Texas Instruments announced five vice president appointments. Steve Gumm has been promoted to TI vice president and manager of technology development, DLP Products. In this role, he is responsible for developing DLP technology solutions in the Front Projection, HDTV, and Cinema market segments. Greg Hantak has been elected TI vice president and manager, worldwide Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC). He is responsible for managing ASIC product development and strategy, marketing, integrated circuit design and engineering for this global organization. Kent Novak has been appointed TI vice president and manager, Medical and High Reliability semiconductors within High-Performance Analog. He will lead TI’s efforts in addressing the medical devices market and the high reliability markets, which include defense and aerospace. David Solomon has been promoted to TI vice president and manager, Human Resources for the Technology and Manufacturing Group (TMG). Lars Yoder has been elected TI vice president and manager, Front Projection Business Unit, DLP Products. He is responsible for leading the DLP front projection business, which provides projection display solutions to projector manufacturers worldwide.