Norwood, Mass., USA - Analog Devices (ADI), a semiconductors company, announced that Jerald G. Fishman will remain as chief executive officer after the expiration of his current contract on October 28, 2012.
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Mr. Fishman is also a member of the Company's board of directors.
He began his career at ADI in 1971 in product marketing.
Over the next several years he held a series of management positions in marketing, operations, and strategic planning, which led to being named General Manager of the Analog Devices Semiconductor division in 1979.
Mr. Fishman was named Vice President in 1980, Group Vice President in 1982, Executive Vice President in 1988, and President and Chief Operating Officer in 1991.
In 1996, Mr. Fishman was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Fishman is a member of the Boards of Directors of Cognex Corp. and Xilinx Corp.
He earned a BSEE degree from the City College of New York, and an MSEE degree from Northeastern University. Mr. Fishman also holds an MBA degree from Boston University and a Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk Law School.
The company also announced that Vincent Roche will assume the role of president, effective November 5, 2012.
Mr. Roche began his career at ADI in 1988 as a senior marketing engineer in Limerick, Ireland.
In 1994, he moved to the US to run ADI's San Jose, California, operations.
In 2002, Mr. Roche was named Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
In 2008, Mr. Roche was named Vice President for the newly created Worldwide Sales and Strategic Market Segments Group.
He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from University of Limerick in Ireland.
The company also announced that Robert McAdam and Dick Meaney been appointed Executive Vice President and the head of ADI’s Strategic Market Segments organization, and Dick Meaney will lead the Core Products and Technologies Group.
Mr. McAdam joined ADI in 1984 as a marketing manager in Limerick, Ireland, advancing to product line director and general manager over the next ten years.
In 1994 he was named vice president responsible for ADI's analog technology, and in 1999, he became vice president of the Analog Semiconductor Division.
In 2008, Mr. McAdam was appointed to head the newly formed Core Products and Technologies (CPT) group.
Before joining ADI, Mr. McAdam served as European Marketing Manager for General Electric's semiconductor division.
He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in engineering from University College Dublin in Ireland.
Mr. Meaney joined ADI in 1979 after graduating from University of Limerick in Ireland.
His early work includes semiconductor design and he was later promoted to Vice President of Precision Signal Processing. ■