Jack Zhao
Chairman
Jack Zhao is a co-founder of Parade and has served as the company’s CEO and Chairman of the Board since January 2011. From 2005 through 2010, Dr. Zhao was the company’s President and CEO and Board Co-Chairman. He has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Parade, Dr. Zhao served as the VP of Engineering at a company that he co-founded, Cerdelinx Technologies, which was acquired by Lattice Semiconductor in 2002. Prior to Cerdelinx, Dr. Zhao served in various management positions at Cypress Semiconductor, National Semiconductor, and Trident Microsystems. He received his Ph.D. in EE from the University of California, Irvine, and M.S. and B.S. degrees from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Mark Qu
Vice Chairman
Mark Qu is a Parade co-founder, and has served as the Board Vice Chairman, and company President and Executive Vice President of Engineering since January 2011. Dr. Qu was the Board Co-chairman and Parade’s VP of Engineering from 2005 to 2010. He has over 20 years of semiconductor industry experience and served as Chief Technology Officer at Cerdelinx, which he co-founded prior to Parade. Previously he held various positions at National Semiconductor and Sandcraft, Inc. Dr. Qu received his Ph.D. in EE from Texas A&M University, and M.S. and B.S. degrees from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Dennis Segers
Chair of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee
Dennis Segers has served as a member of the Board since January 2007. Mr. Segers is currently a director of Flip Electronics and Kinara, Inc., and the Chairman of QuantumScape. Previously, Mr. Segers was the Chairman of the Board at Xilinx from 2015 to 2022, and served as the Chairman of the GSA Emerging Company CEO Council, CEO of Tabula, Inc, senior vice president and general manager of the FPGA product groups at Xilinx. Mr. Segers began his career at Mostek Corporation as a product development engineer for Mostek’s 16K DRAMs. He received a BS Electrical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University.
Laura Huang
Member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee
Laura Huang has served as a member of the Parade Board since October 2022. Ms. Huang is currently an independent director of VisEra Technology Corporation, Sino Horizon Holdings Limited and Polytronics Technology Corporation. She has over 20 years of experience in finance and investment banking. Previously, Ms. Huang was the managing director and head of Taiwan ultra high net worth department at UBS. Prior to UBS, Ms. Huang held various positions at Merrill Lynch, China Development Financial Holding Corporation, Mega Securities (former Barits Securities), and Grand Cathay Securities. Ms. Huang received her MBA degree from University of Missouri.
Sherry Lee
Member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee
Sherry Lee has served as a member of the Parade Board since October 2025. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer of FULAGAI Capital Co., Ltd., an Independent Director of Pegavision Corporation, and the Corporate Director Representative of BASO Precision Optics Ltd. With more than two decades of experience in finance and investment banking, Ms. Lee has held several senior leadership roles, including Director at Aethertek Technology Inc., Vice President at both Mega Securities Co., Ltd. and Fubon Securities Co., Ltd., and earlier in her career, she gained professional experience at Deloitte. Ms. Lee successfully passed Taiwan’s National Higher Examination for Accountants (CPA Exam). She holds an MBA as well as a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, both from National Chengchi University.
Jackie Yang
Jackie Yang has served as a member of the Board since December 2005. Mr. Yang is a co-founder and the Managing Director of TransLink Capital and served as a director of GrandTech C.G. Systems Inc.. Prior to TransLink, Mr. Yang was a Senior Vice President at UMC Capital and was responsible for UMC’s investment activities in the United States and China. Mr. Yang started his venture career at InveStar Capital in 1996, where he specialized in semiconductor and telecommunication companies. Mr. Yang received his MBA degree from University of Missouri, Columbia and B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Tsinghua University, Taiwan.
Darren Huang
Darren Huang has served as a member of the Board since July 2007. Currently, Mr. Huang is the Chairman of Global Communication Semiconductors and also served as an Independent Director of Systex Corporation. Previously, Mr. Huang was the Partner of AsiaVest Partners, a leading venture capital firm investing in private companies in the Greater China Region. Prior to AsiaVest, Mr. Huang worked with Crimson Ventures, Icare Asia and InveStar Venture Capital. Mr. Huang holds an MBA from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a Mechanical Engineering degree from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.