Diodes Incorporated announced officer appointments and promotions. Hans Rohrer has been appointed as Diodes’ Senior Vice President of Business Development, and Collin Greene has been appointed as the Europe President and Vice President, Europe Sales and Marketing. Rohrer was the former CEO of Zetex plc, and Greene was the former COO, and both joined Diodes as a result of the Company’s recent acquisition of Zetex. Additionally, the Company announced the promotions of Julie Holland to Vice President of Worldwide Analog Products and T.J. Lee to Vice President of Packaging Operations and General Manager of China Operations.
Both Julie and T.J. have extensive experience in the semiconductor industry and have held various senior management positions at Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) prior to joining Diodes in early 2008 and 2006, respectively. Hans Rohrer began his career in research and development at Diehl Data Systems before working at TI from 1976 to 1980, where he held engineering and marketing positions. From 1980 to 1998, he held several managerial positions at National Semiconductor Corporation (NSM), including vice president and general manager of Europe and vice president for VLSI and mixed signal products. After NSM, he served as President of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)-Europe. ++++ Prior to joining Diodes, Colin Greene held several positions with Zetex from 1997 to 2008. Since March 2004, he served on the Zetex board as an executive director and from December 2004 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Zetex, he spent ten years with National NSM, most recently as European Marketing Manager for all analog products.
Julie Holland joined Diodes in January 2008 with over 23 years of semiconductor experience in management and technical roles, including over ten years in senior business management positions. Prior to Diodes, Julie served as Director and General Manager of the Connectivity Solutions business unit at TI. Her responsibilities included leading business and technical teams in the US, Asia, and Japan in the development, production, and marketing of multiple interface product lines. During her tenure with TI, Julie held several key management roles within the Mixed Signal Products organization, including Director of the Worldwide Business Solutions business unit and Director of the Computer Peripheral and Control Products organization.
T.J. Lee joined Diodes in 2006. Prior to joining the Company, he was the president of TI Taiwan Limited beginning March 1998. Prior to that appointment, he was a site manager of TI’s assembly and testing facility in Chung Ho, Taiwan where he was responsible for the site’s manufacturing operation, sales and marketing. He held various engineering and quality management positions in the manufacturing facility throughout his 32 years career with TI, beginning as a Quality and Reliability Assurance supervisor in 1973.
