MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY APPOINTS GANESH MOORTHY TO PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ganesh Moorthy as President and Chief Operating Officer effective today.

In this position, Mr. Moorthy will report to Steve Sanghi who will remain as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Moorthy joined Microchip in 2001 as Vice President of the Advanced 8-bit Microcontroller division and has since taken increasing responsibility through organic development as well as acquisitions which have resulted in adding 16-bit MCU, 32-bit MCU, Wireless, Networking, Automotive, Computing and Memory divisions to Microchip.

He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2009. “I have known Ganesh for 35 years having hired him as a new college grad at Intel in 1981. Ganesh was a rising star and after 19 years at Intel, I rehired him at Microchip in 2001. Ganesh has continually taken on increasing responsibility and has operated as my right hand man for several years now.  As Microchip continues to grow and with our pending acquisition of Atmel, our largest acquisition ever, I will need more bandwidth to manage expanded operations worldwide with many more sites. Ganesh and I will jointly manage the worldwide consolidated enterprise of Microchip and Atmel,” said Steve Sanghi, Chairman and CEO of Microchip. “Promoting a President from within is also a tribute to our strong succession planning and executive development program under which Microchip has not hired a Vice President level executive from outside since 2001. We take pride in creating promotional opportunities through employee development and growth that has resulted in virtually no VP level turnover except retirements in over 15 years,” concluded Mr. Sanghi.

“It has been an honor to have been part of Microchip’s elite leadership team over the last 15 years, and it has been the journey of a lifetime to have witnessed and contributed to the growth and success of Microchip. It is my privilege to be appointed President and COO of Microchip, while recognizing that the strong culture and selfless teamwork of our 10,000 employees within Microchip are the foundation of our success,” said Ganesh Moorthy.

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