Lloyd Carney

Director at Semma Therapeutics

Mr. Carney joined our board in 2019. Mr. Carney has been the Chief Acquisition Officer of Carney Technology Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition corporation, since October 2020. Mr. Carney was the Chief Executive Officer of ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp., a technology acquisition company, from September 2018 until March 2020. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., a global supplier of networking hardware and software, from January 2013 until November 2017, when it was acquired by Broadcom. Prior to Brocade, Mr. Carney served as Chief Executive Officer of Xsigo Systems, a cloud-based infrastructure solutions provider, until its acquisition by Oracle in 2012. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Micromuse Inc., a software solutions provider for business and service assurance, until its acquisition by IBM. Earlier in his career he had held senior leadership roles at Juniper Networks, Inc., Nortel Networks Inc. and Bay Networks, Inc. Mr. Carney serves as a member on the board of directors of Visa Inc., Nuance Communications, Inc. and Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree in applied business management from Lesley College, and an Honorary Doctorate degree in engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.