Bob Bruggeworth Elected Chair Steve Mollenkopf elected SIA Vice Chair

 WASHINGTON, The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Board of Directors today chose Bob Bruggeworth, President, CEO, and Director of Qorvo (NASDAQ: QRVO), as its 2021 Chair and Steve Mollenkopf, CEO and Director of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), as its 2021 Vice Chair. SIA speaks to 98 percent of the U.S. semiconductor industry by income and almost 66% of non-U.S. chip firms. 

"We're excited to invite Bob and Steve as SIA's administration group for 2021, which figures to be an occupied and critical year for our industry," said John Neuffer, SIA President and CEO. "The two specialists by profession, Bob and Steve are devoted industry pioneers and achieved champions for chip innovation. Their consolidated abilities and experience will extraordinarily profit SIA in the year ahead as we work to propel semiconductor industry needs in Washington and capitals around the globe. " 

Bruggeworth filled in as President and CEO of RFMD from January 2003 to December 2014, before the consolidation of RFMD and TriQuint to frame Qorvo. He was beforehand President of RFMD from June 2002 until January 2003. Prior to this, he was likewise Vice President and afterward President of RFMD's remote items gathering. Before joining RFMD in September 1999, Bruggeworth held different initiative situations at AMP Inc. (presently TE Connectivity), serving most as of late as VP of Global Computer and Consumer Electronics. He is an electrical architect and an alum of Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.  

"I anticipate filling in as 2021 seat of SIA, an alliance that has never been more critical to our industry and our country than it is presently," Bruggeworth said. "I'm anxious to work close by my partners on the SIA board to raise awareness about our industry and the enormous significance of semiconductor innovation to our nation's monetary quality and public security." 

Mollenkopf joined Qualcomm in 1994 as a specialist and during his residency has assisted with making Qualcomm an innovator in essential advancements, for example, 5G, and the world's biggest portable chipset provider. His specialized and business administration have been basic to the turn of events and execution of different industry-driving developments and items. A distributed IEEE creator, Mollenkopf holds licenses in zones, for example, power assessment and estimation, multi-standard transmitter framework, and remote correspondence handset innovation. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical designing from Virginia Tech, and a Master of Science in electrical designing from the University of Michigan. 

"In the midst of a progressing pandemic and worldwide financial vulnerability, keen government approaches are required now like never before to guarantee continued U.S. authority in semiconductor innovation," said Mollenkopf. "Our industry talks with one voice through SIA to advance approaches that advance semiconductor development and the many chip-empowered advances of things to come." 

Bruggeworth will convey comments at the 2020 SIA Leadership Forum and Award Celebration, a virtual occasion occurring later today, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. EST. The occasion additionally will highlight the introduction of the semiconductor business' most elevated honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award, to Dr. Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD, and a feature introduction by Tom Friedman, long-lasting international concerns reporter at The New York Times and smash hit creator.