ROBERT BLAIR

Corporate Board Profile

Tech Score: 50/100

Software Technology Evidence

1 mention(s) identify ROBERT BLAIR as having software/technology expertise.

Company	Filing Date	Evidence	Reason
Super Micro Computer, Inc.	2023-04-14	Robert Blair has been a member of our Board since December 2022. Mr. Blair was President and Chief Executive Officer of ESS Technology, Inc. ("ESS"), a fabless semiconductor company for 19 years from September 1999 through July 2018 where he also served as a director from September 1999 through August 2019. During this time, ESS was a publicly listed company on NASDAQ for 9 years. Mr. Blair has been a director of Pictos, Inc., a technology licensing company that owns a portfolio of fundamental CMOS imaging patents, since July 2008 where he also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer between 2008 and 2013. His professional background also includes more than 35 years of experience in marketing, sales, engineering, operations, and general management, principally in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries. His experience includes roles at Global Semiconductor Alliance, Logistix Corporation, and XEGMAG (a division of Xidex Corporation). Mr. Blair holds twelve issued U.S. patent plus additional patents worldwide, and studied electrical engineering at Arizona State University and applied economics at the University of San Francisco.	Mr. Blair was President and CEO of ESS Technology, a fabless semiconductor company, for 19 years and has over 35 years of experience in computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries. He studied electrical engineering and has multiple patents, indicating technical expertise including software-related skills.

Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2023-04-14	Robert Blair has been a member of our Board since December 2022. Mr. Blair was President and Chief Executive Officer of ESS Technology, Inc. ("ESS"), a fabless semiconductor company for 19 years from September 1999 through July 2018 where he also served as a director from September 1999 through August 2019. During this time, ESS was a publicly listed company on NASDAQ for 9 years. Mr. Blair has been a director of Pictos, Inc., a technology licensing company that owns a portfolio of fundamental CMOS imaging patents, since July 2008 where he also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer between 2008 and 2013. His professional background also includes more than 35 years of experience in marketing, sales, engineering, operations, and general management, principally in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries. His experience includes roles at Global Semiconductor Alliance, Logistix Corporation, and XEGMAG (a division of Xidex Corporation). Mr. Blair holds twelve issued U.S. patent plus additional patents worldwide, and studied electrical engineering at Arizona State University and applied economics at the University of San Francisco.
2023-12-08	His professional background also includes more than 35 years of experience in marketing, sales, engineering, operations, and general management, principally in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries. He studied electrical engineering at Arizona State University and applied economics at the University of San Francisco.

Filing Date

Source Excerpt

2023-04-14

Robert Blair has been a member of our Board since December 2022. Mr. Blair was President and Chief Executive Officer of ESS Technology, Inc. ("ESS"), a fabless semiconductor company for 19 years from September 1999 through July 2018 where he also served as a director from September 1999 through August 2019. During this time, ESS was a publicly listed company on NASDAQ for 9 years. Mr. Blair has been a director of Pictos, Inc., a technology licensing company that owns a portfolio of fundamental CMOS imaging patents, since July 2008 where he also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer between 2008 and 2013. His professional background also includes more than 35 years of experience in marketing, sales, engineering, operations, and general management, principally in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries. His experience includes roles at Global Semiconductor Alliance, Logistix Corporation, and XEGMAG (a division of Xidex Corporation). Mr. Blair holds twelve issued U.S. patent plus additional patents worldwide, and studied electrical engineering at Arizona State University and applied economics at the University of San Francisco.

2023-12-08

His professional background also includes more than 35 years of experience in marketing, sales, engineering, operations, and general management, principally in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries. He studied electrical engineering at Arizona State University and applied economics at the University of San Francisco.

Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-19