Microsemi, a manufacturer of analog mixed signal integrated circuits, has announced the appointment of Fabian Battaglia as Vice President of Sales for its recently formed Analog Mixed Signal Group. Battaglia comes to Microsemi from Maxim Corporation where he most recently managed field applications engineering. At Microsemi he will be responsible for sales of all products of the new Analog Mixed Signal Group, including the Power over Ethernet products added with Microsemi's acquisition of PowerDsine.