Silicon Motion Appoints YR Kim as Vice President of Korea Sales & Operations
July 27 2020 - 9:00AM
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon
Motion” or the “Company”), a global leader in NAND flash
controllers for solid state storage devices, today announced the
appointment of Young Rae (YR) Kim as Vice President of Korea Sales
& Operations.
“I’ve known YR for many years and he has proven
to be a capable leader with a strong track record of integrity and
delivering solid results in customer engagements,” said Wallace
Kou, Silicon Motion’s President & CEO. “He will be a
strong addition to our executive team and will help us expand our
business opportunities in Korea, a very important market.”
“I am thrilled to be joining the Silicon Motion
team,” said YR Kim. “I look forward to contributing to the
company’s continued growth.”
He is a 30-year memory industry veteran and had
previously served at Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Marvell in
sales and marketing, as well as engineering leadership roles
relating to SSD controllers and NAND flash.
ABOUT SILICON
MOTION:We are the global leader in
supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices
and the merchant leader in supplying SSD controllers. We have
the broadest portfolio of controller technologies and our
controllers are widely used in storage products such as SSDs and
eMMC+UFS devices, which are found in data centers, PCs,
smartphones, and commercial and industrial applications. We have
shipped over six billion NAND controllers in the last ten years,
more than any other company in the world. We also supply
customized high-performance hyperscale data center and industrial
SSD solutions. Our customers include most of the NAND flash
vendors, storage device module makers and leading OEMs. For
further information on Silicon Motion, visit us at
www.siliconmotion.com.
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Investor Contacts:Christopher ChaneyDirector,
Investor Relations & StrategyE-mail: ir@siliconmotion.com
Selina HsiehInvestor RelationsE-mail:
ir@siliconmotion.com
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