CARLSBAD, CA -- 04/03/08 --
MaxLinear, Inc., a fabless semiconductor
company at the forefront of developing digital CMOS broadband radio
frequency (RF) ICs for consumer markets, today announced it has appointed
Charlie Lesko to the role of Vice President of Worldwide Sales. This marks
the beginning of a new corporate growth and market share expansion
initiative for the company. He will report to Dr. Kishore Seendripu,
MaxLinear's CEO.
"MaxLinear is now at a propitious inflection point in its growth. We truly
have the right products to address the fast-growing mobile and digital TV
markets. With his proven leadership abilities in managing sales & marketing
at large semiconductor companies such as Broadcom and AMIS, Charlie will
help us realize the anticipated rapid growth in our sales in these end
markets," Seendripu said. "We are thrilled to have such a seasoned
executive join the MaxLinear team."
Mr. Lesko joins MaxLinear from AMI Semiconductor, where he spent five years
as AMI's Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Strategic Marketing. In
that position, he played a key role in significantly growing revenue and
market share. Prior to AMI, Mr. Lesko was at Broadcom Corp. where he
served as Vice President of North American Sales and acting Vice President
of Worldwide Sales.
In addition to this experience, Mr. Lesko has an extensive sales and
marketing background in the semiconductor industry. Previous positions
include Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Axcelis Technologies and
various executive positions in sales at Teradyne. Mr. Lesko has an M.B.A.
in finance from the University of Dallas and a B.S. degree in engineering
from the State University of New York-Stony Brook.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. is a rapidly growing fabless IC company focusing on highly
integrated analog products that incorporate proprietary mixed-signal and
radio frequency signal processing techniques in digital CMOS. The company's
technology is ideally suited for a broad range of high-volume consumer
electronics applications with the strictest requirements for both power and
performance, including personal computers, laptop computers, set-top-boxes,
televisions, and mobile devices. MaxLinear is the first to deliver on the
promise of an easy-to-use silicon solution to enable TV on any device. The
company is located in Carlsbad, California with sales offices in Japan,
China, and, South Korea. More information is at www.maxlinear.com.
MaxLinear and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of MaxLinear, Inc. Other
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Patrick Tierney
Director of Marketing
Tel: 760-692-0711
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