Derek Dicker VP and GM Storage Business Unit, Micron
Held positions at Intel, IDT, PMC-Sierra and Microsemi.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on December 1, 2017 at 2:32 pmMicron Technology Inc. appointed Derek Dicker as VP and GM of the Storage Business Unit.
In this role, he will be responsible for leading and expanding solid-state storage business.
This includes building storage solutions to address the growing opportunity in large market segments like cloud, enterprise and client computing.
He will report to Sumit Sadana, EVP and chief business officer.
Dicker has 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including sales, marketing and executive roles at Intel, IDT, PMC-Sierra and Microsemi Corporation. Most recently, he served as VP and business unit manager of performance storage at Microsemi, where he led a global organisation and drove all general management functions.
“Derek’s deep technical expertise and experience in the storage industry make him the ideal choice to lead our storage business,” Sadana said. “His strategic mind-set, coupled with his outstanding track record of business leadership, will help us fully capitalise on our NAND technologies and solutions.”
Dicker holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.