Exar announced that Chris Dingley has joined Exar's management team as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales reporting to Pete Rodriguez, president and CEO. Dingley replaces Bentley Long who was Vice President of Global Sales. In his role, Dingley will assume responsibility for Exar's worldwide sales efforts including strategy, development of key accounts, relationships with Exar distributors and representatives, plus penetration of new markets.

Prior to joining Exar, he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Micrel, a provider of IC solutions for analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth markets. Prior to Micrel, he spent ten years in Sales and Distribution management for Winbond and General Instrument.