About SunRise Memory
SunRise Memory has brought together talent from industry-leading companies and academic labs. Cumulatively, our team represents hundreds of years of experience innovating in semiconductor memory and holds hundreds of patents for fundamental new technologies.
Executive Leadership
Eli Harari, Founder and CEO
Eli Harari founded SunRise Memory in June 2016 and is its Chairman and CEO. In 1988, Dr. Harari founded SanDisk Corporation with a vision to replace magnetic storage with semiconductor flash memory. In 2010, he retired from SanDisk after twenty-two years as its Chairman and CEO. SanDisk was acquired in 2016 for approximately $18 billion. In 2014, Dr. Harari received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for invention and commercialization of flash storage technology to enable ubiquitous data in consumer electronics, mobile computing, and enterprise storage. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Harari received his PhD in Solid State Sciences at Princeton University in 1973.
Richard Chernicoff, CFO
Prior to SunRise Memory, Mr. Chernicoff served as Chief Financial Officer of two private companies. Mr. Chernicoff was with SanDisk Corporation where, as Senior Vice President, Business Development, his responsibilities included mergers and acquisitions, financings, intellectual property, and strategic initiatives. Early in his career, Mr. Chernicoff was a mergers and acquisitions partner in the Los Angeles office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, a corporate lawyer in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a member of the staff of the SEC in Washington, DC, and an auditor in the Los Angeles office of Ernst & Young LLP.
Board of Directors
Stephen J. Luczo, Vice Chairman
Mr. Luczo was previously President and CEO at Seagate and Chairman of the board. Before that, he was a Senior Managing Director of the Global Technology Group of Bear, Stearns & Co. Mr. Luczo currently serves on the boards of directors of AT&T, Morgan Stanley, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, as well as several private and non-profit companies. He also previously served on the boards of directors of Microsoft Corporation, Veritas, and VMWare. Mr. Luczo is currently a Managing Partner at Crosspoint Capital.
John C. Morris
Dr. Morris is responsible for accelerating technology partnerships with Seagate’s customers and cultivating emerging customers globally. Prior to his current role, Dr. Morris was Vice President for Seagate’s hard drive and SSD product lines. Before that, he served as VP of Design Engineering for Seagate’s enterprise development group, focusing on technical and strategic alignment with enterprise and cloud customers. Since joining the company in 1996, Dr. Morris has held a variety of engineering leadership positions and has been a key contributor to many of Seagate’s core technologies. He holds 32 patents, primarily related to hard-drive technologies.
