Mark Lunsford Joins NXP to Lead U.S. Sales Team

NXP today announced that industry expert Mark Lunsford has joined the company as vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas. He is responsible for overseeing NXP’s Americas sales and marketing teams, focused on helping customers succeed with NXP’s mixed-signal and standard products solutions and enabling new business opportunities.

“Mark has a proven track record of growth and success, and his experience, industry insight and passion make him the ideal choice to lead our Americas Sales and Marketing team,” said Mike Noonen, senior vice president, global sales and marketing, NXP Semiconductors.

Mark brings more than 20 years of experience in developing and leading successful sales and marketing teams. He most recently served as vice president of worldwide sales at Micrel, and prior to that held executive roles in sales and marketing at Broadcom, Pivotal Technologies and AMD.

About NXP Semiconductors

NXP is a leading semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50 years ago. Headquartered in Europe, the company has about 29,000 employees working in more than 30 countries and posted sales of USD 5.4 billion (including the Mobile & Personal business) in 2008. NXP creates semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, mobile phones, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com.

Forward-looking Statements

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Contacts

NXP Semiconductors
Alexander Tarzi, +43 1 60870 1649 (Europe)
alexander.tarzi {at} nxp(.)com
Rebecca Samuel, +1-408-474-8769 (Americas)
rebecca.samuel {at} nxp(.)com
Fei Wang, +86 21 2205 5849 (Greater China)
fei.wang {at} nxp(.)com
Mark Chisholm, +65 6882 5092 (APAC)
mark.chisholm {at} nxp(.)com