Chairman of the Board
Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2017

Joseph Martin served as Co-Chairman of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., and prior to that, as its Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He also served as the Vice Chairman of its board of directors until his retirement in 2006. Mr. Martin has served as a member of our board of directors since 2017. From 2001 until 2024, Mr. Martin served as a member of the board of directors of Azenta Inc., which changed its name from Brooks Automation in December 2021, and from 2006 until 2024, served as the board’s Chairman. From March 2018 to June 2023, Mr. Martin served on the board of directors of Bionik Labs, a global healthcare company. Mr. Martin also serves on the board of directors of Collectors Universe (chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee), a publicly traded company which provides authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of coins, trading cards, event tickets, autographs, sports and historical memorabilia. From 2004 to 2017, Mr. Martin served on the board of directors of Soitec (chair of the Audit Committee). He also served on the board of directors of ChipPac Inc. (Chair of the Audit Committee), and currently serves on the board of trustees of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mr. Martin received a B.S. in Aeronautics in 1974 and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. in 2018, both from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mr. Martin received an M.B.A. from the University of Maine in 1976. Mr. Martin holds an Executive Masters Professional Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors, a director education and credentialing organization, and he is also a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Kawashima joined our Board in June 2022. Since April 2022, Mr. Kawashima has served as Head of Corporate Design at Sanken, and since June 2021, Mr. Kawashima has also served as a Corporate Officer at Sanken. From April 2021 to March 2022, Mr. Kawashima served as Director of the General Affairs and Human Resources Division at Sanken, and from April 2018 to March 2021, he was the Deputy Director of this same division. Prior to joining Sanken, he was Senior Manager of the Market Planning Division of Resona Holdings, Inc. from April 2016 to March 2018. Mr. Kawashima serves on the board of directors of a number of Sanken affiliates. Mr. Kawashima received his B.S. in Physics from Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan in 1989.

Michael (“Mike”) Doogue is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Allegro MicroSystems and serves as a member of its board of directors. He has held these positions since February 2025. Mike joined Allegro in 1998 as a Design Engineer facilitating the development of Allegro's innovative magnetic sensor ICs. Since joining, he has worked in a number of leadership roles and has been instrumental in shaping our strategy, developing our technology roadmap and creating new, innovative products that drive customer value. Mike has enabled Allegro’s disruptive technologies and business lines through his leadership roles as Director of Strategic Marketing, Vice President of Advanced Sensor Technologies, Senior Vice President of Technology and Products and most recently, Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his role as EVP and CTO, Mike led Allegro’s technology development and worldwide operations organizations, which includes wafer technology development, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and quality teams.

Mike earned his B.A. in Physics from Colby College, B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Dartmouth and completed the SEP program at the Stanford University Graduate Business School. He holds over 75 semiconductor-related U.S. patents.

Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2007

Richard Lury was previously a partner at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, a New York-based law firm, which he joined in September 1989 and practiced until his retirement from the firm in 2015. He has served as a member of our board of directors since 2007. Mr. Lury has served on the board of directors of Sanken as well as on various committees from June 2015 to June 2022. Mr. Lury also served on the board of directors for Hitachi Zosen Corporation, a Japanese industrial and engineering corporation, from 2016 to 2024. Mr. Lury received his B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. Mr. Lury received his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 1972. He has been a member of the New York State Bar since May 1974 and the New Jersey State Bar since March 2003.

Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2021

Susan Lynch joins Allegro’s Board with more than 25 years of financial experience though senior leadership roles in the technology, aerospace and defense, and industrial manufacturing industries. From August 2019 to September 2023, Ms. Lynch served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at V2X, Inc. (formerly Vectrus, Inc.). From April 2016 to July 2019, Ms. Lynch was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Sungard Availability Services. Before joining Sungard AS, from 2007 to 2015, Ms. Lynch was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Hitachi Data Systems (now Hitachi Vantara). From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Lynch was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Raytheon Technical Services. From 1984 to 2005, Ms. Lynch held a number of roles of increasing financial responsibility with Honeywell International Inc. culminating in Assistant Corporate Controller. Ms. Lynch is a member of the NACD and also serves on the boards of Onto Innovation, Inc., Crane Co. and Applied Aerospace & Defense, a privately held aerospace and defense company. Ms. Lynch was named CFO of the Year, Northern Virginia in 2023, and also won the Association for Corporate Growth award the same year. Ms. Lynch holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from MidAmerica Nazarene University and is a certified public accountant.

Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2025

Dr. Palepu is the Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, and Senior Associate Dean, Business in Global Society, at the Harvard Business School, having held a faculty position with the school since 1983. In addition, during his time at Harvard he served as the senior advisor to the president of Harvard University from 2012 to 2019 and has held other positions at Harvard Business School, including Senior Associate Dean for International Development and Senior Associate Dean for Research. Over the course of his career, Dr. Palepu has served as a consultant to a wide variety of businesses. Dr. Palepu was formerly a member of the board of directors of Azenta Inc. (formerly known as Brooks Automation) from November 2005 to January 2024 and served as chair of the company’s Nominating and Governance Committee. Dr. Palepu has also served as a member of the board of directors of a number of other U.S.-listed companies, as well as private and non-profit boards.
Dr. Palepu holds a master’s degree in Electronics from Andhra University, an MBA-equivalent degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Ph.D. in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2023

Mary Puma joins Allegro’s Board with more than 40 years of technology experience, including 25 years in the semiconductor industry. Ms. Puma is currently an Executive Advisor to Axcelis Technologies, Inc. after previously serving as its Executive Chairperson until May 2024 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Axcelis from January 2002 to May 2023. Prior to becoming CEO of Axcelis, she served as the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer beginning in July 2000. In 1998, Ms. Puma was appointed General Manager and Vice President of Axcelis’s predecessor, the Implant Systems Division of Eaton Corporation, a global diversified industrial manufacturer, after having joined in 1996 as general manager of Eaton’s Commercial Controls Division. Prior to Eaton, Ms. Puma spent 15 years in various marketing and general management positions at General Electric Company.

Ms. Puma also serves on the board of directors of Entegris, Inc., Ciena Corporation and Penguin Solutions, Inc. (formerly SMART Global Holdings, Inc.). Ms. Puma also served as the director and Chairperson of the Board of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), a global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and nano-electronics industries until May 2025.

Ms. Puma holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tufts University and a Master of Science degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2001

Yoshihiro (Zen) Suzuki served as a director and Senior Vice President at Sanken from July 2013 until his retirement in June 2022. Mr. Suzuki served as Chairman of the Allegro board of directors from 2018 to August 2025 and has served as a member of our board of directors since 2001. Over his more than 40-year career with Sanken and its affiliates, which began in 1982, he held numerous senior leadership and general management roles, including Chief Executive Officer of Sanken North America, Inc. He has also served on the boards of multiple Sanken group companies. From July 2005 until his retirement in May 2022, Mr. Suzuki served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Polar Semiconductor, LLC (“PSL”). He was also a member of the board of directors of PSL and its predecessor entity throughout this period. Following his retirement, he continued to contribute to PSL as a consultant from July 2022 through March 2025. Beyond his corporate leadership roles, Mr. Suzuki has been active in academic and advisory capacities. Mr. Suzuki has also served as an Honorary Advisor at the Institute of Management Studies in Japan since January 2024. In addition, since January 2025, he has been a Visiting Professor at the Research Institute of Electronics at Shizuoka University. Mr. Suzuki received his B.S. in Physics and Engineering Science from Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan in 1982.

Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2026

Mr. Willett served as Chief Executive Officer of Cognex Corporation (“Cognex”), a manufacturer of machine vision systems, software and sensors used in automated manufacturing, from 2011 until his retirement in 2025. Mr. Willett first joined Cognex in 2008 and also served as a Board member of Cognex from April 2011 until March 2026. Prior to joining Cognex, he served as Vice President of Business Development and Innovation for the Product Identification Business Group at Danaher Corporation (“Danaher”), a diversified industrial company specializing in process improvement and acquisitions, and as President of Videojet Technologies (“Videojet”), a leader in coding and marking products. Prior to that, Mr. Willett served as Chief Executive Officer of Willett International Ltd., a coding and marking company that was sold to Danaher and merged with Videojet. Mr. Willett currently serves as a director of Clean Harbors, Inc., a publicly held industrial and environmental services company and of Formlabs, a private industrial company in the field of 3D printing.

Mr. Willett holds a B.A. from Brown University, and an M.B.A. from Yale University.