Phil D. Hester Joins the ON Semiconductor Board of Directors.PHOENIX -- ON Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: ONNN) today announced the appointment of Phil D. Hester to its board of directors. Hester was elected to this position during the company's board of directors meeting held yesterday. The board also elected Hester to its Corporate Governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. and Executive Committee. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]Hester is the chief technology officer and a senior vice president at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ), a global provider of microprocessor solutions for computing, communications and consumer electronic markets. Among his many duties in this position with AMD, Hester is responsible for setting the architectural and product strategies and plans for AMD's microprocessor business. He also chairs the AMD Technology Council, ensuring that product development, integration and process organization align technology capabilities with product direction. E[acute accent]Hester has over 30 years of system design and enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. experience. Before joining AMD, he was co-founder and chief executive officer at Newisys, now a Sanmina-SCI company. He also spent 23 years at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) serving in a variety of key leadership and executive technical roles. While at IBM, Hester led a number of system technology development efforts, including the RS/6000, and served as one of 15 members of the IBM Corporate Technology Council. E[acute accent]Hester holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies and master's in engineering from the University of Texas. E[acute accent]About ON Semiconductor E[acute accent]With its global logistics network and strong portfolio of power semiconductor devices, ON Semiconductor is a preferred supplier of power solutions to engineers, purchasing professionals, distributors and contract manufacturers in the computer, cell phone, portable devices, automotive and industrial markets. For more information, please visit ON Semiconductor's Web site at http://www.onsemi.com. E[acute accent]ON Semiconductor and the ON Semiconductor logo are registered trademarks of Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . All other brand and product names appearing in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Although the company references its Web site in this news release, such information on the Web site is not to be incorporated herein. |
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