Exar announced that Pedro (Pete) Rodriguez has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer. Rodriguez succeeds John McFarlane who on December 7, 2007 assumed, on an interim basis, the duties of President and Chief Executive Officer. Rodriguez has served as a Director of Exar since October of 2005. He served, most recently, as Chief Marketing Officer of Virage Logic. Prior to his appointment at Virage Logic, Rodriguez served as President, CEO and Director of Xpedion Design Systems. He held this role for six years until shortly after Xpedion was acquired by Agilent Technologies in 2006. Prior to Xpedion he held senior management positions in sales and marketing at Escalade Corporation, and LSI Corporation (formerly LSI Logic Corporation) and Aerojet Electronics