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Christine King jumps on Skyworks' board
The executive will bring her extensive semiconductor experience to the innovator of high performance analogue products enabling a broad range of end markets
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has appointed Christine King to its board of directors.
King most recently served as the chief executive officer of Standard Microsystems (SMSC), a developer of silicon-based integrated circuits that utilises analogue and mixed-signal technologies, until the company’s acquisition by Microchip Technology in 2012.
Prior to that, she was chief executive officer of AMI Semiconductor before it was acquired by ON Semiconductor. King also spent more than 23 years at IBM in various management positions, including vice president of Semiconductor Solutions. She formerly served as a director for Analog Devices and Atheros Communications, prior to its acquisition by Qualcomm.
“Christine King is an outstanding addition to our board of directors,” says David J. McLachlan, Skyworks’ chairman of the board. “She is an accomplished industry executive whose broad semiconductor experience will be particularly relevant as Skyworks continues to grow and become a diversified analogue semiconductor leader.”
“I am thrilled to be joining Skyworks’ board of directors,” says King. “This is an exciting time in wireless and I look forward to sharing my experience as Skyworks capitalises on the explosive demand for connectivity.”
King, 64, serves on the board of directors for Cirrus Logic, IDACORP, Idaho Power Company and QLogic. King graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J. with a B.S. in electrical engineering.
King most recently served as the chief executive officer of Standard Microsystems (SMSC), a developer of silicon-based integrated circuits that utilises analogue and mixed-signal technologies, until the company’s acquisition by Microchip Technology in 2012.
Prior to that, she was chief executive officer of AMI Semiconductor before it was acquired by ON Semiconductor. King also spent more than 23 years at IBM in various management positions, including vice president of Semiconductor Solutions. She formerly served as a director for Analog Devices and Atheros Communications, prior to its acquisition by Qualcomm.
“Christine King is an outstanding addition to our board of directors,” says David J. McLachlan, Skyworks’ chairman of the board. “She is an accomplished industry executive whose broad semiconductor experience will be particularly relevant as Skyworks continues to grow and become a diversified analogue semiconductor leader.”
“I am thrilled to be joining Skyworks’ board of directors,” says King. “This is an exciting time in wireless and I look forward to sharing my experience as Skyworks capitalises on the explosive demand for connectivity.”
King, 64, serves on the board of directors for Cirrus Logic, IDACORP, Idaho Power Company and QLogic. King graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J. with a B.S. in electrical engineering.
