Camillo Martino
Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, Martino is responsible for overseeing the global vision, strategic direction and executive management team at Silicon Image, and is chartered with steering the Company's growth and focus on innovation.

Martino has over 25 years of experience in the high-tech industry, having served in various executive management roles focusing on the consumer electronics, communications and computing markets.

Martino joined Silicon Image from SAI Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of 4G and security technology solutions to the mobile communications industry. During Martino’s two year tenure as a Board Member, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Angel investor, SAI experienced rapid growth and built a strong and innovative business.

Prior to SAI, Martino was the President and CEO of Cornice Inc., an innovator and technology leader of portable storage solutions to the portable consumer and mobile phone markets. Before joining Cornice, Martino held the position of COO at Zoran Corporation, a leading provider of digital solutions for the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets where he was COO for approximately four years, guiding the company through a period of tremendous growth. Martino also spent nearly 14 years with National Semiconductor in four different countries, including its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Japan, China and Australia.

Martino holds a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Parkville (Victoria, Australia) and a Graduate Diploma in Digital Communications from Monash University, Clayton (Victoria, Australia).

Harold Covert
President

Covert has more than 30 years of management experience at technology and telecommunications companies.  Prior to joining Silicon Image, Covert served as CFO for Openwave Systems Inc. from 2005 to 2007 and from 2003 to 2005 as a board member and chairman of their audit committee. 

Covert has previously served as the CFO of Adobe Systems Inc., Silicon Graphics, Extreme Networks Inc. and Fortinet Inc.  Earlier in his career, he held financial management positions with industry-leading companies including Northern Telecom Inc., ISC Systems Corp. and Brush Wellman Inc.  Covert is a Certified Public Accountant and has served in the United States Army.

Covert received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Lake Erie College and an MBA from Cleveland State University.

Noland Granberry
Chief Financial Officer

Noland Granberry is responsible for leading and managing Silicon Image’s worldwide accounting and financial reporting. Noland’s background in the financial and technology industry stretches over 25 years and includes experience in accounting, auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, financial forecasting, and tax planning and compliance.

Granberry joined Silicon Image in March 2006 from Xilinx, Inc. where he served as the director of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and established and managed a successful compliance program. He also served as the senior director of finance at SanDisk Corporation where he was responsible for managing worldwide accounting and financial reporting activities. Other appointments include positions as corporate controller at IKOS Systems, Inc. and senior audit manager at Ernst & Young.

Granberry holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on accounting from Adrian College in Adrian, MI and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Edward Lopez
Chief Legal Officer

Lopez is responsible for overseeing the company’s legal affairs worldwide, including corporate governance and compliance, securities laws and intellectual property matters, strategic partnerships, litigation, licensing, and mergers and acquisitions activity.  Lopez also oversees the Company’s global human resources and technology services organizations.

Lopez joined Silicon Image in January 2007 from the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, where he was Of Counsel and advised public and private emerging growth, medical device and technology companies in a wide variety of substantive areas, with an emphasis on board and corporate governance matters, securities regulatory and disclosure matters, financings and strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, purchases and sales of assets, licensing, joint ventures and distribution arrangements.  Previously, Lopez was General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Terayon Communication Systems, a publicly-held manufacturer of broadband access equipment. 

Lopez has also held senior management and general counsel positions at ReSound Corporation and Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc., two publicly-held, medical device companies.  Lopez began his career as an associate with the law firms of Morrison & Foerster and McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen.

Lopez earned his B.A. in Economics from Columbia University and a J.D. from the Harvard Law School.

Joseph L. Lias
President, Simplay Labs, LLC

Joseph Lias is responsible for developing a worldwide brand presence for Simplay Labs, Simplay HD, Simplay Technologies, Simplay Tools and Simplay Services in the consumer electronics (CE) industry.  The Simplay Labs mission is to make the HD lifestyle more rewarding for everyone: manufacturers, retailers, installers, and end users.

 Lias has spent more than 20 years as a leader and team builder for a variety of companies. Prior to Silicon Image, he served as the President of THX, Ltd., the leading provider of technologies, certification programs and quality assurance standards for the entertainment industry.  Other appointments included executive leadership positions at Kipper Technologies, Carina Networks, and Terawave Communications.  Lias began his career at Northern Telecom/Bell Northern Research, where he was involved in manufacturing, R&D and product management.

Lias holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

About Simplay Labs, LLC
Simplay Labs, LLC, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is the leading solutions provider of technologies, testing programs, development tools, and interoperability and performance design standards for the high-definition (HD) consumer electronics industry.  The Simplay HD™ Testing Program is comprised of leading consumer electronics manufacturers and technology providers focused on delivering fully compatible products for consumers.  As a result, consumers making home theater component purchases can be confident that Simplay HD verified systems exhibit the highest levels of interoperability performance and are ready to receive and play premium digital content, regardless of manufacturer.  Simplay Labs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Silicon Image, Inc.

Eric C. Almgren
Vice President, IP Business Group

Eric Almgren is responsible for worldwide business development, marketing and sales for Silicon Image’s IP licensing business.

Prior to Silicon Image, Almgren was the CEO and director of Vivcom, where he led corporate strategy and development of PVR, Set-top-box and video search and indexing server software products.  Almgren was also the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Mixman Technologies Inc., a consumer music hardware, software and content company.  Other executive leadership appointments include a board member and EVP Corporate Development position at Beatnik, and business management and engineering positions at LSI Logic and Hewlett-Packard.

Almgren holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Santa Barbara, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Texas.

Rashid Osmani
Vice President of Worldwide Engineering

Rashid Osmani is responsible for the design, development, and commercialization of intellectual property and integrated circuit solutions at Silicon Image. With more than 25 years of management and product development experience, Osmani leads Silicon Image’s engineering efforts in support of the company’s strategy to deliver pure digital content everywhere.

Osmani joined Silicon Image from RF Micro Devices, where he served as Vice President and General Manager from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that, Osmani held the position of Senior Director of Engineering at Motorola, leading the architecture and systems engineering team for the cellular handset division.

Osmani has been awarded 13 U.S. patents. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master’s of Technology degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad, India.

Peter Rado
Vice President, Worldwide Operations & Quality

Peter Rado is responsible for supply chain management, procurement, manufacturing, distribution, test engineering and quality at Silicon Image.  He is a seasoned executive with over 35 years of operations management experience at technology companies.

Rado initially joined Silicon Image as Vice President of Storage Systems Engineering, responsible for the development, quality assurance, and program management of the company’s storage technology and products.  Prior to joining Silicon Image, Rado spent 17 years at Sun Microsystems where he served in a variety of leadership roles including Vice President of Engineering for the volume system product line.  He also held leadership positions in Sun's workstation business unit, worldwide operations, and Boston development center.  Other previous appointments include management and engineering roles at Apollo Computer Inc. and Digital Equipment Corp.

Rado holds a Bachelor’s degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Tim Vehling
Vice President, Products Business Group

Tim Vehling is responsible for worldwide marketing, sales, and applications engineering for Silicon Image’s semiconductor product lines.

Vehling has over 20 years of international industry experience combined with a strong technology background.  Vehling’s expertise includes fostering strategic relationships with partners and customers, driving product roadmaps and definitions, and leading global teams.  Vehling joined Silicon Image in 2009 from Micronas GmbH, where he held the position of Vice President of Marketing and Applications Engineering.  Prior to that, Vehling was Vice President of Consumer Marketing at LSI, where he helped establish the company as an industry leader in DVD recorder processors and launched the DVFX™ video quality branding program.  Previous appointments include marketing management positions with C-Cube Microsystems, ATI Technologies, Chromatic Research, and VLSI.  Vehling has lived and worked in Tokyo, Japan and Munich, Germany.

Tim Vehling holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Valparaiso University, Indiana.