Andy Pease Promoted to President of QuickLogic Corporation.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- As part of our ongoing talent management and succession planning Management Succession Planning In organizational development, succession planning is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through mentoring, training and job rotation, to replace key players — such as the chief executive officer (CEO) — processes, the QuickLogic Board of Directors is pleased to announce the promotion of Andy Pease pease n. pl. pease or peas·en Archaic A pea. [Middle English; see pea. to the position of President of QuickLogic Corporation, effective March 30, 2009. Pease joined QuickLogic in November 2006 in the position of Vice President of Worldwide Sales. While in this position he has successfully demonstrated executive leadership in the development and execution of QuickLogic's Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSP CSSP Center for the Study of Social Policy CSSP Council of Scientific Society Presidents CSSP Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program CSSP Committee on Solar and Space Physics CSSP Community Safety & Security Programme (Singapore) ) strategy. His accomplishments include a far-reaching restructuring of the worldwide sales force, implementation and deployment of robust automated CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. tools and processes, and increased engagements and visibility with significant Tier 1 and Tier 2 customers in the hand-held mobile device market. As President, Pease will continue to report to Tom Hart, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Pease will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the business, with Sales, Marketing, Operations and Engineering functions reporting directly to him. Finance, Human Resources/Organizational Development and Systems Architecture functions will also continue reporting directly to Hart, as the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . In making the change, Tom Hart said, "I am very pleased to have Andy take on the responsibilities of being our president. In hiring Andy Pease two years ago, we not only selected a highly talented sales leader, capable of taking our sales activities to a new level in direct support of our transition to a CSSP company, but also purposefully pur·pose·ful adj. 1. Having a purpose; intentional: a purposeful musician. 2. Having or manifesting purpose; determined: entered the room with a purposeful look. recruited a leader for the future. Andy's laser focus, attention to detail, process discipline, energy and inspiration has been of significant benefit to our WW Sales teams, and has earned him the respect of peers, customers and partners alike. These talents and leadership capabilities will now be used more broadly within the Company, to drive greater results and growth. Pease earned a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants primarily master's degrees plus some doctoral degrees to its students, who are mostly active duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services. in Monterey and a Bachelor's degree in Operational Analysis from the U.S. Naval Academy. About QuickLogic QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : QUIK) is the pioneer of innovative, customizable semiconductor solutions for mobile and portable electronics original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs). These silicon plus software solutions are called Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs). CSSPs enable our customers to bring their products to market more quickly and remain in the market longer, with the low power, cost and size demanded by the mobile and portable electronics market. For more information about QuickLogic and CSSPs, visit www.quicklogic.com. QuickLogic is a registered trademark and the QuickLogic logo is a trademark of QuickLogic Corporation. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such. Code: QUIK-G |
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