DAN LEIBHOLZ JOINS ANALOG DEVICES INC. AS ENGINEERING DIRECTOR OF GENERAL PURPOSE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR DIVISION
- Takes on strategic direction of engineering teams developing future Blackfin and SHARC processors, tools, hardware, software and applications engineering.
Norwood, MA (12/19/2008) -
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today announced that Dan Liebholz has been appointed Engineering Director of the General Purpose Digital Signal Processing (GP-DSP) Division, reporting to Gerald McGuire, the Division Vice President. In this newly created position, Dan takes on responsibility for the GPDSP worldwide engineering organizations, leading the strategic direction and execution of the development of high performance, complete solution DSP products and technology across multiple engineering functions and sites.
“ADI’s General Purpose DSP Division has been posting impressive sales and design-win results with its leading Blackfin and SHARC product lines. We are delighted to have an Engineering Director with Dan’s abilities and record of accomplishment to lead our engineering efforts into the future,” said Jerry McGuire, Vice President of the GP-DSP Division.
Dan comes to ADI from AMD, where as Engineering Director for a major notebook/mobile CPU, he led a global, multi-site chip design, verification and implementation team. As the leader of this team, he was part of the Product Development Core Team which had complete responsibility for the Program. Prior to joining AMD, Dan worked at Sun Microsystems as a Distinguished Engineer and had leadership responsibilities for a multi-site engineering team. He began his career as a CPU Architect with Digital Equipment Corp. Dan holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Brown University.
About Analog Devices
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating over 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “ADI” and is included in the S&P 500 Index.
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