Exar announced that Louis DiNardo will join the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 3, 2012. He will replace interim President and Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Leza. In addition, DiNardo will become a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Most recently, DiNardo was a Partner at Crosslink Capital, a stage-independent venture capital and growth equity firm based in San Francisco. During the past five years, he has focused on semiconductor and alternative energy investments.
He was formerly the President and Chief Operating officer at Intersil, which acquired Xicor in July of 2004. At Xicor, Mr. DiNardo held the position of President and CEO as well as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors until the company was acquired. DiNardo spent thirteen years at Linear Technology where he was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and General Manager of the mixed-signal business unit.
He began his career in the semiconductor industry at Analog Devices where he served for eight years in a variety of technical and management roles. Mr. DiNardo holds a B.A. from Ursinus College , 1981.
