Semiconductor Sales and Marketing Veteran Brings Strong Track Record
for Leadership and Revenue Growth
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon
Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) today announced that Brandon Tolany, a sales and
marketing executive with 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and
electronics industry, has joined the company as senior vice president of
worldwide sales. In this key executive role, Mr. Tolany is responsible
for driving Silicon Labs' revenue growth through global sales and
distribution channel development and strategic OEM customer activities.
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Brandon Tolany, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Silicon Labs. (Photo: Business Wire)
"We warmly welcome Brandon to Silicon Labs' senior management team,"
said Tyson Tuttle, CEO of Silicon Labs. "With his proven leadership
experience and strong communications and people management skills,
Brandon will excel in delivering smart, connected, energy-friendly
solutions to our customers and distribution partners worldwide as we
scale Silicon Labs."
Prior to joining Silicon Labs, Mr. Tolany served as senior vice
president, chief sales and marketing officer at Freescale Semiconductor
where he led global sales and marketing activities from 2013 to 2015,
transforming the organization into a high-performance asset focused on
disruptive market share gain. During his tenure at Freescale, Mr. Tolany
progressed in a range of leadership positions including vice president
of global marketing for microcontrollers and director of sales and field
application engineering for Freescale's Americas West region.
Mr. Tolany began his career at Freescale (Motorola) in 2004 and advanced
to director of the company's global i.MX mobile applications processor
business. Prior to joining Freescale, Mr. Tolany was the director of
sales and business development for Luminent where he led global
marketing efforts. Previously, he also served as a product manager at
Mitsubishi Electric. Mr. Tolany holds a bachelor's degree in
communications from The University of Texas at Austin.
"I am thrilled to start the New Year with this exciting challenge -
leading the worldwide sales and distribution organization for one of the
most dynamic innovators in the Internet of Things market," said Brandon
Tolany. "Silicon Labs is a formidable competitor offering breakthrough
technology for the IoT. I look forward to leading Silicon Labs' global
sales team as we deliver best-in-class connectivity solutions to our
many thousands of customers throughout the Americas, Europe and
Asia-Pacific regions."
Silicon Labs
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and system solutions for the Internet of Things, Internet
infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer and automotive markets.
We solve the electronics industry's toughest problems, providing
customers with significant advantages in performance, energy savings,
connectivity and design simplicity. Backed by our world-class
engineering teams with unsurpassed software and mixed-signal design
expertise, Silicon Labs empowers developers with the tools and
technologies they need to advance quickly and easily from initial idea
to final product. www.silabs.com
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