Primary Job Title Member of the Board of Directors, San Jose State University Tower Foundation Primary Organization
San Jose State University
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Barnes has been self-employed as a private investor since June 2011.From 2006 through December 2010, Barnes served as member of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer of Verigy Ltd. (a provider of advanced semiconductor test solutions). He continued to serve as Verigy’s Chairman of the Board until its acquisition in June
2011 by Advantest.
From 2003 through 2006, Barnes was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Electroglas, Inc. (an integrated circuit probe manufacturer) located in San Jose, California.From August 2002 to October 2003, Barnes was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oregon Growth Account and a management consultant.
He served as Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (IMS) (a manufacturer of engineering test stations and test software) from 1995 until 2001, and also as Chairman of the Board of Directors of IMS from 1998 through 2001 when it was acquired by Credence Systems Corporation.Prior to becoming CEO of IMS, Barnes was a Division President at Valid Logic Systems and later Cadence Design Systems.
Barnes currently serves on the Board of Directors of JDS Uniphase Corporation (a provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products), Spansion, Inc. (a semiconductor manufacturer) and Knowles Corporation (a supplier of advanced micro-acoustic, specialty components and human interface solutions).Barnes previously served on the Board of Directors of Cascade Microtech, Inc. (a developer of wafer probe solutions) and Intermec, Inc.











