VETERAN TECHNOLOGY CFO NAMED TO JAZZ SEMICONDUCTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
R. Douglas Norby Joins Independent Semiconductor Foundry Team
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 8, 2004 --
Jazz Semiconductor, an independent semiconductor wafer foundry that focuses primarily
on specialty process technologies for the manufacture of analog and mixed-signal
semiconductor devices, has announced technology industry veteran R. Douglas Norby as
the newest member of its board of directors.
Norby has served in the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer
for several technology companies including his current position at Tessera Technologies,
a developer of semiconductor packaging and technology services, Zambeel, Inc., a data
storage systems company and Novalux, Inc., an optical device company. He also served
as executive vice president and chief financial officer of LSI LogicCorporation, a
public semiconductor company.
Norby has held other executive management positions with Mentor Graphics Corporation
and several years with Syntex Corporation. He has served on the boards of Lucasfilm,
Ltd., an entertainment company where he was chief operating officer and Recordati,
S.p.a., an Italian pharmaceutical company.
Norby currently serves on the boards of LSI Logic Corporation, a public semiconductor
company; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biotechnology company; ChipPAC, Inc.,
a public semiconductor assembly and test company; and LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.,
a private data storage systems company. Norby also previously served as a regent at
Santa Clara University and currently serves as a member of the board of trustees for
the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Norby received a B.A. in economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from
Harvard Business School.
"I am looking forward to being part of the advisory team at Jazz
Semiconductor," said Norby.
"We are pleased to welcome Doug to our board of directors. We welcome his
experience in the technology sector, specifically the semiconductor industry,
to our advisory team," said Shu Li, president and chief executive officer
of Jazz Semiconductor.
About Jazz Semiconductor
Jazz Semiconductor is an independent semiconductor wafer foundry that specializes in
mixed-signal and radio frequency (RF) technologies for use in wireless communications,
optical networking, power management and other ultra-high performance applications.
The company, based in Newport Beach, California, was founded in March of 2002 as a
privately held company with the Carlyle Group as the majority shareholder.
Jazz expands on the offerings of a traditional pure play foundry by focusing on
mixed signal and RF technology processes, design platforms, and experienced
engineering support. To learn more, visit
www.jazzsemi.com.
Jazz Contact
Michael Eisele
(949) 435-8534
michael.eisele@jazzsemi.com
Jazz Media Contact
Kerry Fedro
(949) 453-8080
kerry@lages.com
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