Bio

Laura has over 30 years experience in high technology, business strategy and finance. As an investment banker for Needham, Laura has advised technology companies on over $30 billion of mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and other equity financings. At Needham, Laura has focused on a broad array of technologies ranging from software, IT infrastructure including storage, computing, security and data analytics technologies to industrial technologies. She previously served as head of corporate finance at Black & Company where she raised public equity capital and completed numerous M&A and strategic advisory assignments. Laura previously served as Director of M&A for TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group where she evaluated acquisition candidates, managed direct investments and divestitures, and raised venture capital to back spin-off companies. She began her career at TRW as a electronic circuit design engineer for spread spectrum communications systems. Laura earned an MS in management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She also holds an MSEE from Santa Clara University and a BSEE from the University of California at Davis. Laura is a Director of Viavi Solutions, a publicly traded global leader in network & service enablement and optical security & performance solutions, and Ichor Holdings, a leader in the design, engineering and manufacturing of critical fluid delivery subsystems for semiconductor capital equipment. She serves on the Audit Committee of Ichor and the Corporate Development Committee of Viavi. She served as a Director of Super Micro, a publicly traded provider of advanced computer systems, for seven years.