Eric Chen has been Executive Chairman of ParityBit Technologies, Inc., a data technology company, since August 2023. Dr. Chen was a Managing Partner of SB Investment Advisers (“SBIA”), an investment adviser focused on investments in the technology sector, from 2018 to July 2023. Prior to joining SBIA, Dr. Chen was the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ParityBit Technologies. He served as CEO of ParityBit since it was founded in 2015, except from 2016 until 2017, when ParityBit was a portfolio company of Team Curis Group, a group of integrated biotechnology and data technology companies and laboratories, during which time Dr. Chen served as CEO of Team Curis Group.

From 2008 to 2015, Dr. Chen served as a managing director of Silver Lake, a leading private investment firm focused on technology-enabled and related growth industries. Prior to Silver Lake, he was a senior vice president and member of the executive committee of ASML Holding N.V. Dr. Chen joined ASML following its 2007 acquisition of Brion Technologies, Inc., a company he co-founded in 2002 and served as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Brion Technologies, Dr. Chen was a senior vice president at J.P. Morgan.

Dr. Chen joined the Applied Materials board of directors in 2015.