Gary Fischer

Gary Fischer joined AXT as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 2014 with responsibility for AXT's global finance and accounting organization. He is a Silicon Valley veteran, with extensive experience working in Asia and Europe. In 1993, Mr. Fischer joined ISSI, a leader in advanced memory solutions, as Chief Financial Officer. He took the company public in 1995 and later became its president and Chief Operating Officer. In 2005, he joined eRide, a fabless semiconductor company that develops both GPS devices and software for location-based services. The company was acquired in 2009. Mr. Fischer continued with eRide as a consultant into 2014 and expanded his consulting practice to assist a number of growth companies on a variety of finance and M&A projects. He holds a Master degree in Business Administration from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara.