Astera Labs, Inc. announced the appointment of Bethany Mayer to its Board of Directors. Mayer brings over 30 years of experience as a visionary leader and board member at networking, cybersecurity, and semiconductor companies. Mayer is the former President and CEO of Ixia.

During her tenure at Ixia, she drove its growth in key new markets, culminating in a successful sale of the company to Keysight Technologies Inc. Prior to Ixia, she was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Networking Business Unit of HP Inc, which included the former 3Com, HP ProCurve, Tipping Point, and H3C. Mayer served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Product Management, for Blue Coat Systems. Previously Mayer held leadership roles in product development at Cisco Systems and Apple. Mayer is also currently the Chair of Box, Inc. and sits on the boards of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, LAM Research Corporation, and Sempra Energy.

She previously served on the boards of Ixia and Marvell Technology, Inc. Mayer holds a BS from Santa Clara University, an MBA from California State University, Monterey Bay, and an MS in Cybersecurity from New York University.