Skyworks Appoints Gregory Waters Vice President of Cellular Infrastructure and Wireless Data Business
WOBURN, Mass., Apr 22, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on radio frequency (RF) and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications, today announced that Gregory Waters has joined the company as vice president and general manager of the company's Cellular Infrastructure and Wireless Data Business unit which includes discrete and passive semiconductors, GaAs switches, ceramic products and multi-chip modules supporting cellular infrastructure and wireless LAN markets.
Waters most recently served as senior vice president, Strategy and Business Development at Agere Systems and previously as vice president of their Wireless Communications business. Prior to his Agere experience, Waters held a variety of senior management positions within Texas Instruments including director of network access products as well as director of North American sales.
"We are particularly pleased to have attracted an executive of Greg's caliber to lead our cellular infrastructure and wireless data business," said David J. Aldrich, Skyworks' president and chief executive officer. "Greg brings a wealth of experience to his new role and I look forward to working closely with him in building upon our product and market leadership."
"I am extremely excited to be joining the Skyworks team and creating a franchise around their broad portfolio of cellular infrastructure and wireless data solutions," said Waters. "Skyworks has a strong foundation on the cellular infrastructure side and long-standing relationships with virtually all of the leading base station OEMs and is gaining significant design win traction within wireless data, especially in 802.11 applications."
Waters received a bachelor's in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont and earned a master's in computer science from Northeastern University.
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on RF and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications. The company began operations in June 2002, following the completion of the merger between Alpha Industries, Inc. and Conexant Systems, Inc.'s wireless communications business. Skyworks is focused on providing front-end modules, RF subsystems and cellular systems to wireless handset and infrastructure customers worldwide.
Skyworks is headquartered in Woburn, Mass., with executive offices in Irvine, Calif. The company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. For more information please visit www.skyworksinc.com.
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