MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Intersil
Corporation (NASDAQ:ISIL), a leading provider of innovative
power management and precision analog solutions, today announced
the appointment of two new executives and associated organization
changes. Andy Micallef was appointed
senior vice president of Worldwide Operations, responsible for the
company's manufacturing, quality, and technology development
groups. The company also announced the consolidation of two
business units into one and the promotion of Philip Chesley to senior vice president and
general manager of the combined business unit. Carlos Garcia was appointed to vice president of
Analog Products reporting to Mr. Chesley.
Mr. Micallef is an operations veteran having managed complex,
global operations organizations in both mid-sized and multi-billion
dollar organizations. He joins Intersil from Audience, an innovator
in multi-sensory processors, where he was vice president of
Customer Engineering and Operations. Previously, he served as
executive vice president of Worldwide Manufacturing and Operations
at LSI Corporation, assuming the role through LSI's acquisition of
Agere, where he was also responsible for global operations. Prior
to that, Mr. Micallef held several finance and operations positions
at Fujitsu-ICL Systems and IBM. Mr. Micallef has a MBA and MSME
from the University of Michigan, as
well as a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Notre Dame.
Separately, the company's business units were consolidated from
four to three. Philip Chesley, an
Intersil veteran responsible for the successful aerospace and
automotive product lines, was promoted to senior vice president and
will also assume management of the company's broad-based analog
products. As part of that change, Carlos Garcia was appointed vice president of
Analog Products reporting to Mr. Chesley. Mr. Garcia brings decades
of experience managing products through their complete life cycle
and maximizing the return on R&D investments. He was most
recently the vice president and general manager of Silicon Labs'
Wireline Products Division. Prior to that he spent 11 years at
Agere Systems, where he served as the vice president of system and
application engineering for the Networking and Storage Products
Group. Mr. Garcia was also the director of Telecom Products
for Harris Semiconductor. He holds an MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology and a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering from the University of
Florida.
"Over the last two years we have focused on investing in our
core capabilities, stabilizing the business and executing on a
strong R&D pipeline. The additional experience these proven
executives bring to the team will be a valuable asset as we enter
the next phase in Intersil's transformation," said Necip Sayiner, president and CEO of Intersil
Corporation.
About Intersil
Intersil Corporation is a leading
provider of innovative power management and precision analog
solutions. The company's products form the building blocks of
increasingly intelligent, mobile and power hungry electronics
enabling advances in power management to improve efficiency and
extend battery life. With a deep portfolio of intellectual property
and a rich history of design and process innovation, Intersil is
the trusted partner to leading companies in some of the world's
largest markets, including the industrial and infrastructure,
mobile computing, automotive and aerospace. For more information
about Intersil, visit our website at www.intersil.com.
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