23 July 2018

Skyworks appoints Kimberly Stevenson to board

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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has appointed Kimberly S. Stevenson to its board of directors.

Stevenson is currently senior VP & general manager of Data Center Products and Solutions for multi-national technology company Lenovo. Prior to joining Lenovo, she held various senior management positions in operations and information technology at Intel Corp, serving as VP & chief information officer. Stevenson also spent seven years at Electronic Data Systems with responsibility for information technology operations and global service delivery and more than 17 years at IBM in finance and operational roles.

“She brings extensive experience spanning technology, finance and operations,” comments chairman of the board David J. Aldrich. “Her background will be invaluable to supporting our ambitious vision of Connecting Everyone and Everything, All the Time.”

“With the proliferation of the Internet of the Things and advent of 5G, Skyworks is well positioned to capitalize on ubiquitous wireless connectivity,” says Stevenson. “I look forward to leveraging my network infrastructure and cloud expertise to enhance Skyworks’ scalability.”

Stevenson currently serves on the board of directors for Boston Private Financial Holdings, a financial services firm focused on private banking and wealth management. She previously has held board positions with private enterprise software company Cloudera; publicly traded hardware and software developer Riverbed Technology; and the non-profit organization National Center for Women and Information Technology. Stevenson graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, with a bachelor’s degree in business. She also earned a master’s in business administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

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