MaxLinear Names Tom Pardun to Board of Directors
Industry Veteran Brings Consumer Technology and Telecommunications Experience to Fast Growing RF & Mixed Signal IC Company
CARLSBAD, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/03/09 -- MaxLinear Inc., a fabless semiconductor company at the forefront of developing all-CMOS broadband radio-frequency (RF) & mixed-signal IC solutions for consumer markets, today announced that Tom Pardun has been elected to its board of directors. Pardun currently serves as chairman of the board for Western Digital Corp.
Pardun has been a director for Western Digital since 1993 and chairman of the board of directors since April 2007. Pardun previously was president of MediaOne International Asia Pacific (a subsidiary of U.S. West, Inc.), an owner/operator of international cable television, telephone services, and wireless communications companies, from May 1996 until July 2000.
The addition of Pardun expands MaxLinear's Board of Directors to six members. The company's existing board members include Dr. Kishore Seendripu, company CEO and Chairman of the board.
"Tom brings years of experience in the consumer technology and telecommunications industries and has become a valuable resource to help guide the next phase of MaxLinear's growth," Seendripu said. "We are pleased to have Tom on our team and look forward to seeing the unique ideas he will bring to the table."
"I joined the board because MaxLinear is on the leading edge of the next generation of digital TV and I am excited to see where the company goes from here," Pardun said. "The management team and engineers have done a great job and I think that my industry experience can help augment the team and further position the company for market leadership."
Before joining U.S. West, Mr. Pardun was president of the Central Group for Sprint, as well as president of Sprint's West Division and senior vice president of business development for United Telecom, a predecessor company to Sprint. Mr. Pardun also held a variety of management positions during a 19-year tenure with IBM, concluding as Director of product-line evaluation. He is also a director of CalAmp Corporation and Occam Networks, Inc.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. is a rapidly growing fabless IC company focusing on highly integrated analog products that incorporate proprietary mixed-signal and radio frequency signal processing techniques in digital CMOS. The company's technology is ideally suited for a broad range of high-volume consumer electronics applications with the strictest requirements for both power and performance, including personal computers, laptop computers, set-top-boxes, televisions, and mobile devices. MaxLinear is the first to deliver on the promise of an easy-to-use silicon solution to enable TV on any device. The company is located in Carlsbad, California with sales offices world wide. More information is at www.maxlinear.com.
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Released August 3, 2009