MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 7, 2014) - Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (
"We are very pleased to welcome Jim to Pericom," said Alex Hui, president and CEO. "His leadership abilities, financial knowledge and industry experience will be invaluable to us as we continue the execution of our strategy to grow business in networking, cloud computing and embedded applications with our serial connectivity and timing solutions."
Mr. Boyd's over thirty years of experience covers a variety of industries and companies from start-ups to Fortune 100 firms. Mr. Boyd spent three years as chief financial officer for Silicon Storage Technology, a $400 million manufacturer of memory and non-memory chips. Prior to that, Mr. Boyd spent seven years as chief financial officer of ESS Technology, a manufacturer of DVD and image sensor chips. Earlier, he was chief financial officer for Gatefield Corporation, a manufacturer of non-volatile reprogrammable FPGAs. Mr. Boyd holds a bachelor of science degree and an MBA degree from the University of Wisconsin and a law degree from the Golden Gate University School of Law.
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