Management Team

For more than 25 years, Bill Brennan has been leading and scaling organizations to deliver revenue and profit growth. Bill has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors for Credo since 2013. Bill has overseen the scaling of Credo’s organization from 15 employees in 2013 to more than 300 today.

Prior to joining Credo, Bill served as Vice President, Storage Business Unit of Marvell Semiconductor for 11 years. Prior to joining Marvell, Bill held sales management positions with NEC and Texas Instruments. Bill received his BSEE degree from the University of Colorado.

Lawrence Cheng is Credo’s Chief Technology Officer and a co-founder with over 20 years of analog design experience. He oversees all of Credo technology advances. Lawrence has served as Chief Technology Officer and a member of our board of directors for Credo since 2008. Prior to co-founding Credo, Lawrence served as Engineering Director of Analog Design for Marvell Storage Products. He holds a MSEE degree from Purdue University.

Dan Fleming has over 20 years of financial leadership experience in the semiconductor and solar industries and has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2015. Prior to Credo, Dan served as VP of Finance at Siva Power, where he was responsible for Siva Power's Finance, Accounting and Administration functions. Prior to Siva Power, Dan held various financial management positions at SunPower, Marvell Semiconductor, Xilinx and Prism Solutions. Dan received an M.B.A in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a BSEE from Penn State.

Job Lam has over 20 years of engineering and operations experience in the semiconductor industry. Job has served as our Chief Operating Officer and a member of our board of directors since 2014. Job also served in various positions at legacy Credo including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of directors from 2008 to 2014. Prior to co-founding Credo, Job served as Senior Design Engineering Director for Marvell Read Channel Division. Job holds an M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Minnesota.

Adam Thorngate-Gottlund has served as our General Counsel since 2016 and is a broadly experienced attorney with particular expertise in securities, corporate governance, and technology transactions. Prior to joining Credo, he practiced law at a firm in Silicon Valley where he advised start-ups and their founders on the broad range of issues arising during formation, through funding and growth, to exit. Adam received his Juris Doctor degree from University of Minnesota Law School.