Dr. Sandeep Chennakeshu

Freescale named Dr. Sandeep Chennakeshu senior vice president and general manager of its Wireless and Mobile Solutions Group. Chennakeshu was recently head of Ericsson Mobile Platforms and will join Freescale on June 1. He replaces Dr. Franz Fink, who led the wireless unit over the past three years. Fink will help manage the transition and then will take on new responsibilities in the company. Prior to leading Ericsson Mobile Platforms, Chennakeshu served as chief technology officer of Sony Ericsson and president of Sony Ericsson USA and chief technology officer of Ericsson Mobile Terminals. He joined Ericsson in 1994 from General Electric (GE) Corporate Research and Development where he headed a research team.