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Paul V. Walsh, Jr. is a corporate director and retired semiconductor industry CFO who serves on the board of Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), where he is a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee as well as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Technology and Strategy Committee.[[1]](https://www.semtech.com/company/executive-leadership/paul-v-walsh-jr)[[4]](https://www.semtech.com/company/board-of-directors) As a Semtech insider, he has reported multiple transactions in the company’s common stock, including recent sales disclosed in regulatory filings.[[6]](https://www.gurufocus.com/news/8934836/insider-sell-walsh-paul-v-jr-sells-500-shares-of-semtech-corp-smtc?mobile=true)[[7]](https://www.sahmcapital.com/news/content/semtech-director-paul-v-walsh-jr-reports-sale-of-common-shares-2026-01-24)[[8]](https://www.tradingview.com/news/tradingview:f2621dcccc29a:0-semtech-corp-director-paul-v-walsh-jr-sells-500-shares/) He also serves on the boards of Kopin Corporation and Wolfspeed, Inc., chairing the audit committees at both companies and contributing to their governance and strategic oversight.[[1]](https://www.semtech.com/company/executive-leadership/paul-v-walsh-jr)[[5]](https://www.kopin.com/press-releases/paul-v-walsh-jr-joins-kopin-corporation-board-of-directors/)
Before retiring from full-time executive roles in 2022, Walsh spent more than three decades in financial and operational leadership positions across the semiconductor and technology sectors.[[1]](https://www.semtech.com/company/executive-leadership/paul-v-walsh-jr)[[2]](https://theorg.com/org/semtech/org-chart/paul-v-walsh-jr) He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, and Treasurer of Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. from 2014 to February 2022, and previously was CFO and Senior Vice President at Rocket Software, Inc. and Silicon Laboratories Inc., where he also held roles including Chief Accounting Officer.[[1]](https://www.semtech.com/company/executive-leadership/paul-v-walsh-jr)[[2]](https://theorg.com/org/semtech/org-chart/paul-v-walsh-jr) Earlier in his career he held finance leadership roles at PerkinElmer Inc., Teradyne Inc., and Analog Devices Inc., and began his professional career as a mechanical engineer at R.G. Vanderweil Engineers LLP.[[2]](https://theorg.com/org/semtech/org-chart/paul-v-walsh-jr) Walsh has also advised and served on boards of growth-stage and venture-backed companies such as Anokiwave, Inc., Nitero, Inc., and Grande Communications Networks, LLC.[[1]](https://www.semtech.com/company/executive-leadership/paul-v-walsh-jr)[[2]](https://theorg.com/org/semtech/org-chart/paul-v-walsh-jr) He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine, an M.B.A. from Boston University, and a Graduate Certificate in Accountancy from Bentley University Graduate School of Management.[[2]](https://theorg.com/org/semtech/org-chart/paul-v-walsh-jr)[[5]](https://www.kopin.com/press-releases/paul-v-walsh-jr-joins-kopin-corporation-board-of-directors/)
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