Conexant Names Chittipeddi as New President & COO

Conexant Systems named Sailesh Chittipeddi as its new president and chief operating officer. Chittipeddi joined Conexant in 2006 and served most recently as co-president, with responsibility for global engineering, operations, quality, IT, and associated infrastructure activities. In his new role, Chittipeddi will have worldwide responsibility for engineering, operations, quality, and marketing. He continues to report to Scott Mercer, Conexant's chairman and chief executive officer.


Prior to joining Conexant, Chittipeddi spent 17 years in several senior R&D and operations-related positions with Agere Systems, Lucent Technologies, AT&T Microelectronics, and AT&T Bell Labs. He also served as Lucent's SEMATECH representative, and was a member of the Technical Staff with AT&T Bell Labs.
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