Brad W. Buss

Who is Brad W. Buss?

Brad

W. Buss was appointed Executive Vice President of finance and

administration and Chief Financial Officer at Cypress in August 2005.

Prior to joining Cypress, Mr. Buss served as vice president of finance

at Altera Corp. A veteran of the electronics industry, he spent seven

years as a finance executive with Wyle Electronics, culminating as

chief financial officer and secretary of the Atlas Services Division.

Mr. Buss was also a member of Cisco System's worldwide sales finance

team. In addition, he served as senior vice president of finance and

chief financial officer and secretary at Zaffire Inc.

Mr. Buss graduated from McMaster University with a bachelor's degree

in economics. He also received an honors business administration

degree, majoring in finance and accounting, from the University of

Windsor. He began his finance career as an auditor with Arthur Anderson.