Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that Carmelo Santoro has been named to its board of directors. Santoro, whose executive leadership includes computer, semiconductor and software manufacturers AST Research, Silicon Systems, and Ashton-Tate, also has been a member of both public and private high-tech boards of directors, including Seagate Technology, Dallas Semiconductor, S3 and Mentor Graphics.
"Carm's no-nonsense style is a perfect fit for the dynamics at Microsemi today," said James Peterson, president and CEO. "His broad experience, straight talk and winning ways will be invaluable to us. We've worked together over many years so I can look forward with confidence to the positive contributions I know Carm will make here."
