Expanding Role Leverages Skill Set and Track Record of Company's
Principal Product and Technology Development Executive
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB), a leader in high-performance,
analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), today
announced the promotion of Tyson Tuttle to senior vice president and
chief operating officer (COO), reporting to Necip Sayiner, president and
CEO, effective immediately.
In his expanded role as COO, Mr. Tuttle will continue his
responsibilities as chief technical officer while also providing
additional oversight and direction for the company's product development
strategy. In this capacity, the company's three business units will
report to Mr. Tuttle. The new role underscores a continued focus on
Silicon Labs' high standards for new product investments particularly as
the company grows and diversifies. Mr. Tuttle will work with the
business unit leaders on strategic product plans and resource
allocations to support the corporate strategy.
Mr. Tuttle joined Silicon Laboratories in 1997 as a senior design
engineer and helped to develop the company's first product, a silicon
direct access arrangement (DAA). The market success of that strategic
product helped the company go public in 2000. Since that time, he has
played a key role in the definition, development and launch of many of
the company's groundbreaking products. Mr. Tuttle led the product
definition and marketing of the company's first cellular products and
spearheaded the creation of the successful Audio product line including
the world's first single-chip AM/FM radio. Mr. Tuttle also contributed
to the definition and development of the company's innovative silicon TV
tuner as vice president and general manager of the company's Broadcast
business unit, before being promoted to CTO in 2010.
"Tyson has been a star performer and contributor to the company's
success for more than a decade. This promotion reflects our desire to
capitalize on his track record and expand his responsibilities," said
Necip Sayiner, president and CEO of Silicon Laboratories.
Prior to Silicon Labs, Mr. Tuttle held senior design engineering and
management positions at Crystal Semiconductor/Cirrus Logic and Broadcom
Corporation. Mr. Tuttle holds an M.S. in electrical engineering from
UCLA and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
He has 122 patents issued or pending in the areas of RF and mixed-signal
IC design.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size
and power consumption. For more information about Silicon Labs, please
visit www.silabs.com.
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Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Shannon Pleasant, 512-464-9254
shannon.pleasant@silabs.com
Source: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
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