California Micro Devices Names Dr. Edward C. Ross Chairman
October 19 2009 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California
Micro Devices (NASDAQ:CAMD) today announced that Dr. Edward C. Ross
has been elected chairman of its Board of Directors in a unanimous
vote of the Board, succeeding Wade F. Meyercord who had served as
chairman since 1994. Dr. Ross has served on the CMD Board since
June 2002 and has been a member of its compensation and nominating
and corporate governance committees for the past several years.
According to Robert V. Dickinson, president and CEO, "Given his
outstanding record of achievement in the semiconductor industry and
his knowledge of the company, Ed is an excellent choice for this
role and will provide strong and effective leadership for our
Board. I also want to acknowledge Wade's long term service as
chairman and thank him for all of his contributions to CMD." John
Fichthorn, managing director of Dialectic Capital and newly elected
member of the CMD Board added, "I look forward to working closely
with Ed and all of the other members of the CMD Board to help the
company realize its full potential." Dr. Ross served as President
and President Emeritus of TSMC North America, the multi-billion
dollar US subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Ltd., a Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer. Previously, he held
senior management positions with Synopsys, Inc. and Cirrus Logic,
Inc. He was also CEO and subsequently chairman of Power
Integrations, Inc. Dr. Ross has been a director of publicly-traded
semiconductor companies Volterra Semiconductor, Inc., since May
2004, and Atmel Corporation since April 2008. Dr. Ross earned a
B.S.E.E. from Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel
University) and an M.S.E.E., M.A., and Ph.D. in Solid State
Electronics from Princeton University. About California Micro
Devices Corporation California Micro Devices Corporation is a
leading supplier of protection devices for the mobile handset, high
brightness LED (HBLED), digital consumer electronics and personal
computer markets. Detailed corporate and product information may be
accessed at http://www.cmd.com/. DATASOURCE: California Micro
Devices CONTACT: Kevin Berry, Chief Financial Officer of California
Micro Devices, +1-408-934-3144, Web Site: http://www.cmd.com/
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