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Avago Technologies, Pte.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.8B
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

We are a leading global supplier of a broad range of mostly analog semiconductors that enable digital semiconductors to effectively interpret and interface with users in the real world. Our diverse product portfolio is based on proprietary technologies for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), motion control encoders, high-frequency microwave and millimeter-wave devices, image sensors, optical sensors, optical isolators, infrared receivers, fiber optic transceivers, integrated radio frequency (RF) devices and high speed serializers/deserializers. We have a 40-year history, dating back to our origins within Hewlett-Packard, and have developed extensive intellectual property that currently includes more than 2,000 patents and patent applications. We have a portfolio of more than 6,000 products comprised primarily of analog (including mixed-signal and optoelectronic) semiconductors. These product categories typically have longer commercial life cycles and more stable average selling prices due to more specialized design requirements relative to digital or memory semiconductors. Applications for our products include cellular phones and infrastructure, data networking and telecommunications equipment, optical mice, LED displays, consumer appliances, office and factory automation, automotive signaling and dashboard illumination, and plasma displays. ...

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Hock E. Tan
Number of Employees 6,500
Contact Information

350 W Trimble Rd Bldg 90

San Jose, California 95131

avagotech.com

(408) 435-7400

NAICS Code All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing: 333298

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Hock E. Tan President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Douglas R. Bettinger Senior Vice President and CFO
Mercedes Johnson Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Robert J. Rudy Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Waguih Ishak Chief Technology Officer
Boon Chye Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Jeff Henderson Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Worldwide
Rex S. Jackson General Counsel & Senior Vice President
Dave Allen Vice President & General Manager, Fiber Optics
Debra Landers Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources
Frank Ostojic Vice President and General Manager, Asic Products Division
Hassan Hussain Vice President and General Manager, Motion Control Products Division
James Stewart Vice President & General Manager, Imaging Solutions
Patricia H. McCall Vice President, General Counsel
Tze Siong Chong Vice President and General Manager, Isolation Products Division
Bryan Ingram Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division
Fariba Danesh Senior Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optics Products Division
Alain Dangerfield Press Relations Manager
Mark Alden Manager, Public Relations, Worldwide
Bock Seng Director
Justine F. Lien Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Dick Chang Chairman
Adam H. Clammer Board of Directors
Bock Seng Tan Board Member
David Kerko Board of Directors
Donald MacLeod Board of Directors
James A. Davidson Board of Directors
James H. Greene Board Member
James V. Diller Board Member
John R. Joyce Board of Directors
Kenneth Hao Board of Directors
Michael E. Marks Board Member
Simon E. Brown Board of Directors

Hock Tan has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since March 2006. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of Integrated Device Technology, Inc., or IDT. Prior to becoming chairman of IDT, Mr. Tan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc., or ICS, from June 1999 to September 2005. Prior to ICS, Mr. Tan was Vice President of Finance with Commodore International, Ltd. from 1992 to 1994, and previously held senior management positions with PepsiCo, Inc. and General Motors Corporation. Mr. Tan served as managing director of Pacven Investment, Ltd., a venture capital fund in Singapore from 1988 to 1992, and served as managing director for Hume Industries Ltd. in Malaysia from 1983 to 1988.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Chairman of The Board Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board of Directors Current
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Director Former

Douglas R. Bettinger has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2008. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Bettinger served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Xilinx, Inc. From 2004 to 2007, he was Chief Financial Officer at 24/7 Customer, a privately-held company. Mr. Bettinger was at Intel Corporation from 1993 to 2004, where he served in several senior-level finance and manufacturing operations positions, including Corporate Planning and Reporting Controller, and Malaysia Site Operations Controller.

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Senior Vice President and CFO Current
The Customer Company Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer Current
Micron Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Intersil Corporation Board of Directors Current
Lam Research Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Lam Research Corporation Senior Vice President of Finance Former
Applied Materials, Inc. vice president Former
Applied Materials, Inc. worldwide operations controller Former
International Finance Corporation Former

Robert J. Rudy has served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Avago's Information Services Division since 2007. Prior to joining Avago, Rudy was Corporate Vice President and CIO at Lam Research Corporation where he was responsible for Global Information Systems. In addition, he was the first President and Chairman of CapOneSource LLC, a group purchasing alliance which Lam founded in 2003. Prior to working at Lam Research, he held a variety of senior management and engineering positions at several high technology firms, including Intel Corporation and Sematech. He also took an e-business company public in 1998. In the early 1990s, Rudy founded and led RenaiSys Corporation, a software development and consulting firm which he later sold.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President and Chief Information Officer Current
Lam Research Corporation CIO Former
Lam Research Corporation Corporate Vice President Former

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Chief Technology Officer Current
University of California Santa Cruz Technical Advisory Board Member Current
Santa Clara University Technical Advisory Board Member Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President Former
Stanford University Executive Program Former

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Senior Vice President, Global Operations Current

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Worldwide Current
Agilent Former

Rex Jackson joined Symyx in 2007, after serving as General Counsel and in other senior management positions with several technology companies, including most recently Avago Technologies Limited and Synopsys Inc. At Synopsys, Mr. Jackson served as General Counsel in 2003 2006 and as interim chief financial officer in 2005-2006. He has a B.A. in political science from Duke University and a J.D. from Stanford University Law School.

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Symyx Technologies, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. General Counsel & Senior Vice President Current
SeeControl, Inc. Current
Dijji Corp Board of Directors Current
Synopsys, Inc. Interim Chief Financial Officer Former
Synopsys, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Read-Rite Corporation Vice President, Business Development Former
Synopsys, Inc. General Counsel Former
Redleaf Group, Inc. Investment Professional Former
Read-Rite Corporation General Counsel Former
Stanford University J.D. Degree Former
Duke University B.A. In Political Science Former

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President & General Manager, Fiber Optics Current

Debra Landers has served as Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources since January 2007. She is responsible for setting direction and managing all aspects of Avago's Human Resources function including global talent management strategy and programs. Prior to joining Avago, Landers served as Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Functions and Asia Pacific region for Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. of Tokyo Japan. Before moving to the US in July 2005, Landers held several HR management positions working in the Asia Pacific region both for Hitachi Data Systems and Telstra Corporation, Australia's largest telecommunications carrier.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources Current

Frank Ostojic has served as Vice President and General Manager of Avago's ASIC Product Division since 2007. In this role, he is responsible for product strategy that enables APD to grow in market share and revenue in the Networking and Data Center ASIC market. He is also responsible for the development of IP design that enables APD to be the leader in SerDes based ASICs. Since joining Hewlett-Packard/Agilent/Avago in 1996 as a design engineer for computer ICs, Ostojic has held a variety of senior research and development (R&D), and marketing management positions. A few of the R&D areas that he has managed include the development of custom devices for computer and networking OEMs, and the development of software for design automation.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President and General Manager, Asic Products Division Current

Hassan Hussain has served as Vice President and General Manager, of Avago's Motion Control Products Division since June 2006. He overseas the development, production, marketing and sales of Avago's motion control products used in factory automation, industrial automation and office automation. Prior to the SPG Acquisition from Agilent in 2005, Hassan held a variety of management positions within the Optoelectronics and Disk Drives divisions at Hewlett-Packard and later at Agilent Technologies. He rotated in several critical functions from Production Engineering to Product Line management to Marketing management during his years at HP/Agilent. From 1989 to 1993, Hassan was a Process Engineer at with Motorola Semiconductor.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President and General Manager, Motion Control Products Division Current

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President & General Manager, Imaging Solutions Current

Patricia H. McCall has served as our Vice President, General Counsel since March 2007. She served as Director of Litigation at Adobe Systems from 2006 to 2007. Prior to this, Ms. McCall served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of ChipPAC Inc. from January 2003 to August 2004, when ChipPac Inc. merged with ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. in August 2004. Ms. McCall served as the Senior Vice President Administration, General Counsel and Secretary of ChipPAC Inc. from November 2000 to January 2003. From November 1995 to November 2000, Ms. McCall was at National Semiconductor Corporation, most recently as Associate General Counsel, and prior to that was a partner at the law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, and a Barrister in England.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President, General Counsel Current
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro Partner Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Associate General Counsel Former

Tze-Siong Chong has served as Vice-President and General Manager of Avago Technologies' Isolation Products Division since December 2005. Based in Singapore, he oversees the overall development, production, marketing and sales of Avago's isolation products used in industrial, automotive, and consumer applications. From 1986 to 1997, Chong held a variety of engineering, manufacturing, and marketing management positions with Hewlett-Packard's Components Group. From 1997 to 2005, he served as Business Unit Manager of Isolation Products for HP/Agilent/Avago's Components Group.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President and General Manager, Isolation Products Division Current

Bryan Ingram has served our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division since November 2007. He oversees the development, production, marketing and sales of Avago's RF and wireless components used in handsets, cellular infrastructure and satellite applications. Since joining HP/Agilent/Avago in 1990, Ingram has had a distinguished career and has held a variety of management positions. From 2005 to 2007, he was Vice President of WSD. Prior to the closing of the SPG Acquisition in 2005, Ingram was Vice President and General Manager of SPG's Wireless Semiconductor Division.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Vice President, Wireless Semiconductor Division Former
Avago Technologies, Pte. Gm, Wireless Semiconductor Division Former
Agilent Former
The Johns Hopkins University Msee Former
University of Illinois Bsee Former

Fariba Danesh has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optics Products Division since November 2007. She oversees the overall development, production, marketing and sales of Avago's fiber optic products used in high-speed wired datacom and telecom applications. Prior to her current position, Danesh was Vice President of FOPD from 2006 to 2007. From 2004 to 2006, she served as Executive Vice President of Operations at Maxtor Corporation, and from 2003 to 2004 as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations at Finisar Corporation. Danesh was Senior Vice President, Operations and later President and Chief Executive Officer of Genoa Corporation from 2000 to 2003. Prior to the aforementioned positions, she held a variety of senior positions at Sanmina Corporation, Seagate Technology and Conner Peripherals' Disk Division.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Senior Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optics Products Division Current
Genoa Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
Finisar Corporation Chief Operating Officer Former
Finisar Corporation Senior Vice President of Operations Former
Genoa Corporation Senior Vice President, Operations and Later President Former

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Press Relations Manager Current

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Manager, Public Relations, Worldwide Current

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Chairman Current
Agilent Former

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Orphan Medical Inc. Current
Hss' Presentation At The World Board of Directors Current
Alliance Imaging, Inc. Director Current
NXP B.V. Director Current
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MedCath Corporation Director Current
Aricent Inc. Board of Directors Current
Zhone Technologies, Inc. Director Current
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. general partner Former
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. Board of Directors Former
University of California BS Former

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Director Current

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Board Member Current
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. CEO Former
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. President Former
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. Managing Director Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Managing Director Former
Texas Instruments Incorporated Team Member Former

David Kerko has been a director since March 2008. Since December 2006, Mr. Kerko has been a Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. He was a Principal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. between 2002 and 2006, having begun his career at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in 1998. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kerko was with Gleacher NatWest Inc.

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board of Directors Current
National Semiconductor Corporation President Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Senior Management Positions Former
Financial Executives Research Foundation, Inc Chairman Former
University of Stirling Bachelor of Science Degree In Economics Former

James A. Davidson has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since March 2003. He is a co-founder and managing director of Silver Lake, a private equity investment firm. Mr. Davidson also serves on the Board of directors for Avago Technologies, a private company that specializes in analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems. From June 1990 to November 1998, he was an investment banker with Hambrecht & Quist, most recently serving as Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Davidson was a corporate and securities lawyer with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro.

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Flextronics International Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Seagate Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board of Directors Current
Silver Lake Partners principal Former
Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC Head of Mergers and Acquisitions Former
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro Attorney Former
Enterasys Networks, Inc. member Former

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SunGard Board of Directors Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board Member Current
NuVox Communications, Inc. Board Member Current
Bankers Trust Company Inc. Vice President Former
University of Pennsylvania B.S. In Economics Former

James Diller, Sr. was a founder of PMC-Sierra, Inc., or PMC, serving as PMC's CEO from 1983 to July 1997 and president from 1983 to July 1993. He has been a director of PMC since its formation in 1983. Diller was chairman of PMC's board of directors from July 1993 until February 2000, when he became vice chairman. He also serves as a director of Intersil Corporation, and is the chairman of the board of Summit Microelectronics.

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PMC-Sierra, Inc. Founder Current
Summit Microelectronics Inc Chairman of The Board of Directors Current
Intersil Corporation Chairman Current
The Cost Reduction Consultant Board of Directors Current
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Vice Chairman Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board Member Current
Plexstar Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Brecis Communications Board of Directors Current
Elantec Chief Executive Officer Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Elantec President Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. President Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Chairman Former
Elantec Chairman Former
Elantec Director Former
PMC-Sierra, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Sierra Wireless Incorporated Director Former
University of Rhode Island B.S. Degree In Physics Former

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Silver Lake Partners Managing Director Current
Silver Lake Current
Hewlett-Packard Company Board of Directors Current
Fairfield University Board of Directors Current
HP Thailand Director Current
Global Corp Wiki Director Current
Moda Joyeria Por Catalogo Director Current
Gartner, Inc. Board of Directors Current
SERENA Software, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Global Sourcing Invitational Program Director Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board of Directors Current
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Hp Director Current
International Business Machines Corporation Chief Financial Officer & President, IBM Asia Pacific Former
International Business Machines Corporation Senior Vice President and Group Executive, IBM Global Services division Former
International Business Machines Corporation Controller, Global Operations Former
International Business Machines Corporation Group Executive Former
Fairleigh Dickinson University MBA Former

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Techwell, Inc. Chair Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Director Current
Techwell, Inc. Director Current
Aerielle, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Integrated Circuit Systems Inc. Secretary Former
Immaculata College B.A. Degree In Accounting Former

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Silver Lake Partners Managing Director Current
Silver Lake Current
Network General Corporation Director Current
Avago Technologies, Pte. Board of Directors Current
Agilent Technologies, Inc. Director Current
Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC Managing Director Former
Netscout Systems, Inc. Director Former
Harvard University A.B. in Economics Former

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Oberlin College Masters of Arts Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Oberlin College B.A. Former

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Avago Technologies, Pte. Board of Directors Current
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