CSR appoints Chris Ladas to the Board.CAMBRIDGE, England -- CSR plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :CSR): Photo ref: PEM4791 To download: http://www.csr.com/images/hires/pem4791jpg CSR (LSE:CSR) today announces that Chris Ladas, Senior Vice President Operations, will join the board on 1 January 2008. Chris Ladas, with nearly 40 years of semiconductor experience, has led CSR's world-class manufacturing and testing operations since May 2000. He has been instrumental in establishing CSR's supply chain partnership with TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code , world leader in wafer foundry operations and ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. , the largest assembly and test subcontractor in the industry. Prior to joining CSR, he served as the Vice President of Operations at Micro Linear Corporation and spent over six years as Managing Director of National Semiconductor's European Operations in Greenock, Scotland. Chris also held key R&D management positions at Fairchild, Harris, Sperry Corporation and Motorola. From CSR's first BlueCore Bluetooth silicon, Chris's leadership of CSR's operations has been invaluable in helping drive CSR's costs down and ensuring smooth and consistent supplies to the company's high volume customers. Joep van Beurden, 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. said "I am delighted to be welcoming Chris to the Board. He has been instrumental in building our world-class manufacturing and testing capabilities, a key element of CSR's early and continued success. Chris has helped build important strategic relationships with our key fabrication and test partners. His guidance and wider semiconductor industry experience will be a valuable addition to the Board, particularly as our product portfolio continues to broaden." Chris is a member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. and is also a member of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ) Leadership Council of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (formerly the Fabless Semiconductor Association). Chris is a graduate of Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. . About CSR CSR is the leading global provider of personal wireless technology and its product portfolio covers Bluetooth, GPS, FM receivers and Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions, based around its silicon platforms, that incorporate fully integrated radio, baseband and microcontroller elements. CSR's customers include industry leaders such as Apple, Dell, LG, Motorola, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Nokia, Panasonic, RIM, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TomTom and Toshiba. CSR has its headquarters and offices in Cambridge, UK, and offices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India, France, Denmark, Sweden and both Dallas and Detroit in the USA. More information can be found at www.csr.com |
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