[April 08, 2013] Semtech Appoints Sylvia Summers and Carmelo Santoro to Board of Directors Tweet Apr 08, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Semtech Corp., a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced the appointment of Sylvia Summers and Carmelo Santoro to its Board of Directors. According to a release, Summers has experience in engineering, business development and leadership, including serving as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Trident Microsystems from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that experience, she held senior positions at Spansion, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Storagetek. Summers currently serves on the Board of Directors for Headwaters, Inc., a public company providing product, technology and services to the heavy construction materials, light building products, and energy industries. Santoro is a business consultant with Santoro Technology Associates, which provides general management, strategic planning, marketing and operations services for the computer hardware and software, semiconductor, disk drive, networking, technology services, biotechnology and financial services industries. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Attensity, Inc., a provider of social analytics and engagement solutions. His prior experience includes executive positions with Platinum Software Corp. and Silicon Systems. "Our two newest board members together have more than 50 years of distinguished experience in the high-technology industry," said Rockell Hankin, Semtech's Chairman of the Board. "We are looking forward to leveraging their insights and expertise to help guide Semtech's strategic direction." The appointment of Summers and Santoro brings Semtech's total board membership to ten, including Semtech's President and Chief Executive Officer Mohan Maheswaran. Stockholders of record will have the opportunity to re-elect all Company directors at the upcoming annual meeting to be held on June 20. Semtech Corp. is a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]