Richard S. Hill Chairman, Marvell

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Richard S. Hill as COB of directors, effective May 1, 2016.

He was selected to the position based on his decades of practical experience and technology leadership.

“It’s a great honor to join the Marvell Board as chairman. I’ve been closely tracking Marvell’s technology developments the past two decades, and I am proud to be a part of the Marvell team,” said Hill. “I look forward to working closely with the company’s board and shaping the direction of Marvell moving forward. We will continue to focus on our core businesses as well as new market opportunities.”

He is also a member of the board of directors of Tessera Technologies since August 2012 and as chairman of the board since March 2013. He also served as Tessera’s interim CEO from April 15, 2013 until May 29, 2013. He previously served as the CEO and member of the board of directors of Novellus Systems Inc., until its acquisition by Lam Research Corporation in June 2012. Before joining Novellus in 1993, he spent 12 years with Tektronix Corporation, most recently as the president of the Tektronix Development Company and Tektronix Components Corporation. Before that, he worked in a variety of engineering and management positions with General Electric, Motorola and Hughes Aircraft Company. Presently, he is a member of the boards of directors of Autodesk, Inc., Arrow Electronics, Inc., Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, and Planar Systems, Inc. He previously served on the board of directors of LSI Corporation.

He received a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois in Chicago and an M.B.A. from Syracuse University.

As announced on April 27, the company’s board currently consists of ten directors: Weili Dai, Peter A. Feld, Juergen Gromer, Richard S. Hill, John Kassakian, Oleg Khaykin, Arturo Krueger, Sehat Sutardja, Robert E. Switz, and Randhir Thakur.