Skyworks Appoints Alan Batey to its Board of Directors
August 26 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Automotive Veteran Brings Extensive Knowledge
and Global Experience
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), an innovator of high
performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and
things, today announced that the company has appointed Alan S.
Batey to its board of directors. Batey most recently served as
executive vice president and president of North America for General
Motors, as well as the global brand chief for Chevrolet, a division
of GM. As a member of the senior leadership team, he was
responsible for the company’s largest and most profitable region
with over $100 billion in revenue and more than 100,000 employees.
His career spans more than 39 years with GM where he held various
senior management positions in operations, marketing and sales
around the world.
“We are pleased to have Alan Batey join Skyworks’ board of
directors,” said David J. Aldrich, Skyworks’ chairman of the board.
“His deep automotive experience and insights will be invaluable,
particularly as wireless connectivity becomes increasingly vital
for today’s connected cars and emerging autonomous vehicles.”
“It is truly an exciting time to be joining Skyworks’ board,”
said Batey. “I look forward to leveraging my global experience in
the automotive industry to help Skyworks diversify across the
Internet of Things, capitalize on 5G and achieve its vision of
Connecting Everything and Everyone, All the Time.”
Batey, 56, completed GM’s senior executive program at Harvard
University and received a certificate in Mechanical Engineering
Maintenance Craft Studies from The City and Guilds of London
Institute.
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is empowering the wireless networking
revolution. Our highly innovative analog semiconductors are
connecting people, places and things spanning a number of new and
previously unimagined applications within the aerospace,
automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home,
industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet and wearable
markets.
Skyworks is a global company with engineering, marketing,
operations, sales and support facilities located throughout Asia,
Europe and North America and is a member of the S&P 500® and
Nasdaq-100® market indices (Nasdaq: SWKS). For more information,
please visit Skyworks’ website at: www.skyworksinc.com.
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