Tyler Painter is the Chief Financial Officer of Solazyme. Most recently, Mr. Painter acted as interim Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller for PMC-Sierra (PMCS), a leading provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors, where he was instrumental in managing the finance organization through a period of significant transition while bolstering financial controls.

Prior to PMC-Sierra, Mr. Painter spent over six years at Wind River Systems (WIND), a publicly traded billion-dollar device software company, as VP of Finance responsible for Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations. While at Wind River, he earned several national awards for implementing industry-leading approaches to finance operations, including the Association of Finance Professional’s 2006 Pinnacle Award for Risk Management and the 2007 Top 5 Best Corporate Governance Practices in the U.S, awarded by Investor Relations Global Rankings.

Before Wind River, Mr. Painter was a key member of the management team at Carsdirect, growing the company from pre-revenue to $150 million in revenue in two years and raising over $300 million in private equity. Earlier in his career, Mr. Painter held various finance roles at Gap, Inc.

Mr. Painter brings 16 years of financial and operational management experience across private, public and Fortune 500 companies to Solazyme. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. He is actively involved with a number of professional affiliations including the Association of Financial Professionals and the National Investor Relations Institute.