Skyworks Appoints Suzanne McBride to its Board of Directors
February 02 2022 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Seasoned Telecommunications Executive Brings
Extensive Technology, Strategy and Operations Expertise
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), an innovator of
high-performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places
and things, today announced that the company has appointed Suzanne
“Suzi” E. McBride to its board of directors. McBride currently
serves as chief operations officer for Iridium Communications, a
publicly traded operator of a global satellite communications
network. Her previous experience includes a series of increasingly
senior roles in technology and operations with Motorola, General
Dynamics, OneWeb and Iridium.
“Suzi’s 25 years of experience in wireless technologies will be
a great asset to our board of directors,” said Liam K. Griffin,
chairman, CEO and president of Skyworks. “We look forward to
leveraging her skills and insights as Skyworks delivers on its
vision of connecting everyone and everything, all the time.”
“I am honored to join Skyworks’ board of directors and utilize
my industry expertise to help propel the company’s growth,” said
McBride. “During this time of increasing demand for ubiquitous
connectivity, Skyworks is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the
expansion of 5G and other wireless technologies.”
McBride, 53, currently serves on the board of directors of
Iridium Communications and Descartes Labs, a privately held
geospatial intelligence platform. She graduated from Columbia
University and Claremont McKenna College with bachelor’s degrees in
industrial engineering and management engineering, respectively.
She also received a master’s in business administration from the
University of Tennessee.
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,
entertainment and gaming, 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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