Fairchild Semiconductor Expands Management Team in Korea
-- Kyung-Jae Lee Appointed Vice President of Marketing and of the
Global Power Resource(TM) Center in Korea
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 20, 2005—
-- Brings Analog Product and Sales Management Experience from
Texas Instruments and Samsung Electronics
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier
of products that optimize system power, today announced the
appointment of Kyung-Jae (KJ) Lee, 48, to Vice President of Marketing
and of the Global Power Resource Center(TM) in Korea. He will be
responsible for the marketing and field application engineering
activities, as well as directing development of complete system power
solutions with customers at the Global Power Resource Design Center,
based in Bucheon, South Korea. Lee will report to Chan-Goo (CG) Park,
Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing in Korea.
Lee joins Fairchild from Texas Instruments where for more than 17
years he held various management positions in analog products,
distribution and sales. Previously he worked for Samsung Electronics,
leading a team of engineers in developing graphic products for PCs. He
is a graduate of Inha University in Korea.
"KJ's sales and marketing record of increasing revenue, winning
new business and creating strategic partnerships for major accounts
will be very valuable to Fairchild," said CG Park. "He brings a unique
blend of analog power product technical expertise combined with
extensive customer experience in Korea. Fairchild is moving rapidly to
solidify our team globally as we focus our efforts to develop higher
value power semiconductors. KJ will strengthen our team in Korea and
be able to contribute immediately."
Fairchild has announced several management additions recently as
Dr. Mark Thompson - the company's recently named president and CEO -
builds his team globally to continue growing the company's leadership
position in power semiconductors.
As The Power Franchise(R), Fairchild's components convert, control
and condition power in computing and display, industrial, consumer,
communications and automotive applications. Fairchild continues to
prove its dominance with 76% of sales from power products, an increase
from approximately 14% eight years ago.
About Fairchild Semiconductor:
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is the leading global supplier
of high performance power products critical to today's leading
electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer,
industrial and automotive segments. As The Power Franchise(R),
Fairchild offers the industry's broadest portfolio of components that
optimize system power through minimization, conversion, management and
distribution functions. Fairchild's 9,000 employees design,
manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic,
and optoelectronics products from its headquarters in South Portland,
Maine, USA and numerous locations around the world. Please contact us
on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.
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