Kathleen Bayless

Ms. Kathleen Bayless is a member of the Board and Audit Committee Chair of Veeco Instruments, a publicly traded, leader in process equipment solutions enabling the manufacture of semiconductors, LEDs, displays, power electronics, data storage and other products. Ms. Bayless is also on the Board and Audit Committee of Energous, a leader of next generation semiconductor enabled wireless contact and over-the-air charging solutions.

Previously Ms. Bayless held various executive roles at public technology companies including SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Synaptics, Incorporated as well as Komag, Incorporated. She started her career at Ernst & Young, a global accounting and consulting firm.

Ms. Bayless holds a B.S. Business Administration, Accounting and Finance from the California State University Fresno and is a CPA in California.