Ms. Bayless’ principal occupation is corporate director.  She is Audit Committee Chair of Veeco Instruments (electronics manufacturing equipment) and Audit Committee Chair of Amprius Technologies, Inc. (lithium-ion battery manufacturing).  Previously Ms. Bayless was a director of Energous (wireless charging applications); and has held various executive roles at public technology companies including SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Synaptics, Incorporated (HMI hardware and software) as well as Komag, Incorporated (electronic component manufacturing). She started her career at Ernst & Young, a global accounting and consulting firm.

Ms. Bayless holds a B.S. Business Administration, Accounting and Finance from the California State University Fresno and is a CPA in California.

Board committees:
Audit
Sustainability & Governance Committee