Intersil announced Mr. Andrew Cowell has joined the company in the newly created position of Senior Vice President of the Consumer Products Group. This new group has been created from existing consumer-focused product lines within Intersil's Power Management and Analog & Mixed Signal product groups. Cowell brings to Intersil experience in power management solutions for the consumer market.

Most recently, he spent the last four years as Vice President of Analog Marketing at Micrel Semiconductor. Previous to this position, he held a variety of technical, marketing and applications management roles at Micrel and Siliconix. Cowell began his career as a design engineer at Advanced Power Supplies.