shipped, making us a top global server vendor per IDC and Gartner.
Leader in Enterprise, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, IoT delivering first to market innovative products
Company founded in San Jose, USA
30% of systems companies in North America selected Supermicro’s Pentium® Pro based products
One-third of NA systems companies use Supermicro
Introduced world’s first x86 DP server boards based on Orion chipset
Introduced world’s first x86 DP server boards based on Orion chipset
Expanded operations to Taiwan for high-volume OEM production
"World's First" I20 ready server board - COMDEX
Expanded operations to Taiwan
Announced industry's first server boards supporting both Intel® Pentium® Pro and Pentium® II processors
Announced industry's first server boards supporting both Intel® Pentium® Pro and Pentium® II processors
Opened European subsidiary in the Netherlands
First to introduce Xeon® Pentium® II server solution
Opened European subsidiary in the Netherlands
Granted patent for industry's first redundant cooling power supply
Introduced industry’s first redundant cooling power supply
- Released world's highest performing 1U servers
- Introduced industry's fastest 4-Way server
Released world's highest performing 1U servers
Created industry's first dual Intel® Xeon® server based on Intel® 860 chipset
Created industry’s first dual Intel® Xeon® server
World's first 533MHz FSB rackmount server system
Rackmount server systems introduced
Introduced industry's first 64-bit 1U Itanium2 platform and first 1U server with 1 Terabyte of SATA storage
Introduced first 64-bit, 1U Intel® Itanium® platform
First to market with server/workstation platforms featuring PCI-E and DDR2
First groundbreaking platforms with PCI-E and DDR2
Successfully introduced complete AMD solutions to the market
AMD solutions introduced
Introduced industry's first Xeon® 5000 and 5100 series server solutions
First to launch low-voltage Intel® Xeon® server solutions
March 29, 2007 announced IPO and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol SMCI
Launched SuperBlade® product line and industry's first Double-Density 1U Twin™ servers
March 29, 2007 announced IPO and traded on NASDAQ
- Unveiled high-end Whisper-Quiet Workstation and desktop systems
- Received BladeSystems Insight Award 2008
- Ranked number one x86 server vendor by the channel
Ranked #1 x86 vendor by Channel
Achieved record x86 server performance-per-watt at 375 GFLOPS/kW
Announced innovative 2U Twin²™ server architecture and created the world's first 1U dual GPU server architecture with non-blocking CPU-GPU connectivity
Achieved record x86 server performance
Received patent for Twin architecture and were the first to introduce Platinum Level Server Building Block Solutions®
- World's first line of Double-Sided Storage® products unveiled
- Won Blade Systems Insight 2010 Award for Best Blade-Based Solution
- Embedded/IPC system selected as "Best Server of 2010" by Electronic Design Magazine
Introduced Server Building Block Solutions®
Launched TwinBlade®, GPU SuperBlade®, SuperRack®, and MicroCloud platforms
Launched TwinBlade®, GPU SuperBlade®, SuperRack®, and MicroCloud platforms
Annual revenue exceeds $1B and opens the Supermicro® Taiwan Science and Technology Park
- Launched FatTwin® Architecture
- Launched 100+ new generation X9 Server Solutions supporting Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600/1600
- Launched PUE optimized Server Solutions that supports server operating temperatures of 0°C to 47°C
- Announces new SuperServer® and SuperBlade® solutions supporting 16 core AMD Opteron™ processors
Opening of the Supermicro® Taiwan Science and Technology Park
Celebrates 20th Anniversary and debuts new Corporate Logo
- Launches new TwinPro® and TwinPro²® SuperServer® product lines
- Launches NVIDIA GRID™ based platforms delivering graphics-accelerated performance for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Debuts new Server Management Software Suite, Onsite Service and Support and Rack Integration Programs
- Receives #1 ranking on Green500 for Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITECH)
Launches new TwinPro® and TwinPro²® SuperServer® product lines
- Debuts 1U/2U Ultra Series SuperServers
- Releases X10 Server and Storage Solutions Supporting New Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600/1600 v3
Debut of Ultra Series SuperServers®
Grand opening of 180,000 square feet of new manufacturing space at our Green Computing Park in Silicon Valley
Introduced Simply Double system architecture
Grand opening of the Green Computing Park in Silicon Valley
Supermicro surpasses $2 billion in cumulative revenues and is named World’s Fastest Growing IT Infrastructure Company by Fortune Magazine
- Introduced BigTwin® with up to 12 All NVMe and 24 DIMM support per DP node
- Introduced Supermicro Rack Scale Design (SRSD)
- Introduced Supermicro SIOM – an optimized form-factor for flexible and cost-saving networking options
Named World’s Fastest Growing IT infrastructure company by Fortune Magazine
Deployed 30,000+ MicroBlade® Servers to Enable One of the World’s Highest Efficiency (1.06 PUE) Data Centers for a Fortune 100 Company
- Launched BigTwin®
- X11 Server Building Block Solutions® and family of Server and Storage Solutions combining breakthrough NVMe performance with full support for new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Introduced new SuperServer systems supporting NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs optimized for deep learning and artificial intelligence
- Introduced full portfolio of new generation A+ Server Solutions optimized for new high-performance AMD EPYC™ processors
- New 6U SuperBlade® family with Supermicro’s innovative disaggregated server design supporting RSD and free-air cooling
MicroBlade® servers enable World’s Highest Efficiency Data Center
Ranked as the 3rd largest server systems supplier in the world by IDC
- Expanded Enterprise Solutions Portfolio with New Scale-Up SuperServer Certified for SAP HANA®
- Unveiled new All-Flash 1PB in 1U server and JBOF with the new generation form factor flash storage
- Expands US-based Engineering, Manufacturing and Service Headquarters and increases rack integration capacity with Silicon Valley’s first clean energy automated rack integration facility, employing robotic Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
Ranked as the 3rd largest server systems supplier in the world by IDC
Announces Expansion of Silicon Valley Corporate Headquarters and Groundbreaking for New 800,000-Square Foot Building in Taiwan
- Launches Over 100 Resource-Saving Systems with New 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
- Introduces the World’s Most Powerful AI Training and Inferencing Systems
- Introduces Industry’s First Server & Storage Systems Supporting EDSFF
- Expands unique Intelligent Edge Product Portfolio to address emerging AI and 5G markets
- Launches 2U MP in-memory compute platform supporting up to 112 compute cores and 18 terabytes of memory
Announces Expansion of Silicon Valley Corporate Headquarters and Groundbreaking for New 800,000-Square Foot Building in Taiwan
Listed in CRN's Data Center 50: The Hottest Data Center Companies in 2020
- Certifies extensive range of servers with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Server for x86 (Oracle VM) for cloud and virtualization applications
- Launches 100+ new systems optimized for the latest 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Introduces first-to-market Outdoor Edge Systems, designed for harsh outdoor environments
- Expands unique Intelligent Edge Product Portfolio to address emerging AI and 5G markets
- Introduces new MegaDC line of servers, designed exclusively for large scale deployment in hyperscale datacenters
Listed in CRN's Data Center 50: The Hottest Data Center Companies in 2020
Expanded Silicon Valley & Taiwan campuses add 1M sq. ft. of manufacturing space; now over 3M sq. ft. globally
- Introduced a complete line of X12 Servers and Workstations utilizing the 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
- Expands GPU Servers with a complete line based on NVIDIA® A100 GPUs
- Comprehensive Product Line of Storage based servers
- Doubling of capacity to over two millions servers per year
- Rack Scale Plug and Play systems become available
Expanded Silicon Valley & Taiwan campuses add 1M sq. ft. of manufacturing space; now over 3M sq. ft. globally
Command Center with Autoconfigurator Launched to Support Cloud, and Plug & Play Enterprise Applications; 2022 - NAB Product of the Year
- Unveiling of complete line of products based on the 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Expands Data Center Portfolio with 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Server Lines, with World Record Performance
- First JumpStart program to include both X13 and H13 Systems
- NEC Selects Supermicro GPU Systems for One of Japan’s Largest Supercomputers for Advanced AI Research
- Supermicro Adds New 8U Universal GPU Server That Delivers Maximum Performance and Flexibility for Large Scale AI Training, NVIDIA® Omniverse, and Metaverse
Command Center with Autoconfigurator Launched to Support Cloud, and Plug & Play Enterprise Applications
First $2B Revenue Quarter, and a $7B Revenue Year (FY23), with ongoing manufacturing expansion in Asia, and world-class rack-scale plug & play AI solutions
- Support for Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon® processor with 15 product families
- Supermicro and Rakuten Symphony collaborate on 5G telco and edge solutions
- Deskside Liquid-Cooled AI Development Platform, Powered by NVIDIA®
- Supermicro Expands Storage Solutions with All-Flash Servers Utilizing EDSFF E3.S, and E1.S Storage Drives
- Expands AMD Product Lines with New Servers and New Processors – Cloud Native Infrastructure
First $2B Revenue Quarter, and a $7B Revenue Year (FY23), with ongoing manufacturing expansion in Asia, and world-class rack-scale plug & play AI solutions
Celebrated 30 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing; added to both the S&P 500 Index and Fortune 500; SMCI stock records its highest price by crossing $1000 with a 200% growth year-over-year
- Support for Intel’s Xeon® 6 and 5th Gen Intel® Xeon ® Processors
- Expanded AI portfolio based on new NVIDIA GPU architecture solutions
- Support for AMD EPYC-based server offerings to increase the efficiency of data center networking and edge computing
Celebrated 30 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing; SMCI added to S&P 500 and Fortune 500 Indices; stock price crosses $1000 with 200% growth year-over-year
Celebrated 31 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing and achieved the milestone of deploying over 100,000 liquid-cooled GPUs for some of the largest AI factories
- Upgraded technologies for maximum performance with Direct to Chip Liquid Cooling
- Expanded HPC application and enterprise AI support with the NVIDIA Blackwell platform
- Launched new high-performance storage solutions (JBOF) for large-scale training and workloads
- Added support with the latest 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors offering higher performance and increased efficiency for AI Ready Data Centers
- Support for more than 15 Intel processor families offering customized solutions with complete rack integration services and our in-house developed liquid cooling solutions
Celebrated 31 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing and achieved the milestone of deploying over 100,000 liquid-cooled GPUs for some of the largest AI factories
Company founded in San Jose, USA
30% of systems companies in North America selected Supermicro’s Pentium® Pro based products
One-third of NA systems companies use Supermicro
Introduced world’s first x86 DP server boards based on Orion chipset
Introduced world’s first x86 DP server boards based on Orion chipset
Expanded operations to Taiwan for high-volume OEM production
"World's First" I20 ready server board - COMDEX
Expanded operations to Taiwan
Announced industry's first server boards supporting both Intel® Pentium® Pro and Pentium® II processors
Announced industry's first server boards supporting both Intel® Pentium® Pro and Pentium® II processors
Opened European subsidiary in the Netherlands
First to introduce Xeon® Pentium® II server solution
Opened European subsidiary in the Netherlands
Granted patent for industry's first redundant cooling power supply
Introduced industry’s first redundant cooling power supply
- Released world's highest performing 1U servers
- Introduced industry's fastest 4-Way server
Released world's highest performing 1U servers
Created industry's first dual Intel® Xeon® server based on Intel® 860 chipset
Created industry’s first dual Intel® Xeon® server
World's first 533MHz FSB rackmount server system
Rackmount server systems introduced
Introduced industry's first 64-bit 1U Itanium2 platform and first 1U server with 1 Terabyte of SATA storage
Introduced first 64-bit, 1U Intel® Itanium® platform
First to market with server/workstation platforms featuring PCI-E and DDR2
First groundbreaking platforms with PCI-E and DDR2
Successfully introduced complete AMD solutions to the market
AMD solutions introduced
Introduced industry's first Xeon® 5000 and 5100 series server solutions
First to launch low-voltage Intel® Xeon® server solutions
March 29, 2007 announced IPO and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol SMCI
Launched SuperBlade® product line and industry's first Double-Density 1U Twin™ servers
March 29, 2007 announced IPO and traded on NASDAQ
- Unveiled high-end Whisper-Quiet Workstation and desktop systems
- Received BladeSystems Insight Award 2008
- Ranked number one x86 server vendor by the channel
Ranked #1 x86 vendor by Channel
Achieved record x86 server performance-per-watt at 375 GFLOPS/kW
Announced innovative 2U Twin²™ server architecture and created the world's first 1U dual GPU server architecture with non-blocking CPU-GPU connectivity
Achieved record x86 server performance
Received patent for Twin architecture and were the first to introduce Platinum Level Server Building Block Solutions®
- World's first line of Double-Sided Storage® products unveiled
- Won Blade Systems Insight 2010 Award for Best Blade-Based Solution
- Embedded/IPC system selected as "Best Server of 2010" by Electronic Design Magazine
Introduced Server Building Block Solutions®
Launched TwinBlade®, GPU SuperBlade®, SuperRack®, and MicroCloud platforms
Launched TwinBlade®, GPU SuperBlade®, SuperRack®, and MicroCloud platforms
Annual revenue exceeds $1B and opens the Supermicro® Taiwan Science and Technology Park
- Launched FatTwin® Architecture
- Launched 100+ new generation X9 Server Solutions supporting Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600/1600
- Launched PUE optimized Server Solutions that supports server operating temperatures of 0°C to 47°C
- Announces new SuperServer® and SuperBlade® solutions supporting 16 core AMD Opteron™ processors
Opening of the Supermicro® Taiwan Science and Technology Park
Celebrates 20th Anniversary and debuts new Corporate Logo
- Launches new TwinPro® and TwinPro²® SuperServer® product lines
- Launches NVIDIA GRID™ based platforms delivering graphics-accelerated performance for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Debuts new Server Management Software Suite, Onsite Service and Support and Rack Integration Programs
- Receives #1 ranking on Green500 for Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITECH)
Launches new TwinPro® and TwinPro²® SuperServer® product lines
- Debuts 1U/2U Ultra Series SuperServers
- Releases X10 Server and Storage Solutions Supporting New Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600/1600 v3
Debut of Ultra Series SuperServers®
Grand opening of 180,000 square feet of new manufacturing space at our Green Computing Park in Silicon Valley
Introduced Simply Double system architecture
Grand opening of the Green Computing Park in Silicon Valley
Supermicro surpasses $2 billion in cumulative revenues and is named World’s Fastest Growing IT Infrastructure Company by Fortune Magazine
- Introduced BigTwin® with up to 12 All NVMe and 24 DIMM support per DP node
- Introduced Supermicro Rack Scale Design (SRSD)
- Introduced Supermicro SIOM – an optimized form-factor for flexible and cost-saving networking options
Named World’s Fastest Growing IT infrastructure company by Fortune Magazine
Deployed 30,000+ MicroBlade® Servers to Enable One of the World’s Highest Efficiency (1.06 PUE) Data Centers for a Fortune 100 Company
- Launched BigTwin®
- X11 Server Building Block Solutions® and family of Server and Storage Solutions combining breakthrough NVMe performance with full support for new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Introduced new SuperServer systems supporting NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs optimized for deep learning and artificial intelligence
- Introduced full portfolio of new generation A+ Server Solutions optimized for new high-performance AMD EPYC™ processors
- New 6U SuperBlade® family with Supermicro’s innovative disaggregated server design supporting RSD and free-air cooling
MicroBlade® servers enable World’s Highest Efficiency Data Center
Ranked as the 3rd largest server systems supplier in the world by IDC
- Expanded Enterprise Solutions Portfolio with New Scale-Up SuperServer Certified for SAP HANA®
- Unveiled new All-Flash 1PB in 1U server and JBOF with the new generation form factor flash storage
- Expands US-based Engineering, Manufacturing and Service Headquarters and increases rack integration capacity with Silicon Valley’s first clean energy automated rack integration facility, employing robotic Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
Ranked as the 3rd largest server systems supplier in the world by IDC
Announces Expansion of Silicon Valley Corporate Headquarters and Groundbreaking for New 800,000-Square Foot Building in Taiwan
- Launches Over 100 Resource-Saving Systems with New 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
- Introduces the World’s Most Powerful AI Training and Inferencing Systems
- Introduces Industry’s First Server & Storage Systems Supporting EDSFF
- Expands unique Intelligent Edge Product Portfolio to address emerging AI and 5G markets
- Launches 2U MP in-memory compute platform supporting up to 112 compute cores and 18 terabytes of memory
Announces Expansion of Silicon Valley Corporate Headquarters and Groundbreaking for New 800,000-Square Foot Building in Taiwan
Listed in CRN's Data Center 50: The Hottest Data Center Companies in 2020
- Certifies extensive range of servers with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Server for x86 (Oracle VM) for cloud and virtualization applications
- Launches 100+ new systems optimized for the latest 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Introduces first-to-market Outdoor Edge Systems, designed for harsh outdoor environments
- Expands unique Intelligent Edge Product Portfolio to address emerging AI and 5G markets
- Introduces new MegaDC line of servers, designed exclusively for large scale deployment in hyperscale datacenters
Listed in CRN's Data Center 50: The Hottest Data Center Companies in 2020
Expanded Silicon Valley & Taiwan campuses add 1M sq. ft. of manufacturing space; now over 3M sq. ft. globally
- Introduced a complete line of X12 Servers and Workstations utilizing the 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
- Expands GPU Servers with a complete line based on NVIDIA® A100 GPUs
- Comprehensive Product Line of Storage based servers
- Doubling of capacity to over two millions servers per year
- Rack Scale Plug and Play systems become available
Expanded Silicon Valley & Taiwan campuses add 1M sq. ft. of manufacturing space; now over 3M sq. ft. globally
Command Center with Autoconfigurator Launched to Support Cloud, and Plug & Play Enterprise Applications; 2022 - NAB Product of the Year
- Unveiling of complete line of products based on the 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Expands Data Center Portfolio with 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Server Lines, with World Record Performance
- First JumpStart program to include both X13 and H13 Systems
- NEC Selects Supermicro GPU Systems for One of Japan’s Largest Supercomputers for Advanced AI Research
- Supermicro Adds New 8U Universal GPU Server That Delivers Maximum Performance and Flexibility for Large Scale AI Training, NVIDIA® Omniverse, and Metaverse
Command Center with Autoconfigurator Launched to Support Cloud, and Plug & Play Enterprise Applications
First $2B Revenue Quarter, and a $7B Revenue Year (FY23), with ongoing manufacturing expansion in Asia, and world-class rack-scale plug & play AI solutions
- Support for Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon® processor with 15 product families
- Supermicro and Rakuten Symphony collaborate on 5G telco and edge solutions
- Deskside Liquid-Cooled AI Development Platform, Powered by NVIDIA®
- Supermicro Expands Storage Solutions with All-Flash Servers Utilizing EDSFF E3.S, and E1.S Storage Drives
- Expands AMD Product Lines with New Servers and New Processors – Cloud Native Infrastructure
First $2B Revenue Quarter, and a $7B Revenue Year (FY23), with ongoing manufacturing expansion in Asia, and world-class rack-scale plug & play AI solutions
Celebrated 30 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing; added to both the S&P 500 Index and Fortune 500; SMCI stock records its highest price by crossing $1000 with a 200% growth year-over-year
- Support for Intel’s Xeon® 6 and 5th Gen Intel® Xeon ® Processors
- Expanded AI portfolio based on new NVIDIA GPU architecture solutions
- Support for AMD EPYC-based server offerings to increase the efficiency of data center networking and edge computing
Celebrated 30 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing; SMCI added to S&P 500 and Fortune 500 Indices; stock price crosses $1000 with 200% growth year-over-year
Celebrated 31 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing and achieved the milestone of deploying over 100,000 liquid-cooled GPUs for some of the largest AI factories
- Upgraded technologies for maximum performance with Direct to Chip Liquid Cooling
- Expanded HPC application and enterprise AI support with the NVIDIA Blackwell platform
- Launched new high-performance storage solutions (JBOF) for large-scale training and workloads
- Added support with the latest 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors offering higher performance and increased efficiency for AI Ready Data Centers
- Support for more than 15 Intel processor families offering customized solutions with complete rack integration services and our in-house developed liquid cooling solutions
Celebrated 31 years of innovation, growth, AI, and Green Computing and achieved the milestone of deploying over 100,000 liquid-cooled GPUs for some of the largest AI factories
We Keep IT Green®
Supermicro leverages advanced technology and system design expertise to reduce the power consumption of our server, blade, workstation and storage systems.
Leadership
Charles Liang founded Supermicro and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our inception in September 1993. Mr. Liang has been developing server system architectures and technologies for the past two decades.
From July 1991 to August 1993, Mr. Liang was President and Chief Design Engineer of Micro Center Computer Inc., a high-end motherboard design and manufacturing company. From January 1988 to April 1991, Mr. Liang was Senior Design Engineer and Project Leader for Chips & Technologies, Inc., a chipset technology company, and Suntek Information International Group, a system and software development company. Mr. Liang has been granted many server technology patents. Mr. Liang holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University of Science & Technology in Taiwan.
Kevin Bauer was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on January 30, 2018. Mr. Bauer has previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy since January 2017. Prior to joining Supermicro, Mr. Bauer was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation from February 2014 until its sale to Diodes, Incorporated in November 2015 and, thereafter, assisted Diodes with the integration of Pericom until November 2016. Prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer of Exar Corporation from June 2009 through December 2012, Corporate Controller from August 2004 to June 2009 and Operations Controller from February 2001 to August 2005. Previously, Mr. Bauer was Operations Controller at WaferTech LLC (a subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited) from July 1997 to February 2001. Prior to WaferTech, he was at VLSI Technology for ten years where he held a variety of increasingly more senior finance roles culminating in his position as Director and Group Controller. Mr. Bauer received an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BS in Business Administration from California Lutheran University.
Alex Hsu is Supermicro’s Chief Operating Officer appointed by the Board of Directors on September 6, 2019. Mr. Hsu has served in various senior positions with the Company since October 2003. Mr. Hsu served as Chairman of Supermicro Taiwan since February 2018, Senior Chief Executive of Strategic Business since August 2009, and Executive Director of Supermicro Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. since August 2009. Mr. Hsu was also the Company’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer from July 2006 to August 2009, Senior Vice President of Sales from October 2004 to July 2006 and President of European Offices and Vice President of Operations (USA) from October 2003 to October 2004.
Before Supermicro, Mr. Hsu was President and Chief Operating Officer of Bizlink Group, an IT solutions company, before Bizlink Group he was a private investor and consultant for Silicon Valley startups, and previously Mr. Hsu was President and Chief Operating Officer at Oplink Communications, Inc., a networking solutions company. Mr. Hsu has over 40 years of experience in the IT industry and served in various managerial and executive positions at Philips, Acer, Hewlett-Packard and Umax group. Mr. Hsu holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from National Chao-Tung University in Taiwan.
Don Clegg is the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Don joined Supermicro in April of 2006 and over a period of 12 years, held a series of increasingly senior sales and marketing roles. Previously, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Worldwide Business Development for Supermicro. Don has 35+ years of direct experience in sales, marketing, product engineering and design. Don started his career as a Design Engineer and evolved from Engineer to Vice President of Sales and Marketing working at several established and startup Silicon Valley system and semiconductor companies including Chips and Technologies, OPTi, Tyan Computer Corporation and others. Don graduated with high honors from Brigham Young University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Mr. George Kao was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations in February 2018. George joined Supermicro in October 2016 as the Vice President of Operations. Previously, George served as Vice President of Operations of Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (later sold to Diodes in 2015), starting in October 2006. He also served as a COO of Orient Semiconductor Electronics Philippines, from July 2003, where he still serves as a Director. George joined there from Santa Clara- based Foveon. He has over 30 years of experience working in the global technology industry. George began his career at National Semiconductor in 1984 in the BipolarLlogic group before moving through senior positions at Integrated Circuit Systems, Synaptics, and Altima, later sold to Broadcom. Mr. Kao holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University.
David Weigand has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer since May 2018. Prior to his employment with our company, Mr. Weigand was a Vice President at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) from November 2016 until April 2018 and served as Vice President, Tax at Silicon Graphics International, Inc., from September 2013 until its acquisition by HPE in November 2016. Prior to that he was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Renesas Electronics America, a semiconductor company formed by the merger of the semiconductor businesses of NEC Corporation, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric from October 2010 until April 2013, and Vice President, Controller of NEC Electronics America from October 2004 until September 2010. Mr. Weigand holds a M.S. degree in Taxation from the University of Hartford and a B.S. degree in Accounting from San Jose State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in California (Inactive).
Charles Liang founded Supermicro in 1993 and has been President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Liang, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, has been developing server system architectures and technologies for over three decades. With a passion for Green IT and protecting the environment, Mr. Liang has been the driving force behind Supermicro’s transformation into a Total IT Solutions provider for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G/Edge markets. Under Mr. Liang’s guidance, Supermicro has evolved from a motherboard and subsystem company to a multi-billion-dollar business optimizing complete rack and data center-level solutions customers can deploy and bring online within hours. In addition, the Company has expanded globally well beyond its San Jose, California headquarters to encompass significant manufacturing and operations campuses in Asia and Europe with over 4,000 employees globally. Mr. Liang has been granted many server technology patents. Mr. Liang holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University of Science & Technology in Taiwan.
David Weigand was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in February 2021. Before taking on this role, he has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since May 2018. Prior to his employment with our company, Mr. Weigand was a Vice President at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) from November 2016 until April 2018 and served as Vice President, Tax at Silicon Graphics International, Inc., from September 2013 until its acquisition by HPE in November 2016. Before that, he was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Renesas Electronics America, a semiconductor company formed by the merger of the semiconductor businesses of NEC Corporation, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi Electric from October 2010 until April 2013, and Vice President, Controller of NEC Electronics America from October 2004 until September 2010. Mr. Weigand holds a M.S. degree in Taxation from the University of Hartford and a B.S. degree in Accounting from San Jose State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in California (Inactive).
Mr. Liaw co-founded the Company in 1993. From the Company’s founding until January 2018, Mr. Liaw was an employee and held various executive positions in the Company, including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Corporate Secretary and was a member of the Board of Directors. From June 2020 until April 2021, Mr. Liaw was the president of 2CRSi Corporation, a company headquartered in Strasbourg, France that develops, produces and sells high-performance customized, environmentally-friendly servers. Mr. Liaw returned to the Company as a consultant in May 2021, advising the Company with respect to business development matters. In August 2022, Mr. Liaw returned to full-time employment with the Company as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Mr. Liaw holds an M.S. in Computer Engineering from University of Arizona, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tatung Institute of Technology in Taiwan, and a B.S. degree from Taiwan Provincial College of Marine and Oceanic Technology.
Alex Hsu is Sr. Chief Executive – Strategic Business for Supermicro. Mr. Hsu has served in various senior positions with the Company since October 2003. Mr. Hsu served as Chairman of Supermicro Taiwan since February 2018, Senior Chief Executive of Strategic Business since August 2009, and Executive Director of Supermicro Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. since August 2009. Mr. Hsu was also the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from 2019 to 2021, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer from July 2006 to August 2009, Senior Vice President of Sales from October 2004 to July 2006 and President of European Offices and Vice President of Operations (USA) from October 2003 to October 2004.
Before Supermicro, Mr. Hsu was President and Chief Operating Officer of Bizlink Group, an IT solutions company, before Bizlink Group he was a private investor and consultant for Silicon Valley startups, and previously Mr. Hsu was President and Chief Operating Officer at Oplink Communications, Inc., a networking solutions company. Mr. Hsu has over 40 years of experience in the IT industry and served in various managerial and executive positions at Philips, Acer, Hewlett-Packard and Umax group. Mr. Hsu holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from National Chao-Tung University in Taiwan.
Don Clegg is the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Don joined Supermicro in April of 2006 and over a period of 12 years, held a series of increasingly senior sales and marketing roles. Previously, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Worldwide Business Development for Supermicro. Don has 35+ years of direct experience in sales, marketing, product engineering and design. Don started his career as a Design Engineer and evolved from Engineer to Vice President of Sales and Marketing working at several established and startup Silicon Valley system and semiconductor companies including Chips and Technologies, OPTi, Tyan Computer Corporation and others. Don graduated with high honors from Brigham Young University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Mr. George Kao was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations in February 2018. George joined Supermicro in October 2016 as the Vice President of Operations. Previously, George served as Vice President of Operations of Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (later sold to Diodes in 2015), starting in October 2006. Mr. Kao also has previously served as a COO of Orient Semiconductor Electronics Philippines. George joined there from Santa Clara- based Foveon. He has over 30 years of experience working in the global technology industry. George began his career at National Semiconductor in 1984 in the BipolarLlogic group before moving through senior positions at Integrated Circuit Systems, Synaptics, and Altima, later sold to Broadcom. Mr. Kao holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University.
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