Sayiner's Strategic Vision and Successful Execution Recognized by Industry AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 1, 2009--
Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance,
analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today announced that its president
and chief executive officer, Necip Sayiner, was selected as Executive of
the Year by EE Times at their fifth Annual Creativity in Electronics
(ACE) Awards (www.eetimes-ace.com).
The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the
creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the
global industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and
their innovations, were recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards
Presentation on March 31, 2009, as part of TechInsight’s Embedded
Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design
event in North America.
Since joining Silicon Labs in 2005, Sayiner has provided a focused,
strategic vision for the company, instilled a level of design discipline
that has increased the efficiency and output of the company’s R&D funnel
and gained the confidence and trust of the employees who consistently
vote Silicon Labs one of the best places to work citing their confidence
in management. By building and nurturing Sayiner’s vision for the
company, Silicon Labs’ growth and profitability have afforded the
opportunity to make significant investments in R&D. The result being
greater than 20 percent growth in 2008 when the industry grew only four
percent.
EE Times ACE Awards are judged by a blue-ribbon panel of industry
experts, comprised of the leading voices of academia, industry and Wall
Street executives.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs’ diverse portfolio of highly-integrated,
easy-to-use products offers customers significant advantages in
performance, size and power consumption. These patented solutions serve
a broad set of markets and applications including consumer,
communications, computing, industrial and automotive.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Silicon Labs is a global enterprise with
operations, sales and design activities worldwide. The company is
committed to contributing to our customers’ success by recruiting the
highest quality talent to create industry-changing innovations. For more
information about Silicon Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.
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