Corporate Governance

Dr. Avi Katz serves as the Chairman of the Board of Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE: KLR) since its IPO in November 2019 by combining with GigCapital, Inc. (NYSE: GIG), a company that he founded in December 2017 and led as Executive Chairman and CEO. . Avi is a high-tech serial entrepreneur and active angel investor that has spent 32 years in international executive positions at privately held start-ups, middle-cap companies and large enterprises. Avi is the Founding Managing Partner of the GigCapital Group (GigCG), which he incepted in 2017, and is the Executive Chairman of GigCapital2, Inc. (NYSE: GIX). Avi is also the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Cognizer, Inc. Previously, Avi was the Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO of GigPeak, Inc. (NYSE American: GIG), originally known as GigOptix, Inc., since he bootstrapped it in April 2007 and until it was sold to Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDTI) in 2017. From 2003 to 2005, Dr. Katz was the Chief Executive Officer, President and member of the Board of Intransa, Inc., and from 2000 to 2003, the Chief Executive Officer, President and member of the Board of Equator Technologies, which was sold to Pixelworks, Inc (NYSE: PXLW). Avi is a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy and holds B.Sc. and Ph.D. in semiconductors materials from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology). He is an author of more than 70 U.S. and international patents, has published more than 300 technical papers and is the editor of a number of technical books.

Dario Calogero serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Kaleyra, Inc. and has been a member of Kaleyra’s Board of Directors since the company was founded in 1999. As a serial entrepreneur, he bootstrapped Kaleyra from its inception, quickly positioning the company in the mobile banking space, and leading Kaleyra as it expanded its product offerings and completed several acquisitions. Prior to founding Kaleyra, Mr. Calogero held executive positions with Oracle, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and management consulting companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Calogero holds a master’s degree in economics from Bocconi University in Milan.

Dr. Hirsch is an affiliate and director of Esse Effe, S.p.A., a company with shares formed under the laws of Italy (“Esse Effe”). Esse Effe is the Company’s largest stockholder. Dr. Hirsch oversees Esse Effe’s holdings, particularly its real estate holdings. He graduated from the University of Torino in 1988, and also received his Ph.D. from the University of Torino in 1994. Dr. Hirsch has been since 2005 a Full Professor of Experimental Biology at the Medical School of the University of Torino, Italy, and the author of over two hundred and fifty publications. He is also an entrepreneur and has been attending board meetings of Kaleya, S.p.A., the Company’s wholly owned operating subsidiary, for the last four years and has great familiarity with the Company as a result.

Matteo Lodrini joined Kaleyra’s Board of Directors in 2017. Since 2007, Mr. Lodrini has served as the Chief Financial Officer of De Nora Group, a high-growth, global water treatment sector company. He is responsible for all financial operations including leading the company’s acquisition strategy. Mr. Lodrini is a finance executive with significant experience in all phases of cross border corporate transactions, global business development, corporate finance and capital markets, and has an in-depth knowledge of financial operations and controls and internal audit processes. Mr. Lodrini holds a master’s degree in economics from Brescia University and a master’s degree in corporate finance from SDA Bocconi in Milan.

John Mikulsky joined Kaleyra’s Board effective November 2019. Mr. Mikulsky serves as a director of GigCapital2, Inc. and Cognizer, Inc. Mr. Mikulsky served as the Chief Executive Officer from 2016 to 2017, and as a director, from 2014 to 2017, of Traycer Diagnostic Systems, Inc. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Endwave Corporation from December 2009 until June 2011, when Endwave Corporation was acquired by GigPeak; subsequent to such acquisition, he served on the Board of Directors of GigPeak from 2011 until its sale in 2017. From May 1996 until November 2009, Mr. Mikulsky served Endwave Corporation in a multitude of capacities including Vice President of Product Development, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Endwave Corporation, Mr. Mikulsky worked as a Technology Manager for Balazs Analytical Laboratory, a provider of analytical services to the semiconductor and disk drive industries, from 1993 until 1996. Prior to 1993, Mr. Mikulsky worked at Raychem Corporation, most recently as a Division Manager for its Electronic Systems Division. Mr. Mikulsky holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Marquette University, a master’s of science in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and an Master of Science (S.M.) in management from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Neil Miotto joined Kaleyra’s Board effective November 2019. Mr. Miotto also serves as a director of GigCapital2, Inc. and Cognizer, Inc. Mr. Miotto is a financial consultant and a retired assurance partner of KPMG LLP, where he was a partner for twenty-seven years until his retirement in September 2006. Since his retirement from KPMG LLP, Mr. Miotto has provided high-level financial consulting services to companies in need of timely accounting assistance and in serving on public company boards. He is deemed to be an “audit committee financial expert” under SEC rules. While at KPMG LLP, Mr. Miotto focused on serving large public companies. Mr. Miotto also served as an SEC reviewing partner while at KPMG LLP. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a bachelor’s of business administration degree from Baruch College, of The City University of New York. He served on the Board of Directors of Micrel, Inc. prior to its acquisition in 2015, and the Board of Directors of GigPeak from 2008 until its sale in April 2017.