Before the spin-off of ON Semiconductor from Motorola, Inc. (Motorola), George served in various operations and the engineering roles in three decades at Motorola, most recently as the corporate vice president and director of manufacturing for company’s semiconductor components group.
We are delighted that Bill George is joining our board of directors, stated Balu Balakrishnan, president and chief executive officer of Power Integrations. Bill’s wealth of technical and operational expertise will be enormously valuable to us as we continue to execute our growth strategy.
George currently serves on boards of Silicon Image, Inc. and Ramtron International Corporation. He is also a member of Sandia National Laboratories Science advisory board and the manufacturing advisory board of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. He received a B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in materials science from the Purdue University.