Summit Microelectronics Names New President & CEO to Lead Next Stage of Growth

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Contact: Barbara Kalkis Maestro Public Relations Tel: +1.408.996.9975 Summit Microelectronics Names New President & CEO to Lead Next Stage of Growth CAMPBELL, CA -- February 6, 2001 -- Summit Microelectronics Inc. has named Chuck Berghoff as president and chief executive officer (CEO). Mr. Berghoff joins the four-year-old company following a diverse career in the semiconductor and optoelectronics industries. According to Jim Diller, chairman of the board of Summit, "Chuck's broad experience in the industry and leadership further strengthens Summit Microelectronics' position as the power management solution provider to leading communications infrastructure and optoelectronics system equipment suppliers." Most recently, Mr. Berghoff held the role of entrepreneur in residence at Summit Partners, a high-technology venture-capital firm. From 1986 to 1999, Mr. Berghoff held several executive management positions at Siemens and was instrumental in growing their optoelectronics businesses. At the time he left Siemens he was vice president and general manager of the Siemens Infineon Optoelectronics Division. In that position, he was responsible for several business units including LED displays, infrared data transceivers, optical DAA's, solid-state relays, optocouplers and fiber optic transceivers for the communications markets. Prior to Siemens, Mr. Berghoff held senior operations, marketing and sales management positions at Intel, Supertex and LADCOR. He holds a BSEE degree from the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Berghoff succeeds Rick Orlando, a founder of Summit. Mr. Orlando now becomes chief technology officer and will lead product operations including product design and applications marketing, a new role at the company. Other key staff positions at the company are held by Greg Miller, chief financial officer; Ed Armstrong, vice president of manufacturing operations; and Ted Meyers, vice president of design engineering. "Summit has a strong market position providing innovative power management solutions to the leading industry suppliers in the communications infrastructure and optoelectronics markets," said Mr. Berghoff. "Summit's team has done an excellent job laying the foundation for our long term success. I'm excited to be part of the team that will focus on execution of our strategy through our next stage of growth." About Summit -- Power Management for Communications™ Summit Microelectronics Inc. develops semiconductors that manage the power functions in communications system equipment. Using Summit's proprietary technology, customers can achieve carrier-class availability, the highest standard of reliability available today for telecommunications, data communications and Internet applications. Founded in 1997, Summit is headquartered in Campbell, California. The Company is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified and is in the process of gaining STACK certification. Summit's website is www.summitmicro.com. ### Summit Microelectronics, Inc. 1717 Fox Drive San Jose, CA 95131-2312 Tel: +1.408-436-9890 Email:   return to top press archives home Copyright©2001-2003 by Summit Microelectronics, Inc.