Gerald Harder

Chief Operating Officer at TRINITY CAPITAL INC.

Net worth: 7 M $ as of 2026-07-30

64 year

55 connections

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Gerald Harder is the founder of Vivid Semiconductor, Inc., founded in 1994.
Mr. Harder is currently Chief Credit Officer & Senior Vice President at Trinity Capital Investment LLC since 2019.
Harder is also Chief Operating Officer at Trinity Capital, Inc. since 2022.
Former positions include Director-Operations at Cirrus Logic, Inc. from 2011 to 2012, Vice President-Engineering at Microsemi Corp.
- Memory & Storage Solutions from 2008 to 2010, and Executive VP-Engineering & Operations at Sand 9, Inc. from 2012 to 2015.
Education includes graduate studies at Arizona State University and undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
TRINITY CAPITAL, INC. 0.41%	2026-06-14	371,570 ( 0.41% )	7 M $	2026-07-30

Gerald Harder active positions

Companies	Position	Start
TRINITY CAPITAL INC.	Chief Operating Officer	2022-03-14
Trinity Capital Investment LLC Trinity Capital Investment LLC Investment ManagersFinance Trinity invests in venture-backed companies. The firm provides venture debt financing for early stage capital requirements.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2019-07-31

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Former positions of Gerald Harder

Companies	Position	End
Sand 9, Inc. Sand 9, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Designs and manufactures precision micro-electromechanical systems timing products for wireless and wired applications	Chief Operating Officer	2014-12-31
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.	Chief Operating Officer	2011-12-31
Microsemi Corp. - Memory & Storage Solutions Microsemi Corp. - Memory & Storage Solutions SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Manufactures and supplies electronics components for defense and aerospace markets	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	2009-12-31
Vivid Semiconductor, Inc. Vivid Semiconductor, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Designs flat-panel displays	Founder	-

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Private companies	8
Cirrus Logic, Inc. Cirrus Logic, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops high-precision, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for audio and energy markets	Electronic Technology
Microsemi Corp. - Memory & Storage Solutions Microsemi Corp. - Memory & Storage Solutions SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Manufactures and supplies electronics components for defense and aerospace markets	Electronic Technology
Sand 9, Inc. Sand 9, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Designs and manufactures precision micro-electromechanical systems timing products for wireless and wired applications	Communications
Trinity Capital Investment LLC Trinity Capital Investment LLC Investment ManagersFinance Trinity invests in venture-backed companies. The firm provides venture debt financing for early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Vivid Semiconductor, Inc. Vivid Semiconductor, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Designs flat-panel displays	Electronic Technology
Arizona State University Arizona State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Trinity Capital, Inc. Trinity Capital, Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Provides alternative asset manager services	Miscellaneous