Thomas Baruch, Chairman

Thomas Baruch has served as a director of Codexis since 2002. Mr. Baruch is the founder and a managing director of CMEA Ventures, a venture capital firm that was established in 1989 as an affiliated fund of New Enterprise Associates. Mr. Baruch brings to our board of directors an extensive knowledge of the biotechnology and clean technology industries as well as public company governance experience. Mr. Baruch currently serves as a director for various clean technology companies, including Biolight Harvesting, Inc., a company developing photosynthetic bacteria as part of a production platform for making renewable fuels and chemicals, Cnano Technology Limited, a leading nano-material company that manufactures and develops carbon nanotubes for advanced energy, Draths Corporation, a chemical company focused on enabling everyday materials to be manufactured from renewable feedstocks, Solyndra, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures photovoltaic systems for the commercial rooftop market, and Wildcast Discovery Technologies, Inc., a company focused on the discovery of advanced materials for clean energy technology applications. In addition, Mr. Baruch is currently on the board of directors of Entropic Communications, Inc., and serves on the compensation, nominating and corporate governance and audit committees of Entropic’s board of directors. Before starting CMEA Ventures, Mr. Baruch was a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Microwave Technology, Inc., a supplier of gallium arsenide integrated circuits. Prior to his employment with Microwave Technology, Inc., Mr. Baruch managed a dedicated venture fund at Exxon Corp, and was president of the Exxon Materials Division. Earlier in his career, Mr. Baruch worked as a patent attorney and remains a registered patent attorney. He is also both a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of Competitiveness and a member of the Steering Committee of the ESIS Initiative (Energy, Security, Innovation and Sustainability) of the Council of Competitiveness. Mr. Baruch is a member of the board of trustees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the board of trustees of the Berkeley Institute of Synthetic Biology. Mr. Baruch holds a B.S. in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from Capital University.