William D. Watkins is a businessperson who has been the head of 7 different companies and currently holds the position of Chairman for Avaya Holdings Corp. and Chairman at Nextracker, Inc. Mr. Watkins is also on the board of Flex Ltd., Vertical Circuits, Inc. and Flextronics International Ltd. and Member of American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Advisor at Calumet Venture Management LLC and Co-Owner at Vancouver Stealth Professional Box Lacrosse.

Mr. Watkins previously was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Imergy Power Systems, Inc., Chairman for Bridgelux, Inc., Chairman of Bright Machines, Inc., Vice President-Operations at Domain Technology, Inc., Senior Advisor at VantagePoint Management, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Seagate Technology Unlimited Co., President-Heads & Media Manufacturing Operations at Conner Peripherals, Inc. and Chairman at Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

He received an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin.